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NEWSLETTER 04 | 2019 EVENTS IN APRIL Athens, „Italienische Nacht“ (“Italian night”), Ödön von Horváth, until 11 th April at Kefallinias Street Theater The play “Italienische Nacht” ("Italian Night") by Ödön von Horváth, translated for the first time into Greek by Pantelis Flatsousis, will be performed until 11 th April at Kefallinias Street Theater (18, Kefallinias str., Kipseli). More information as well as tickets are available at https://www.viva.gr/tickets/theater/theatro- odou-kefallinias/italiki-nihta/. Athens, „Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald“ („Tales from the Vienna Woods“), April at Art Theater The long awaited large-scale production of the Art Theater „Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald“ („Tales from the Vienna Woods“) by Ödön von Horváth will be performed throughout April at Karolus Kun Art Theater (in the basement, 5, Pesmazoglu str.). Horváth's masterpiece will be presented by a sixteen-member company accompanied by live music and songs. Just six years before his untimely death in ©Karolos Kun Art Theater ©Kefalinnias Strasse Theater

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NEWSLETTER 04 | 2019

EVENTS IN APRIL

Athens, „Italienische Nacht“ (“Italian night”), Ödön von Horváth, until 11th April

at Kefallinias Street Theater

The play “Italienische Nacht” ("Italian

Night") by Ödön von Horváth, translated

for the first time into Greek by Pantelis

Flatsousis, will be performed until 11th April

at Kefallinias Street Theater (18, Kefallinias

str., Kipseli). More information as well as

tickets are available at

https://www.viva.gr/tickets/theater/theatro-

odou-kefallinias/italiki-nihta/.

Athens, „Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald“ („Tales from the Vienna Woods“),

April at Art Theater

The long awaited large-scale production of

the Art Theater „Geschichten aus dem

Wiener Wald“ („Tales from the Vienna

Woods“) by Ödön von Horváth will be

performed throughout April at Karolus Kun

Art Theater (in the basement, 5, Pesmazoglu

str.). Horváth's masterpiece will be

presented by a sixteen-member company

accompanied by live music and songs.

Just six years before his untimely death in ©Karolos Kun Art Theater

©Kefalinnias Strasse Theater

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1931, Horváth wrote „Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald“ („Tales from the Vienna Woods“),

in which he predicted Hitler's rise to power and the beginning of another World War. With

humor, harshness and compassion, he deals with his heroes from the lower middle class

who believe in God by habit and support National Socialism through apathy and ignorance

and are neither "good" nor "bad" ... only "petty" and "wicked". Thus, without any hope, says

Horváth.

Translation: Giorgos Depastas. Direction: Marianna Kalbari in collaboration with the theater

group

Performances: Wednesdays and Sundays at 20.00, Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays at 21.15.

Afternoon performance: Saturday at 18.15.

All tickets are available at www.viva.gr

Athens, Lecture by Dr. Volker Grieb, M.A. (Institute of Ancient History,

University of Graz) at the Athens Branch of the Austrian Archaeological

Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 4th April 2019

In the framework of the OEAI FELLOWS LECTURES

SERIES at the Athens Branch of the Austrian

Archaeological Institute scholarship holders

present their research work.

On 4th April 2019 at 18.00 Dr. Volker Grieb (Univ.

Ass. at the Institute of Ancient History) will give a

lecture in English on „MEGALOPOLIS –

HONORARY MONUMENTS FROM THE AGORA,

NEW INSCRIPTIONS AND SOME NOTES ON

THE PROSOPOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT CITY“

at the Athens Branch of the Austrian

Archaeological Institute (Address: 26 Leoforos

Alexandras, 10683 Athens).

Further information can be found on the

homepage of the Austrian Archaeological

Institute.

© Austrian Archaeological Institute

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Athens, Diplomats in Concert, 10th April

A special charity event will take place on Thursday, 10th April, at 20.00 at Parnassos

Literary Society (8, Karitsi Square, 105 61 Athens). Diplomats, their partners and friends as

well as professional musicians and singers will take part in the „Diplomats in Concert“ event.

