THERE is hardly a town in Greece that does not deck itself out once a year for a panigiriox for the anniversary of some local but historic event. Towns with seaside promenades always provide a congenial setting where a communal sense of pomp and play can be theatrically acted out.
THE AEGEAN may or may not be a Greek lake, but the hesitant first appearance of the Turkish oil exploration ship Sismik into these waters in late July must have felt, to its unfortunate commander, like the novice driver’s first essay into the traffic of central Athens.
WE HAD barely gotten used to the notion that the Caryatids were going to be replaced by plastic replicas when the Minister of Culture and Science, Constantine Trypanis, revealed that he had other plans in mind for the maidens.
EXCERPT from a telex received in June from a leading broker on the state of the shipping market: ‘Activity this week has been reduced as most of the brokers and buyers (Greek) are now attending the Posidonia Exhibition in Greece.’
THE LETTER Z is once again being scrawled in public places. Pronounced ‘zee’, as in American usage, it stands for the Greek word Zei which means, ‘He lives’.
A SHORT time ago Bishop Avgoustinos, our Good Shepherd of Florina, described, in his church-militant publication, Spathi, the most glaring example of godlessness that has lately offended his sight.
KAITI Argyropoulou, who died suddenly on March 7, was one of our best known conservationists. The wife of the late ambassador, Alexandros Argyropoulos she was president of the Athens Society of the Friends of Trees, formed after World War II.
IN THE last few months, a growing sensationalism in the press has created uneasiness among responsible citizens. This situation was aggravated by the murder of CIA official Richard Welch in December, an event exploited by some of the press in an offensive and irresponsible manner.
NOVEMBER the third of this year was dedicated to the Preservation of European Architectural Heritage. The Government on that day approved a 555 million dollar contract for the building of shipyards, a steel factory and a cement plant at Pylos on the Bay of Navarino.
