(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Jane Foster offers a complete cruiser’s guide to Athens. The reporter gives the essential information on how to get to and around the Greek capital and suggests the best sites, like the Acropolis and the National Archaeological Museum, restaurants and shops in the city. She also selects five fascinating excursions to nearby sights and towns. Secretariat General of Information: World Media on Greece-Latest Reports
Great Debates
In his article for the Toronto Star entitled “Great debates for 2.500 years in Athens,” Cleo Pascal ranks Athens among today’s modern cities together with New York, London, Tokyo and Mexico City. Modern Athenians effortlessly imitate their ancestors’ obsessive enthusiasm for discussing politics or debating major world issues, often coming up with original ideas or solutions. Combined with the democratisation of knowledge inherent in Greek culture, the above-mentioned qualities are, as the author suggests, what makes the small city of Athens into a world centre from antiquity to today.
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