Economist Conference in Athens |  |
- Economist Conference in Athens
- Gov’t Announces Privatisations Advisors
- May 19: Pontian Greek Genocide Memorial Day
- The Culture Agenda
| Economist Conference in Athens Posted: 19 May 2011 03:36 AM PDT
 Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Antonis Samaras, addressing an annual Economist conference in Athens yesterday, said that Greece is in the eye of a global cyclone and, a year after the implementation of the EU-IMF "memorandum," its position has worsened. Samaras added that "the main reason for the failure was the plan itself" and explained that the implementation of measures of harsh austerity together with a decrease in public expenditures and an increase in taxes has worsened the recession. He further reiterated his party's view that the basis for the country's exit from the crisis is the proposal he submitted, last week, at the Zappeion Hall on the restarting of the Greek economy that, as he said, must be implemented in its entirety to produce results. New Democracy: Samaras Speech (in Greek)
 Addressing the same Conference, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou expressed confidence that the country will continue moving on the right track, making the right choices even if the road ahead is difficult. He stressed that there was no room for relaxing the fiscal consolidation effort, noting it was necessary to implement all interventions needed to bring the fiscal deficit to targets set. These interventions, worth €6 billion, include both spending cuts and measures to raise revenues. He further said that, in the next few years, the public sector would have about 150,000 employees less, as the government would minimize new hirings, cut contract workers and promote voluntary pension schemes. A number of economists, experts and EU, European Central Bank (ECB) and IMF officials addressed the Economist Conference on its second day.    |
| Gov’t Announces Privatisations Advisors Posted: 19 May 2011 03:07 AM PDT  The Interministerial Committee for Asset Restructuring and Privatisations (ICARP) announced yesterday that it has decided to proceed with the selection of privatisation advisors in order to expedite the public real estate and asset privatisations programme. Greek News Agenda: Gov't moving ahead with Privatisations Programme; Athens News: Foreign 'Investor' Interest in Privatisations   |
| May 19: Pontian Greek Genocide Memorial Day Posted: 19 May 2011 03:07 AM PDT May 19 is the Pontian Greek Genocide Memorial Day.  The day commemorates the events during the years 1914-1923 which led to the Pontian Greek minority's elimination and evacuation from the former Ottoman Empire. For centuries, the Pontians had settled in regions of today's Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Armenia. These Greeks settled in areas around the Black Sea -referred to as the "Pontos Euxinos" (Greek for hospitable sea)- and through commerce, they founded the cities of Trebizond, Sampsounta, Sinope and Heraclea Pontica (800 BC until the 20th century).  Federation of Pontian Greek Associations in Europe: 30th Pontian Greek Festival- Dance Festival; Greek Reporter Europe: Prince Charles Enamored with Pontiac Lira Melodies; Greek News Agenda: A Linguistic Goldmine-The 'Romeyka' Dialect & Soumela Monastery: A Historic Service; The Committee for Pontian Studies: The Historical and Ethnological Museum of Pontian Hellenism  |
| Posted: 19 May 2011 03:11 AM PDT E X H I B I T I O N S
 The Benaki Museum is hosting until July 31, a world-first exhibition, examining the expansion of the pop phenomenon of paradoxical, imaginary and monster-formed characters in fashion and dress. Titled What is a Monster?, the exhibition showcases creations by Walter Van Beirendonck, Gareth Pugh, Issey Miyake, Cassette Playa, Charlie Le Mindu, Jean-Charles De Castelbajac, Bas Kosters, Maison Martin Margiela and Bernhard Willhelm and many others. M U S I C
Twenty-five bands @ 24 live concerts: that is what Blender Festival, taking place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation from May 18 to June 25, is all about. Or is it? The festival features young singers, musicians and bands with a fresh sound, innovative music, high aesthetics and impressive stage performance. Elculture: Open Air Blender Festival [VIDEO]
 The 2nd Athens Gypsy Jazz Festival-Djangofest is taking place at the Kyttaro venue on May 21-22, featuring Lollo Meier's Quartet, G.Loukatos Quintet, A.Priftis Quartet, Diminuita, SwingAzoo, D.Lapas Quartet, A Swingin' Joke, Los Tre Swing, Gadjo Dilo, and The swing shoes.  Tribute to Marie Sklodowska Curie in Athens In the context of the Maria Sklodowska Curie Year 2011, the Polish embassy in Athens is presenting on May 24 at Michael Cacoyannis Foundation the play Radiation, by Polish writer Kasimierz Braun, themed on the extraordinary life of the great Polish-French physicist and twice Nobel Prize laureate. The play is a production of the Teatr Polski, from Toronto, Canada, while the actresses come from the famous Krakow theatre Slowacki. D E B A T E
 The Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens is hosting on May 24 a public discussion on The Web, citizen journalism and its impact on freedom of speech and democracy. It features photojournalist Asteris Masouras, Evgeny Morozov, contributing editor of Foreign Policy, Net Effect blog magazine founder and visiting scholar at Stanford University and journalist Dimitris Psychogios.   |
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