Olga Kefalogianni was born in Athens in 1975.
She is a graduate of the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1997) and holds two postgraduate degrees, from King’s College, University of London (LL.M, 1998) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston (GMAP, 2006).
She has worked in large law firms in Athens and New York, as well as in the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels.
From 2004 to 2006 she was an associate of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in legal matters.
She was elected Member of Parliament for the Prefecture of Rethymno (2007 and 2009), and, since 2012, she has been elected to the Athens A’ constituency (2012, 2015, 2019, 2023).
She served as Minister of Tourism in Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ government (2012 – 2015).
She has also served as Head of the Greek parliamentary delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (I.P.U), ambassador of the Greek Parliament to the Women Political Leaders (WPL) network, and member of the parliamentary committees of National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Production and Trade, Institutions and Transparency, European Affairs and Armament Programs and Contracts.
She is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Policy Studies on Gender and Equality – (KEMEFI) of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).
She is married to composer Minos Matsas and they have two children.
Elena Rapti was born, raised and lives in Thessaloniki.
She graduated from Arsakeio of Thessaloniki.
She is a graduate of the Greek Culture department of the Open University of Cyprus.
Holder of a master’s degree in Business Administration MBA (Master in Business Administration).
University of Winchester.
She worked as a freelancer in the field of audio-visual communication systems.
Elected for the first time as a Municipal Councilor of Thessaloniki in 1998.
Founding member of the Social Organization “Agapi” and the Information Center for Volunteering “Team Together”.
She was re-elected Municipal Councilor of Thessaloniki in 2002, first in preference crosses.
Elected for the first time as Member of Parliament of Thessaloniki with New Democracy in 2004.
Re-elected Member of Parliament of Thessaloniki with New Democracy in 2007, 2009, in the double parliamentary elections of May and June 2012, in January and September 2015, in July 2019 and in the double elections of May and June 2023 .
In 2011, she was appointed by the decision of the President of the New Republic as Secretary of Volunteering & NGOs of the New Republic.
In 2012 she was appointed a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
In the Council of Europe, she was appointed a member of the Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Committee, the Equality & Non-Discrimination Committee, a member of the Network of Parliamentarians for the end of sexual abuse of children and coordinator of the “ONE in FIVE” campaign of the Council of Europe in Greece .
In 2015 she took over the Culture Sector of the ND.
In 2017 she was appointed a member of the expert group of the EPAS program of the Council of Europe and the European Union entitled: “PSS+ – Ending sexual harassment and abuse of children in sport”.
In 2021, she was appointed head of the National Action Plan for the Protection of Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.
In 2022, she was appointed by the decision of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, National Coordinator for the Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Minors.
In June 2023, she was appointed to the duties of Deputy Minister of Tourism.
President of the Foundation of Thracian Art and Tradition, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, Associate Professor at the American College of Greece, Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre and research fellow at the Foreign Policy Planning Centre of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the National Council on Foreign Policy (NCFP).
He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University; the board of directors of the International Olympic Academy; and the Sportsmanship, Ethics and Deontology Committee. He served as Executive Director of the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University, and as Director of Research Programmes at the same institute.
He was elected Senior Associate Member (SAM) at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford (2007-2009), and in tandem was a Member of the International Council of the Research Institute for European and American Studies. He was also a researcher at the Center for South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), University of Oxford (2008-2010).
He lectures at the Diplomatic Academy, the Naval Academy, the Hellenic Air Force Academy and the National Security Academy. He has published extensively, including books, papers and studies. Most recently:
He is a member of the Greek-Turkish Forum and a corresponding member of the Institute of Energy for South-east Europe (IENE). He is also an energy and geoeconomics advisor for the Hellenic Association of Entrepreneurs.
Nikos Chatzinikolaou was born on October the 9th 1962, in Alexandroupolis, Evros. He started working as a journalist in 1983 covering education topics in the newspaper “MESIMVRINI”.
In 1984, he received the “Botsi” award for journalism. He then started to cover political issues. Meanwhile, he started his collaboration with the Sunday edition of the newspaper “Akropolis”, the newspaper “Ethnos” and the magazines “ENA” and “STATUS”.
In 1987, he started working for the newly founded radio “ATHINA 9,84”. At the same time he became member of the founding committee of the station. He also temporarily worked at the radio stations “ERA”, “SKY 100,4”, “PLANET” and “STATUS FM”.
In 1989, he started his collaboration with MEGA TV station. From 1998 until 2003 he was General Director of News and Information department of the station.
From 2003 until 2007, he collaborates with ALPHA TV Station, as Executive Vice President and General Director of News and Information department and later, as Chairman and CEO.
From April 2007 until October 2011 he collaborates with ALTER TV station.
In September 2007 he founded along with Andreas Kouris the «Real Group», which owns the radio station “Real Fm 97.8” in Athens, “Real Fm 107.1” in Salonica, “Ellinikos 93,2” in Athens, the weekly (every Sunday) newspaper “Real News” and the news portal “Real.gr”.
In 2012 Nikos Chatzinikolaou created his own personal site-blog “Enikos.gr” and the financial news blog “Enikonomia.gr”.
From September 2013 until June 2016, he collaborates with STAR Channel TV Station.
Since January 2017, he is the anchorman of the main news edition of ANT1 TV Station.
Nikos Chatzinikolaou is board member of European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA).
She studied Political Sciences at the Department of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and media training at the BBC Academy. She is a journalist, political analyst, TV anchorwoman until 2011 and General Manager of the think tank Institute of Democracy, Konstantinos Karamanlis until 2014.
She is an experienced and distinguished media trainer for “tradional” and cyber crisis management in companies such as: PETROLA HELLAS, HELLENIC PETROLEUM (ELPE), LAFARGE BETON, HALYPS BUILDING MATERIALS, ITALCEMENTI GROUP, REGENCY CASINO THESSALONIKI, HSBC, CREDIT AGRICOLE LIFE, DELTA, KATSELIS, GOODY’S, EVEREST, CARREFOUR, GENESIS FARMA and others.
Alexandros Kontis has studied Political Science and History and has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development. He is a journalist since 2002. He has worked for leading daily and weekly newspapers, in magazines and radio boradcasters.
Today he is the Editor in Chief in Realnews and hosts a news radio show at RealFM 97,8.
Thanos Moriatis has been a journalist for Real Group for more than 10 years, with a presence in political, liberal and cultural reporting.
At the same time, he has many years of presence in the field of Tourism, managing hotel units in Athens and Nafplio.
He was born and raised in Athens, and is a graduate of the Department of Public Administration of Panteion University and Athens College.
Katia Makri is a journalist at Antenna Channel, one of the leading television networks in Greece. She has more than 20 years of experience as a political editor, and worked during that time for Ethnos, Eleftherotypia and Real newspapers, Star Channel, Alter Channel, Real, Alpha, and Flash Radio.
She was born in Athens, she has a master in European Studies and speaks fluently English and Italian.
Born and raised in Athens, Konstantinos Rompotis entered journalism in 1998 as a business editor at Imerissia daily financial newspaper.
Since then, he has worked in several newspapers, radio stations, magazines, and news portals as a financial editor and a columnist.
Since 2008 he has joined Real Media Group. He currently serves as Chief Editor at Real news newspaper.
He speaks English, German and French.
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