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Vassiliki (given Name)
Vasiliki (), also spelled Vassiliki, is a Greek female given name. The male version of this name is Vasilios. Notable people with the name include: *Vasiliki Alexandri (born 1997), Austrian synchronized swimmer *Vassiliki Anastasiadou (born 1958), Cypriot politician, government minister *Vasiliki Angelopoulou (born 1987), Greek swimmer * Vassiliki Arvaniti (born 1985), Greek beach volleyball player * Vasiliki Diamantopoulou (born 1979), Greek water polo player * Vassiliki Kalogera, Greek astrophysicist *Vasiliki Karagiorgos (born 1983), Australian singer, songwriter and record producer known professionally as Vassy * Vaso Karantasiou (born 1973), Greek beach volleyball player * Vasiliki Kasapi (born 1983), Greek weightlifter * Vasiliki Katrivanou (born 1969), Greek psychologist and politician *Vicky Leandros (1949), Greek singer living in Germany (born Vassiliki Papathanasiou) * Vasiliki Papazoglou (born 1979), Greek volleyball player * Vasiliki Plevritou (born 1998), Greek water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilios
Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis (), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil (name), Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", . It descends from the Greek language. People *Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French writer *Vassilis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor *Vasilis Avramidis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Barkas, Greek footballer *Vasilis Bolanos, ethnic Greek mayor of Himara, Albania *Vassilis Borbokis, Greek footballer *Vasilios Dikeakos, Regional Service Lead *Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Fragkias, Greek basketball coach *Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation *Vasilis Georgiadis, Greek film director and actor *Vasilis Golias, Greek footballer *Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer *Vassilios Iliadis, Greek judoka *Vasilios Kalogeracos, Australian footballer of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky Moscholiou
Vicky Moscholiou (Greek: Βίκυ Μοσχολιού, ; 23 May 1943 – 16 August 2005), was a Greek performer with a significant repertoire and a huge contribution to the Greek culture and the history of lyrical (entechno) and urban folk (laiko) song. Manos Hatzidakis described her voice as "the cello of Greek music", while Mikis Theodorakis called her "a singer resembling an ancient Doric boulder". Yannis Tsarouchis had said that "Vicky Moscholiou is the Kotopouli of Greek song.” Lefteris Papadopoulos noted that "the Greek song owes its voice to her," and Giannis Markopoulos said, "Vicky Moscholiou is gifted with natural talent". Biography Early years Vicky (Vasiliki) Moscholiou was born on 23 May 1943 in Metaxourgeio, a poor working-class district of Athens, and grew up in the difficult post-war years. She lived with her family (three kids, her parents, her grandmother) in a large room in a courtyard where there were two other large rooms that housed two other families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki (film)
''Vasiliki'' () is a Greek film directed by Vangelis Serdaris. It released in 1997 and star Paschalis Tsarouhas and Tamila Koulieva. The film received the Greek Film Critics Association Awards. Also, Paschalis Tsarouhas won the award for best actor in the Cairo International Film Festival and Giorgos Tsangaris won the award for best music in Greek State Film Awards. Plot The film presents the riotous years immediately after the Greek Civil War. Vasiliki is the wife of a Greek communist guerrilla during Greek Civil War. The local gendarmerie A gendarmerie () is a paramilitary or military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to " men-at-arms" (). In France and so ... arrests her because she brought food to her husband. The chief of gendarmerie charmed by her beauty, rapes her. Then, he moved in another city but returned to ask her to follow him (meanwhile he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassy Kapelos
Vassiliki "Vassy" Kapelos (; born May 6, 1981) is a Canadian political journalist, currently serving as the chief political correspondent for CTV News. She formerly was the host of ''Power & Politics'' on CBC News Network from 2018 to 2022. She formerly worked as the Ottawa bureau chief for Global News and the host of that network's Sunday morning political affairs show, ''The West Block''. In November 2022, she moved to CTV News to become the host of ''Power Play (2009 TV program), Power Play'' and ''Question Period (TV program), Question Period''. Early life and education Kapelos graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2004. She then graduated from Dalhousie University with a Master of Arts degree in 2006. Kapelos is of Greek and German ethnic origin. Career Kapelos first began reporting in Swift Current and worked for the Global Television Network's stations in Saskatoon and Edmonton, including as the Edmonton station's provincial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassiliki Vougiouka
Vassiliki Vougiouka (; born 20 June 1986, in Cholargos, Athens, Greece), often known as Vaso Vougiouka (Βάσω Βουγιούκα), is a Greek female sabre fencer, silver medallist in the 2012 and 2013 European Championships. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in which she was eliminated in the quarter finals, as well as at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career Vougiouka took up fencing at the relative late age of 14. She first competed in foil and switched to sabre in 2005. She climbed her first podium in the Fencing World Cup with a gold medal in Budapest in 2010, the first victory at a World Cup event in the history of the Greek fencing. She made her breakthrough in the 2011–12 season, earning a gold medal in the London World Cup and a bronze medal in the Tianjin Grand Prix. At the European Championships in Legnano, she lost to Ukraine's Olha Kharlan in the final and took a silver medal. She competed in the individual event at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki Tsirogianni
