{"id":3117,"date":"2019-01-26T20:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T20:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2019-01-26T20:42:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T20:42:03","slug":"january-2019-two-stars-are-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/january-2019-two-stars-are-born\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2019: two stars are born!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last weeks have been \u201cemotionally charged\u201d for Greece: the ratification of the Prespes agreement (<\/strong>\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7<\/strong> \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/strong> \u03a3\u03c5\u03bc\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong> \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/strong> \u03a0\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03ce\u03bd<\/strong>),<\/strong> a Greek tennis player reaching the Australian Open semi-final and a Greek director receiving ten Oscar nominations are the highlights of the last days.<\/p>\n

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\u03a3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> \u03a4\u03c3\u03b9\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9\u03c0\u03ac\u03c2<\/strong> (Stefanos Tsitsipas) a 20 year-old tennis player (<\/strong>\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong>)<\/strong> \u00a0is the first Greek to advance to the Australian Open semifinals (<\/strong>\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af<\/strong>)<\/strong>. He defeated (<\/strong>\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5<\/strong>)<\/strong> his idol Roger Federer but did not make it to the finals (<\/strong>\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af<\/strong>),<\/strong> as he was defeated (<\/strong>\u03ad\u03c7\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5<\/strong>)<\/strong> by Roger Nadal. However, in a country where tennis is not so popular, his success is critical and will certainly motivate young people to start playing tennis.<\/p>\n

The other start is \u0393\u03b9\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> \u039b\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> \u00a0(Yorgos Lanthimos), the Greek director who became famous (<\/strong>\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c3\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong>) <\/strong>after his film \u201cDogtooth\u201d (<\/strong>\u039a\u03c5\u03bd\u03cc\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong>)<\/strong> won the Prix Un Certain Regard (<\/strong>\u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03af\u03bf<\/strong> \u0388\u03bd\u03b1<\/strong> \u039a\u03ac\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf<\/strong> \u0392\u03bb\u03ad\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1<\/strong>)<\/strong> in Cannes in 2009. His latest film, \u201cThe Favourite\u201d\u00a0 (<\/strong>\u0397<\/strong> \u0395\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7<\/strong>)<\/strong> won the Grand Jury Prize (<\/strong>\u039c\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf<\/strong> \u0392\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03af\u03bf<\/strong> \u039a\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ce\u03bd<\/strong>)<\/strong> and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress (<\/strong>\u039a\u03cd\u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf<\/strong> \u0392\u03cc\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9<\/strong> \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2<\/strong> \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong> \u03b5\u03c1\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong>)<\/strong> at the 75th<\/sup> Venice International Film Festival (75<\/strong>\u03bf<\/sup><\/strong> \u0394\u03b9\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03ad\u03c2<\/strong> \u03a6\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b2\u03ac\u03bb<\/strong> \u039a\u03b9\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03bf\u03c5<\/strong> \u0392\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong>)<\/strong>. \u00a0It also received 10 Academy Award nominations (<\/strong>\u03b4\u03ad\u03ba\u03b1<\/strong> \u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03c8\u03b7\u03c6\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/strong>\u00a0 \u038c\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1<\/strong>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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