Ottawa, March 16: Athens Olympic Games dinner presentation

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NEWS RELEASE Greece in Canada

PRESS OFFICE EMBASSY OF GREECE 80 MacLaren Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0K6 Phone: (613) 232-6796 Fax: (613) 232-6176 e-mail: greeceincanada@travel-net.com

for information & reservations please contact before March 14 Nicholas P. Katsepontes 237-9223 George Karlis 562-5800 x 1672

The 2004 Athens Olympics & Economic Opportunities

The opportunities for economic and business development associated with the Athens Olympic Games of 2004 will be discussed by Dr. Nicos Loucas Kartakoullis at a dinner presentation on March 16, 2000 at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, sponsored by the Ottawa Hellenic Business and Professional Persons Network. Greece, which is expected to join the common European currency soon, has attracted the attention of Canadian and other observers for its expanding business potential.

Dr. Kartakoullis is Director of the Cyprus National Olympic Committee, the Cyprus Commonwealth Games Association, and the Cyprus Institute of Sport Sciences. For the last two years he is serving as an International Programme Director for Sport Management Development of Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee.

Currently visiting Canada, the speaker is involved in a major project to bring Greek and Turkish youth of Cyprus together in building a better and safer future for the island. He is renowned as an advocate of Olympic ideals in promoting understanding, friendship, and solidarity between peoples and nations.

The sponsoring organization is a network of Greek-Canadian business people and professionals in the capital region. The event includes cocktails at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm at a cost of $25. Vin d'honneur by the Press Office of the Embassy of Greece.

For further information and reservations, please contact before March 14, Nicholas P. Katsepontes, esq. at (613) 237-9223 or Dr. George Karlis at (613) 562-5800 ext. 1672.

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