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Berlinale 2017: "Have a Nice Day" if you can…

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Liu Jian's short but meaningful Chinese animation, depicts a modern dystopia that could well be described in the novels of Philip Dick, but at the same time to so vividly represent today's reality.   A bag full of money sparks a series of unexpected encounters between disparate characters, in the first Chinese animation in the history of the Berlinale to take part in its International Competition section. A stereotypical gangster with his requisite taciturn executioners, a young driver who wants to satisfy his girlfriend's vain dreams, a lumpen couple dreaming of moments of socialist happiness and a middle-aged man with surreal technological gadgets, they revolve around the fantasy of an economic utopia, oxymoron enforced by the decadent capitalist symbols present in almost every scene of this brilliant little film.   Continue at source ...

Trump: I'm not talking nonsense, I'm not delusional

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The first press conference that Donald Trump gave yesterday Thursday from the White House as the new president of the USA was marked by various announcements but mainly by the attack he launched against the press. He also promised to present next week’ a new immigration decree.   The first shock came just three minutes into the press conference, when Trump accused reporters of ignoring a poll, according to which his popularity rate is 55%, which contradicts most polls.   From then on, the confrontation of the new American president against the press continued and involved personal attacks, but also more general criticism of the way the media covered his first weeks in office.   Continue at source ...

Eight schemes submitted bids for Avis

Link to source…   There is great interest in its acquisition 100% of the share capital of the company Olympic Commercial and Touristic Enterprises S.A., better known as Avis. Last Friday, interest was expressed from eight investment schemes. Specifically eight of them 29 interested investors, who received the text of the call for expressions of interest for its sale 100% of Avis in Greece, submitted a non-binding offer. Among them, including Olympic's former parent company, η Avis Group, where the 2007 sold this activity to Piraeus Bank.   Continue to the source…     © MichaelidesPost.Com®

Fraud cases with the NSRF

Connecting to the source…   The Ministry of Economy and Development recommends that citizens be especially careful, as recently there have been cases of fraud by astute extortionists, promising to join NSRF entrepreneurship strengthening actions. He's calling, in fact, the interested parties to avoid any transaction with persons who appear as collaborators of the Ministry and who request payment in advance for submitting applications to NSRF programs.   Continue to the source…     © MichaelidesPost.Com®