The great anxiety of Angeloudis, the three-seater sofa of Ap. Pavlos, the sensitivity of hoteliers and Harry Clynn on a wall of Kalamaria

THE cleanliness it was from the beginning, it is and it seems it will remain the great stress of the mayor of Thessaloniki Stelios Angeloudis, who is clearly betting a lot on the city doing well at this level. His approach makes perfect sense for two reasons. On the one hand, because the lack of cleanliness in the city for years is its biggest obvious disadvantage. The residents of the city find it out every day, but the visitors also point it out. On the other hand, precisely because of the extremely poor performance of the previous municipal authorities in the field of cleanliness, the improvement is immediately felt and will be seen even more as the situation improves. Yesterday at her event Association of Hoteliers of Thessaloniki regarding the degree of satisfaction of the city’s visitors, Mr. Angeloudis said that by the end of the year – if everything goes well – the streets will be washed, as well as the bins of Thessaloniki, which – if it happens – will be about the data of the city cultural leap.

…the three-seater sofa by Apostolou Pavlou

However, the mayor himself, in order to clearly explain that in the city, i.e. among its residents – even among some residents, but still many – there is a bad mentality in relation to cleanliness in public space, referred to an incident experienced by same as just last Sunday. As he explained, at 6.30 in the afternoon he was going down Apostolou Pavlou Street to go from his house in Ano Poli to the reception of the Olympic Flame on the beach. So, at the corner of Apostolou Pavlou and Olympiados, a spot where there are some trash cans, he saw two young men – around 28 to 29, so not that young – depositing a three-seater sofa, which was obviously the victim of some renovation . When, in fact, he stopped to make the relevant remark to them, one of them recognized him and assured him that he… voted for him in the elections. As revealed by Mr. Angeloudis, he replied “don’t vote for me again if you have such an attitude and behavior” and obliged them to take the sofa and take it back to the house from which they took it, so that they could notify the massive cleaning department of municipality to pick him up, which – as the mayor assured – happened on Monday morning.

The… festivals of tourism

The mayor of Thessaloniki was revelatory, however, when at yesterday’s EXTH event he spoke about the Organization for Tourism Promotion and Promotion of Thessaloniki, the famous Thessaloniki Tourism Organization, of which he is now president, replacing Voula Patoulidou, who as MEP candidate resigned from the executive positions she held in the Region of Central Macedonia. No matter how much he tried to be… diplomatic, because – as he said – there is continuity in the administration, he did not avoid the… nails. As he assured, from now on the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization will exclusively finance actions related to tourism. “For the others, such as the trade fairs, there are financial possibilities from the municipalities, the Region and the ministries,” said Andreas, the president of the Thessaloniki Hoteliers’ Union, confirming what was or was not happening in recent years in the Tourism Organization. Mandrino, who was listening from the edge of the panel with obvious satisfaction. After all, EXTH has already returned to the Tourism Organization from which it had left in recent years.

The sensitive hoteliers

In addition to the satisfaction survey of Thessaloniki’s visitors, the president of the city’s hoteliers took the opportunity yesterday to announce two commendable initiatives of EXTH. In principle, in agreement with the Ministry of Citizen Protection, the members of the Union will host female victims of domestic violence free of charge, until the Greek state creates a permanent structure for these abused women, who need temporary housing. Also, the hoteliers of Thessaloniki have agreed to hire on priority the workers at the “Nikopolis” hotel, which was recently closed due to mismanagement. As Mr. Mandrinos clarified, from the specific decision, those of the former – now – employees of the specific hotel who are very close to retirement are excluded, so their matter should be taken up by the state, through the Ministry of Social Protection.

Harry Clynn in graffiti

Born in Kalamariotiswith style, flair and caustic humor, which formed the basis for writing the later pages of the history of Greek stand up comedy. His figure Harry Clynnby world Vassilis Triantafyllidisnow adorns its facade 5th and 13th primary schools of Kalamaria. A graffiti created as part of last weekend’s two-day action in the school compound at the initiative of Jasonmember of Skra Ghetto Boys, one of the country’s first graffiti artists. In addition to his Pontic origin, but also his action in Kalamaria, after he was involved in self-government and was also the president of Apollo Kalamaria, the special personality of Harry Clynn was chosen to become graffiti among the various styles that the writers used for one more reason. As the artists said, the well-known actor – among others – brought laughter to the Greeks with his particular critical look at political events and social phenomena. But also with his Aristophanic athyrostomy, something that the country, the Greek society and all the wrongs and upsides of everyday life bear.

At the Marathon with… coffee

Many people chose to participate in 18th “Alexander the Great” International Marathon at Thessaloniki, last Sunday. More than 12,000 people ran in the last 5km race alone starting from the town hall. Other runners, other running hobbyists and others just walkers, have chosen to participate in a race either to compete with those around them or themselves, or to uphold the tradition that wants them to run in it or others like it. Facts.

The truth is that not everyone who takes part in Marathons runs, but those who participate in jeans and clothes that do not refer to sportswear always create a paradoxical image. But never, even more so than those who are dressed in their… everyday, the show is stolen by some others, due to the strangeness of their behavior. Like for example a young man who showed up on Sunday to run wearing his tracksuit, but at the same time holding his… coffee in his hand. Although the route he took part in started at 12:30 in the afternoon – you wouldn’t call it morning – the runner chose the classic way to… wake up. However, to his credit he decided to run and woke up relatively early on a Sunday when everyone – if not most – deserves a little extra sleep!