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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Memorial Day for Holocaust
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The Athens Prefecture held an event on Tuesday afternoon to honour the Memorial Day for Greek Jews and the Holocaust. Among other things, Athens Prefect Yannis Sgouros noted that the event constituted a day of memory, as well as a day for contemplation and concern. "The Holocaust," he said, "was a fundamental blow against civilisation". Several government and opposition MPs attended the event, including Transport and Communications minister Evripidis Stylianidis, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis.
In Greece, the drama of Greek Jews continued from the autumn of 1943 up to the final days of the German Occupation. Thousands of men, women and children were tortured and transported to death camps.