Athanasios Papazoglou (; born 30 March 1988), commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Gamma Ethniki club Thermaikos. Club career Aris Papazoglou made his professional debut for Aris in the 2007–08 Greek Superleague. He was promoted to the first team by coach Dušan Bajević. On 8 November 2007, he scored 2 goals in a 3–0 win against Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League. After his injuries kept him from maintaining his form, Papazoglou lost coach Mazinho's confidence and was sold to fellow Superleague side PAOK FC. On 1 June 2009, Papazoglou signed a 4-year contract with PAOK FC. He was loaned to Asteras Tripoli for the 2010–11 season. OFI Crete On 8 August 2012, Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with OFI Crete. After some good displays for his new club, he was linked to a number of teams from England. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Papazoglou terminated his contract with OFI Crete in order to mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki Tsavdaridou
Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (born 29 October 1980) is a Greek artistic gymnast. She represented Greece at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Eponymous skills Tsavdaridou has two eponymous skills listed in the Code of Points. References 1980 births Living people Greek female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Greece Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics Gymnasts from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek sportswomen {{Greece-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Vasiliki Thanou-Christophilou (, ; born 3 November 1950), also known as just Vasiliki Thanou, is a Greek judge who served as caretaker prime minister of Greece from 27 August to 21 September 2015, in the run-up to the September 2015 legislative election. She was the first-ever female Greek prime minister. Thanou-Christophilou served as the President of the Court of Cassation, one of Greece's three supreme courts, from 2015 to 2017, and is currently the most senior judge in Greece. She teaches civil law at the National School of Judges of Greece and has been, since 2012, the president of the Greek Association of Judges and Prosecutors (SAD). Early life and education Thanou-Christophilou was born in Chalcis and studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens before completing post-graduate studies in European law at Panthéon-Assas University. Judicial career Early judicial career Thanou-Christophilou first entered the judiciary in 1975, and became the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki Soupiadou
Vasiliki Soupiadou (born 6 April 1978) is a Greek former footballer who played as a forward, and also played for the Greece women's national football team. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Aegina. See also * Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, G ... Notes References External links * Profileat ''sports-reference.com'' 1978 births Living people Greek women's footballers 21st-century Greek sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Greece Women's association football forwards Greece women's international footballers {{Greece-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki Skara
Vasiliki Skara (born 4 May 1973) is a Greek handball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes .... References 1973 births Living people Greek female handball players Olympic handball players for Greece Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece Handball players at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Greek women 21st-century Greek sportswomen People from Arta (regional unit) Sportspeople from Epirus (region) Beach handball players {{Greece-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky Pryce
Vasiliki "Vicky" Pryce (' Kourmouzi (); born 15 July 1952) is a Greek-born British economist and a former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's Government Economic Service. She is the Chief Economic Adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, in London, where she is also a board member. In 2023, Pryce joined the British Chambers of Commerce's newly-launched Economic Advisory Council as a senior member. She is a visiting professor at Birmingham City University and King's College London. On 7 March 2013, she and her former husband, Chris Huhne, were convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to eight months in prison, when she was convicted after trial and Huhne pleaded guilty. They each served nine weeks in prison. Early life Pryce was born in Athens, the middle of three children, described as being "out on the town" at the age of 11, coming home at all hours and later riding a motorbike. She moved to London at the age of 17. She studied at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki Nikouli
Vasiliki "Vaso" Nikouli (; born January 1, 1984, in Larisa, Greece) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who has been a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus from 2006 to 2011, winning 1 Greek Cup. Sporting achievements National cups * 2010/2011 Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ..., with Olympiacos Piraeus References External links profileat greekvolley.gr profile at CEVat cev.lu 1984 births Living people Olympiacos SFP (women's volleyball) players Greek women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Larissa 21st-century Greek sportswomen {{Greece-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
