A Greek couple has been found to be among the 181 people, who lost their life in the wildfires that continue raging in the Australian state of Victoria.
Due to the catastrophic wildfires in Victoria state, the exhibition, "Athenian Democracy speaks with its epigraphs" will be inaugurated in Australia in the month of March instead of February.
Referring to the draft bill on the expatriate Greek vote, Andreas Loverdos, a senior member of the main opposition Pasok party and its spokesman on foreign policy, has accused the government of exceeding all bounds of responsibility and of efforts to profit through public relations.
The Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center in Chicago inaugurated its newest exhibition, ANAMNISEIS: Highlights of the Permanent Collection.The exhibit which opened on February 5, 2009 in the Hellenic Museum's main gallery translates to memories.
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Batzeli statements on “History Lost” exhibition
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The "History Lost" multimedia exhibition on illicit antiquities trade and its impact on society and culture officially opened at the European Parliament in Brussels on Feb. 10, hosted by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, with the support of the chairperson of the Europarliament's committee on culture and education, Katerina Batzeli. The exhibit was inaugurated by Mrs. Batzeli and professor, George Babiniotis The exhibition, to be held at the EP's Yehudi Menuhin Hall on Feb. 9-13, will feature copies of finds that have been returned recently to Greece and Cyprus, following relevant requests and has already been presented in Trieste, Lisbon and Dublin. In statements made to ERA 5 radio, Mrs. Batzeli underlined the importance of streamlining an effective strategic coordination of national and European efforts against the illicit antiquities trade making it a political priority in the European Union. She underlined that this illicit trade is an insult to cultures and peoples, a crime associated with other forms of organized crime such as terrorism and drug trafficking. Cooperation she noted, with UNESCO, for a strategic coordination against this phenomenon must be a political priority of the EU. Historical values comprise values of future generations which must not be denied from today's youth, she highlighted.