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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-13Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Papandreou inaugurates Symi symposium eventsMain opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou on Sunday evening inaugurated his party's affiliated 11th annual "Symi Symposium" of political dialogue, this time from Halkidiki prefecture in northern Greece, where he first briefed party cadres and criticised the government.Prior to a closed-door address in the evening in the Ierissos township, which is hosting the four-day event, Papandreou also referred to internal party issues, charging that "enough of the self-flagellation and defeatism" within the party, "which is many times deliberately projected with constant opinion polls". The four-day conference, which ends on Thursday and is entitled "Turning point: The courage of Change", will focus on the economic crisis and oil prices, the food crisis, climate change, growth, the global democratic deficit, international organizations and institutions, organized crime, and developments in the European continent. The conference proper opens on Monday morning, with the discussion focussing on the topic "Oil at 200 dollars, Apples at 10 dollars, Credit, no: Answers to the global shortages and economic recession", while the afternoon session will deal with the topic of "Organised Crime Worldwide". The annual event is sponsored by the Andreas Papandreou Foundation. On Friday, delegates will visit nearby Mt. Athos. [02] Olive branches for BeijingAn olive branch from an olive tree 2,500 years old located in the village of Vouves, in the prefecture of Hania on the island of Crete, will crown the Marathon Race winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The mayor of Kolymvari, to which the village belongs administratively, Polychronis Polychronidis, said during the relevant ceremony that "the life of the olive tree is assessed as being since the era that the Olympic Games had been established in ancient times."Caption: Volunteers assemble olive branches into crowns that were placed on the heads of athletes during the medal cermonies at the Olympic Games in Athens, in a photo dated Wednesday 25 August 2004. ANA-MPA / Pantelis Saitas. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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