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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-06-20
CONTENTS
[01] Papandreou visits Piraeus
[02] Exhibition "History Lost"
[01] Papandreou visits Piraeus
Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou on Friday visited the
port city of Piraeus, in the framework of a campaign to bring the
party closer to the people.
Papandreou met with Piraeus prefect Yannis Michas and Mayor
Panagiotis Fasoulas, before taking a walk through the city's central
market, where he spoke with consumers and merchants.
In a statement afterwards, Papandreou said that he was, and would
continue to be, at the side of the people, whom he said were
suffering today due to the high cost of living, the impunity of the
cartels "which are protected by the New Democracy government", and
"when they see, in the country's political life, that no only do we
not respect their money, but that there is also mismanagement and
corruption".
Papandreou said he did not, and would not, tolerate this situation,
adding that he would fight to strike a blow against everyone to
blame with respect to the high cost of living and the cartels, or
had anything to do with corruption and black money.
He said that, contrary with prime minister Costas Karamanlis, "I
will fight to clean up the country and for the political life to
finally deal with the real problems faced by the people, with the
high cost of living, with social policy, with health, education, and
the needs of the Greek citizen".
[02] Exhibition "History Lost"
The multimedia exhibition entitled "History Lost", focusing on the
illicit trade in antiquities and the impact of antiquities' theft on
culture, will travel to Dublin at the end of the month, following
display in Trieste and Lisbon. The exhibition, hosted by the Hellenic
Foundation for Culture (HF), and the Sixth World Archaeological
Congress, will run in Dublin between June 29 and July 3. Professor Lord
Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, FBA, Chair of the British School at Athens, will
open the exhibition on July 1. The travelling exhibition "History
Lost" was presented last winter at the National Museum of Archaeology
in Lisbon after its successful showing in Trieste, organised by the HFC
within the context of Greece's efforts to secure the repatriation of
illegally exported ancient artifacts. The exhibition has been enriched
by copies of finds that have been returned to Greece and Cyprus in
recent years after being claimed (the Aidonia Treasure, a marble head
of Dionysos from Corinth, the Kanakaria mosaics from Cyprus, among
others). The exhibition marked great success in Nicosia, Athens and
Ancient Nemea (2006) as well as in Trieste (2007) and Lisbon (2008). It
was created by Anemon productions in collaboration with the Illicit
Antiquities Research Centre of Cambridge University, the Cyprus
Department of Antiquities, the 37th Ephorate of Prehistoric and
Classical Antiquities in Corinth and the Department of Cultural
Technology and Communication - University of the Aegean, supported by
the "Culture 2000" EU programme.
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