This charity event was established in 2003 in Vienna as “Ambassadors in Concert" by

Ambassadors accredited to Vienna, was launched in 2014 by the Austrian Embassy Athens

and takes place annually since then – since 2017 as “Diplomats in Concert”. At this year's

concert, which will take place again on the initiative of the Austrian Embassy and with the

active support of Doyen, H.E. the Ambassador of Romania Lucian Fatu and will be produced

and directed by Nikos Tsaousis (Greek National Opera), Austria will be represented by

Attaché Richard Dullnig and Mrs. Melanie Rottenberger-Zinner.

Tickets are available as of now at the offices of SOS Children’s Villages Greece (12-14

Karageorgi Servias str., 1st floor, Athens) or by phone at 210 3313661. Apart from the

concert the €25, €18 and €12 tickets include a reception, as well.

The proceeds from the event will go to the SOS Children’s Villages Greece. You can also

make an on-line donation to the SOS Children’s Villages Greece.

© SOS Children’s Villages

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The SOS Children’s Villages International was founded in 1949 by the Austrian Hermann

Gmeiner and is now active in 133 countries and regions. This NGO helps tens of thousands

of children worldwide in currently over 575 SOS Children’s Villages and 739 youth facilities.

The SOS Children’s Villages Greece were founded in 1975 and include the following

programs: SOS Children's Village in Vari, SOS Children's Village in Plagiari, SOS Children's

Village in Alexandroupolis, Youth Houses in Paleo Faliro and Thessaloniki, Social Centres in

ten major cities in Greece, an SOS Babies Home in Maroussi and the new SOS Children's

Village in Finikia.

Athens, NASOM Formation “Airborne extended” at the Alternative Stage of the

Greek National Opera at SNFCC, 12th April

The contemporary Austrian ensemble airborne

extended will give a concert on 12th April at 20.30 at the

Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera at Stavros

Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center within the

framework of the festival "O qual incendio". The airborne

extended ensemble was founded in 2013 as an extension

of the airborne ensemble in order to interpret a repertoire

for such instruments as harp, harpsichord, flute and

recorder. The extraordinary combination of these

instruments gives airborne extended the opportunity to

create a wide range of new sounds and colors. The concert will take place with the support

of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs.

Further information is available on the following website:

https://www.nationalopera.gr/enalaktiki-skini/enalaktiki-skini-festival/item/2502-o-qual-

incendio.

© Airborne extended

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Veria, Exhibition of the Austrian Honorary Consul Evelyn Papadopoulou,

19th April

On Friday, 19th April, the opening of the art exhibition

ΠΡΟΒΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΣ -GUARDIAN SHEEP will take place at

20.00 at Papatzikou gallery, 26 Ag. Antoniou street, in Veria.

Evelyn W. Papadopoulou is artistically playing with the

concept of the “Sheep” and hand-washed sheep's wool. The

resulting wool installations transform the gallery space into a

wonderful scenery.

Vienna, The World Peace Choral Festival 2019, 25th-28th July – Registration

deadline: 30th April 2019

From 25th to 28th July, Vienna, the music

capital of the world, will be once again the

stage for children and youth choirs from all

around the world. Under the slogan "Coming

together to sing, singing for a better future",

the young participants will promote world peace by means of their music. The World Peace

Choral Festival aims at enhancing intercultural understanding and communication and

producing mutual respect and harmony. For further information at the website

http://www.wpcf.at/.

©Evelyn Papadopoulou

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Rohrau, "2nd International Haydn Competition for Classical Song and Aria",

7th – 9th June, Registration deadline: 10th April

For the second time, the Province of Lower

Austria organizes the "International Haydn

Competition for Classical Song and Aria", which

will take place from 7th to 9th June 2019 at

Haydn’s birth house as well as in Rohrau Castle.

The competition is aimed at especially talented

young singers from all over the world who are

trained in the field of song and opera and

focuses on the Lied and Aria repertoire of the

Viennese Classical period. More than 70 young

singers from 23 different nations participated

in the first edition of the competition last year.

The Jury Chairman of the competition in 2019

will be once again the chamber singer Angelika

Kirchschlager.

Registration is possible until 23rd April 2019

exclusively in digital form.

