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Kostas Voutsas, one of the best actors of his generation and an icon for Greek cinema and television, dies early on Wednesday. He was 88.

Voutsas was born in Athens in 1931 and moved to Thessaloniki in 1932. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. In 1961 his breakthrough came when the Greek film director Giannis Dalianidis gave him a leading role in his phenomenally successful youth melodrama O Katiforos. He soon became one of the best and most popular comic actors of his generation and created personal groups, starring in many Greek comedies by top playwrights and classics like Aristophanes’ The Wasps (as Philokleon), Molière’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme (title role), etc. He has always been more committed to being a theatrical actor. In an interview to the Athens daily newspaper To Vima, he said: “Playing in movies has helped me a lot, but I was always committed to the theatre and that was my highlight.” His acting technique is being studied at the University of Patras. He has received many lifetime achievement awards, Thessaloniki International Film Festival and more.

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Introduced during Ottoman times, the kafeneion – the old-fashioned kind of coffee house – has long been a fixture in Greece. By 1860, Athens already had more than 100 establishments that were serving what has been called both Greek coffee and Turkish coffee (name debates aside, we can all agree that it’s more or less the same thing, a small cup of strong coffee with a thick sludge at the bottom).

They were (and still are) the domain of men, who would congregate there to talk politics and socialize over coffee as well as more substantial fare, usually simple meze and ouzo or tsipouro. Although the traditional Greek kafeneion still exists in many Athenian neighborhoods, it’s slowly dying out.

Sure, we could blame their demise on the rise of hipster coffee shops with cold-brewed single-origin coffee and gluten-free desserts. But the underlying issue is that old-school coffee houses don’t appeal to a wide base – young people, women in particular, are not as interested in frequenting run-down establishments where old men can smoke freely and play cards or watch games all night.

That’s why Agriolouloudo (which means “wild flower” in Greek), a tiny family-run kafeneion in Zografou, a neighborhood popular with students, is so special. It has managed to keep its traditional character while bridging the age gap, making the coffee house accessible to everyone: men, women, families of all ages and styles, and even espresso drinkers.

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Greece has entered a new, “normal” phase now that the formal lending agreement with the troika (International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, European commission) has come to an end. But after eight years of austerity, the truth is that no one can afford rose-tinted glasses. The crisis has cost Greece 25% of its GDP – unprecedented for any European nation during peace time – the unemployment rate sits at almost 20%, even after hundreds of thousands of people have migrated, and national debt is about 180%.

Even without its lending arrangements in place, Greece is not totally free from the creditors – a series of audits will ensure that the continuing reforms will go ahead to ensure a “healthy” economy.

During the crisis, Greece was portrayed as the chronically ill patient of the eurozone. These medical metaphors will persist despite the congratulations and the encouraging messages we have been receiving this week from our European partners. We’re now officially cured – but we remain under observation. As is common in cases of continuous hospitalization, the Greek morale is quite low, even after this week’s good news.

For those who supported the anti-austerity Syriza government during negotiations with the EU, the signing of the third memorandum on 12 July 2015 to guarantee continued financial support, was a moment of moral and political shock that went beyond the effects of the financial crisis. It was the point that Greece and the rest of the world realised that our European partners had no intention of breaking with the imposed austerity policies, despite the huge cost in human lives. It also showed that they would not cease demanding neoliberal structural adjustments – including privatisations of national assets – that had never previously been imposed on European countries. It was the moment when the “patient” realised that the “doctor” had forgotten their medical oath: in this case, to act in the interest of the people of Europe rather than in the interest of a flawed economic system.

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