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Greek PM on fires: “Unprecedented attack by the nature”

August 12, 2021 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 5

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government on Thursday as public anger grew over the response to wildfires that have ripped through thousands of hectares of forest over the past 10 days. “We are on the 10th day of unprecedented attack by nature,” Mitsotakis started his introductory speech at …

Greece expressed dissatisfaction to Germany over its exclusion from Libya Conference

June 3, 2021 Greece 3

Greece has expressed its strong dissatisfaction that Germany excluded Athens form the Berlin Conference on Libya. “We are extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Germany, insisting on a tactic, did not invite us to the Berlin Conference this time as well”, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday. He underlined …

Greek Ancestry Conference on Jan 29-31, Live Streaming, free attendance

January 11, 2021 Lifestyle, Uncategorized Comments Off on Greek Ancestry Conference on Jan 29-31, Live Streaming, free attendance

An International Greek Ancestry Conference is to take place virtually on January 29-31, 2021. The conference will be live-streamed, while attendance is free of charge. Ancestry is the first digital platform created to meet the specific research needs of people of Greek descent and those interested in Greek archival records. …

Greece requested to attend the Libya Peace Conference in Berlin

January 14, 2020 Greece Comments Off on Greece requested to attend the Libya Peace Conference in Berlin

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday that Greece has requested to attend the Berlin Peace Conference on Libya scheduled to take place on upcoming Sunday, January 19, 2020. The Conference is to take place upon an initiative of Chancellor Angela Merkel in an effort to discuss options to broker …

Reunification of Parthenon Marbles is fair and essential, says Greece’s President

April 15, 2019 Archeology Comments Off on Reunification of Parthenon Marbles is fair and essential, says Greece’s President

“Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles is fair and essential,” said the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The struggle to return the sculptures “is not only about Greece and its historical and cultural heritage, but also about culture as a whole, given that its result will be a real …

EP Left condemns Estonia Conference as “whitewash event insulting to European historic memory”

August 22, 2017 Greece, Politics Comments Off on EP Left condemns Estonia Conference as “whitewash event insulting to European historic memory”

The controversy started in Greece when Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis turned down the invitation to attend the conference “The Heritage in 21st Century Europe of the Crimes Committed by Communist Regimes” organized by Estonia. Minister Kontonis justified his decision saying the conference in Estonia “sends a wrong and dangerous political …

Greece turns down Esthonia’s invitation for Conference on Communist Regimes victims

August 19, 2017 Greece 1

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis has turned down an invitation to participate in an international conference on crimes committed by Communist regimes in Estonia on August 23, saying it sends “a wrong and dangerous political message”. The conference titled “The Heritage in 21st Century Europe of the Crimes Committed by Communist …

Greece to gain soft power through the Ancient Civilizations Forum

April 22, 2017 Archeology, Culture Comments Off on Greece to gain soft power through the Ancient Civilizations Forum

The first Ministerial Conference of the states of the “Ancient Civilizations Forum” -AC Forum, more widely known as the GC10 – will take place in Athens on 24 April, with the participation of the ten countries that comprise this specific initiative. The Forum is a cultural initiative among countries from …

IMF Thomsen: Greece will need at least 20 years to return to pre-crisis levels

March 24, 2017 Economy Comments Off on IMF Thomsen: Greece will need at least 20 years to return to pre-crisis levels

Greeece will need at least twenty years to have its GDP return to pre-crisis levels. This message full of … spring optimism was transmitted by Poul Thomsen, in charge of the European program of the International Monetary Fund. Speaking at a conference in the University of Oxford, Poul Thomsen said …

Cyprus: Landmark Conference with presence of guarantor powers starts in Geneva

January 12, 2017 Politics 1

Crunch time for Cyprus. Representatives of the guarantor powers Greece, Turkey and Britain will join Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday for crucial talks. The UN says are the best chance to reunify the island after four decades of division. Guarantor powers will be represented …

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