Gov’t Wins Confidence Vote |  |
- Gov’t Wins Confidence Vote
- 3 Days to Special Olympics: The Guests Have Arrived
- T- Bill Auction Raises € 1,625 mln
- Per Capita GDP in EU27
- GNTO Initiaves
- "Re-imagining the Past"
- Exhibition @ a Bomb Shelter
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT  Today, in the early hours, the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou secured a vote of confidence, at the end of a three-day debate that began on June 19. All 155 ruling PASOK deputies voted for the government, while 143 deputies of the opposition parties voted against. 298 deputies out the 300-member House took part in the vote. Addressing the Parliament late yesterday night, Papandreou reiterated his call for national consensus to enable the country's exit from the present economic crisis, saying he was asking for a renewal of confidence "with the clear patriotic goal to handle the country's public debt, avoid default and guarantee that Greece remains in the European Union's hard core".    |
| 3 Days to Special Olympics: The Guests Have Arrived Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:06 AM PDT  Final countdown has begun for the launch of the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011, as three days remain until the opening ceremony on June 25. Official delegations of Special Olympics athletes, staff and coaches have begun to arrive in Athens from around the world. Some 3,000 people from 58 countries have already arrived and been transferred to their Host Towns. The Host Town Programme is a special feature of the Games enabling foreign delegations to be hosted for four days in the 13 regions of Greece prior to the Games (June 20-24).  Nearly 10,000 athletes, coaches and Heads of Delegations from more than 180 countries will be hosted in towns and islands across Greece. The programme aims at familiarizing the athletes with the Greek landscape, culture and cuisine, as a treat before the Games begin. Greek News Agenda: Special Issue Special Olympics Athens 2011   |
| T- Bill Auction Raises € 1,625 mln Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:06 AM PDT  On June 21, Greece raised €1,625 million from the market in an auction of 3-month Treasury bills. Bids submitted totalled €3,675 million or 2.94 times more than the asked sum. The Public Debt Management Organisation covered the asked sum of €1,250 million and accepted non-competitive bids totalling €375 million, at an interest rate of 4.62% - from 4.06% in the previous auction of same T-bills.   |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT  Per capita GDP in Greece fell to 89% of the EU27 average in 2010, from 94% in 2009, the EU statistics service Eurostat said on June 21, in Brussels. According to first estimates for 2010 released by Eurostat, GDP per capita in the member states varied between 43% in Bulgaria and 283% in Luxembourg.   |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT
 The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) has recently released a new English newsletter titled Greek Travel Business News. The newly-launched bulletin offers brief updates on the travel trade market twice a month, with links to online sources for additional information. Presenting developments in the tourism industry, Greek Travel Business News focuses mainly on activities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, GNTO Offices abroad, as well as regional Tourism Offices. The first issue was published on June 1, while the second is currently online.
 The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) has launched a new cooperation project with Google, in an effort to promote more effectively Greece as a tourism destination. Since May 27, an advertising campaign via the latest of web tools such as Google Display Network, You Tube and Google search has been underway. The campaign will be on-line until the end of 2011. Greek Travel Business News: GNTO launches cooperation with Google   |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT  The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies (Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, Birmingham University) is organising an international conference on Re-imagining the Past: Antiquity and Modern Greek Culture to be held at the University of Birmingham on June 27 and 28. The aim of the conference is to offer new perspectives on the relationship between Modern Greece and Antiquity. Participants will re-examine Greek perceptions of the ancient past from the fifteenth century onwards and re-assess the contribution of antiquity to the emergence and development of Modern Greek culture.   |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT  A photography exhibition featuring impressive photos of exploration expeditions carried out by the Thessaloniki Speleology Association Proteus was last week on display not in a typical art gallery but in a WWII bomb shelter. The bomb shelter, a large man-made cave in which local residents sought refuge during the war, was recently reopened at the initiative of Proteus. To enter the candlelit cave, which is located exactly beneath Pavlou Mela Square in Thessaloniki, visitors to the exhibition had to wear special helmets fitted with lights.   |
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