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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-12-17Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Dep. Economy minister: Most important structural change needed in Greece is in mentalityThe biggest structural change that must take place in Greece is a change in culture, Deputy Economy and Development Minister Stergios Pitsiorlas said on Saturday during a one-day event titled "Development Partnership between State-Banks-Businesses", organized by newspaper "Macedonia" in Thessaloniki."I believe that the biggest structural change that must be made in our country is a change in culture and this concerns us all," Pitsiorlas told attendees, noting Greece has the potential to return to the path of growth. "If the public sector is not combined with the private sector everywhere, if private capital is not added to community resources and government resources we will not do much. This is something that should be clear and I repeat it does not only concern the government," he added. He also noted that all political sides have more or less the same problems in terms of mentality stressing that the Greek economy "is deeply depended on state-aid", a reality which must change. [02] Culture ministry approves restoration of Tatoi palaceThe Central Council of Contemporary Monuments approved on Saturday an architectural study and preliminary static report for the restoration of the former summer palace of Tatoi, located 27 km from the city centre of Athens, on the mountain of Parnitha.The building and the 10,000 acre estate was the residence of the former Greek royal family until 1973, when a referendum abolished the monarchy and the building was expropriated. The palace complex includes personnel quarters, outposts, storehouses, mews, apiaries, and stock farms which have fallen into disrepair. The study focuses on the section of the building that includes the palace, the kitchen building and the gardens, noting that it requires "a constructional, functional and aesthetic restoration of the monument to the era of George I", that is to its first operational phase (1884-1913), without the subsequent interventions to modernize the structure in the 1930s. Restoration crews will only work on facades and interiors for which there is documented evidence of their former state through photographs, contemporary texts or other sources, it adds. Speaking about the project, the honorary director general of the Ministry of Culture, Iordanis Dimakopoulos, said the building must be preserved without removing "all signs of aging" Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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