Opposite to the Ionian pillar of Hadzidakis' lyricism and grace, stands the Doric pillar of Theodorakis' epic and vibrant music. Those two are the most significant Greek composers and songwriters, and they have both marked, in their own way, the culture of modern Greece.

is a man overflowing with passion and creativity, having written innumerable songs, concerts, operas, but most significantly, having linked his music with the struggles for freedom and democracy....

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During the last century, our technological and scientific progress has been immense. We advanced chemistry and used its breakthroughs in almost every aspect of life. We found ways (pesticides, fertilizers) to improve the agricultural production and feed more people. We created products on a mass scale that improve our daily life, or simply serve our vanity. We introduced medicines widely used that are essential to our survival, like antibiotics, and others, like the contraceptive pill that are crucial...

Chernobyl nuclear accident, 26 April, 1986. The worse accident in the history of mankind, a combination of human mistakes and a faulty design, resulting in countless deaths due to radiation and radiation-caused diseases. Most of Europe received considerable amounts of radioactive fallout, with Ukraine and Belarus being hit the hardest. There is an exclusion zone of 30 Km around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in which abandoned villages and towns are included, Pripyat (once home to 50,000 people) being...

"Hello.
I've come to show you the Street of Dreams myself.
It doesn't stand out; it's just a street like all the other of Athens'.
It is -so to speak- the street where we live.
Small, insignificant, sad, tyrannical, and yet infinitely kind.
There is a lot of dirt, a lot of children, a lot of mothers, a lot of hopes; and a lot of silence.
And everything is blanketed by a tender, but also unbearable sky.
Here, in this street, the dreams of so many...