Our Town

IF one excludes pistol shots and monkey bites, it was only the Third Fall of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.

The Setting: IN post-junta Athens it is not only the political parties that have shifted position, but the squares in which political rallies take place.

REMEMBER the last time we voted? It’s hardly more than a year ago, but if it seems longer than that it may be that the procedure was so simple. There were no programmes to think about, and no choice of candidates.

THE place was a balcony high up in a hotel in Thessaloniki. The occasion was the opening of the International Trade Fair.

FEW statesmen of modern times have been called upon to take the reins of government under worse conditions than those that greeted Costas Karamanlis.

IN recent weeks the city has been quiet. It is a time of hard work for many and a time of assessment for others. Most people seem to be suffering from mild depression, to be expected after a year of horrendous events and in the face of the tragic situation in Cyprus.

WE wish to bring to the attention of our readers a new service being offered by the Public Power Corporation (DEI): cheaper electrical rates between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

MANY in Athens will regret the departure on July 17 of the British Ambassador, Sir Robin Hooper KCMG DSO DFC and his charming wife, Constance.

Understandably, the foreign resident in Greece seems to have little idea of the various social welfare organizations in Greece. Besides the communication / language difficulties, the Greek social welfare organizations are modest in their approach to the public, avoiding the sometimes aggressive tactics of their counterparts elsewhere in the world.