Posted on March 13, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) – The National Gallery- Alexandros Soutzos Museum will host a large retrospective exhibition of Nikos Lytras, one of the boldest representatives of early Greek Modernism. Under the title “Nikos Lytras, 1883-1927 Building with light and colour,” the exhibition will by inaugurated by the President of the Hellenic Republic on March 19 and [...]
Filed under: Art, Cinema, Cultcure, Education, Greece, Greeks Abroad | Tagged: Kathimerini, Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Technopolis of Athens, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Agnes Baltsa, An Italian in Algiers, The National Gallery, Nikos Lytras, Olympic Torches, John Tenasco, Impermanent States | Comments Off
Posted on March 13, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Greece’s high growth rates along with its economic role and presence in the broader Southeastern Europe region are two of the country’s main comparative advantages that render it an attractive destination for foreign investment, Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said yesterday. Addressing an event for the relaunching of the Hellenic Center for Investment (ELKE) as the Invest in Greece [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) The discussion on the bill concerning the ratification of the assigning contract between the state and the Piraeus and Thessaloniki Port Organisations was completed at the Parliament Plenum on Wednesday with the ratification of its articles. Merchant Marine Minister George Voulgarakis referred to a real reform that modernises the country’s major ports, [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by grpresspoland
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) In his article “Return Elgin Marbles and lay ‘curse of Minerva’ to rest,” (News.scotsman.com, 7.3.2008) author John Kapranos Huntley reminds readers that Lord Elgin was a Scot, who was at the time, British ambassador in Constantinople. Furthermore, in removing the sculptures from the Acropolis buildings, through his agents in Athens, Elgin was [...]
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