Further information is available on the websites

www.haydnwettbewerb.at (German) and

www.haydncompetition.com (English).

Democracy Award 2019, Margaretha Lupac Foundation’s call for submission of

applications – Application deadline: 15th June

The Austrian Embassy Athens informs that the Austrian

Parliament’s non-profit organisation Margaretha Lupac

Foundation has invited to apply for the 2019 Democracy

Award. The call is addressed to persons and institutions that

stand for extraordinary civil society commitments to democracy and parliamentarism in

Austria. Applications should be sent electronically to the jury of the Margaretha Lupac

Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, E-Mail: [email protected].

Both personal applications and submissions for other candidates are allowed. Applications

are submitted electronically and are possible up to and including 15th June 2019.

Further information about the call for submission of applications as well as the documents

can be found at www.lupacstiftung.at or may be requested at

[email protected].

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Intercultural Achievement Award (IAA) 2019

The Intercultural Achievement Award (IAA)

was launched in 2014 as a key project in

intercultural dialogue by the Federal

Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign

Affairs (BMEIA)'s Task Force "Dialogue of

Cultures", in cooperation with the Austrian

embassies and cultural forums abroad. The award recognizes successful, innovative projects

in the field of intercultural dialogue on the Austrian and international level. The prize is

open to those who successfully embark on new paths in intercultural dialogue, who have

mastered a concrete challenge through intercultural action, or who promote the dialogue

between cultures and religions through media.

In 2018 the Greek NGO LATRA was awarded one of the three recognition prizes of the IAA.

The IAA 2019 will be awarded for the best respective project in each of these five categories:

1. Category SUSTAINABILITY: „Best ongoing project with sustainable impact”

2. Category RECENT EVENTS: „Best project with reference to current issues”

3. Category INNOVATION: „Most innovative intercultural project”

4. Category MEDIA: „Best media contribution for intercultural understanding”

5. Special prize “Integration in Austria”

Applications received by 30th April 2019 at the latest will be checked for completeness by

the Task Force. Applicants will be informed about the admissibility of the application and

can submit subsequent information. Further information can be found here.

For further information on the work and the projects of the Task Force "Dialogue of

Cultures" please visit the website www.bmeia.gv.at/dialogderkulturen or write to

[email protected]

Strobl (Austria), „univie: Summer School for International and European

Studies”, 13th July to 10th August 2019, Application deadline: 30th April 2019

Every year, the University of Vienna organizes an international

summer school for students and academics from all over the world

in Strobl at Lake Wolfgang.

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The four week program offers high level European Studies courses and the Austrian

Arbitration Academy in the morning and German Language courses in the afternoon. The

European Studies courses are held in English and focus on Europe and the European Union.

They cover political, economic, and legal, but also historical and cultural aspects of the

multiple transformations the continent is currently undergoing. The Austrian Arbitration

academy focuses on international dispute settlement by arbitral tribunals.

Given the intercultural and interdisciplinary aspect of the summer school our course offers

are of interest for students from all fields of study, but certainly of special interest for

students who concentrate on Europe or study one of the following fields: European Studies,

Political Science, Law (Arbitration Law, International Law, European Law, Comparative Law),

Economics, History, Cultural Studies, International Relations, Interdisciplinary Studies, and

German.

The program not only offers an outstanding academic reputation and excellent

opportunities to study German, but also excellent sports and recreational facilities, because

of its location directly at Lake Wolfgang in the picturesque Salzkammergut region.

Application deadline: 30th April 2019

More information can be found at http://shs.univie.ac.at

Salzburg International Summer Academy for Fine Arts. Application for grants.

Deadline: 3rd April 2019 (grants), 2nd May 2019 (all applications)

The course program of Salzburg

International Summer Academy of Fine Arts

offers numerous grants to gifted artists,

curators and authors from all over the world.

Applications for numerous attractive grants

can be made here. Deadline: 3rd April 2019

(grants), 2nd May 2019 (all applications).

The Salzburg International Summer

Academy for Fine Arts, founded in 1953 by

Oskar Kokoschka as the "School of Seeing"

at Festung Hohensalzurg (Hohensalzburg Fortress), is the oldest of its kind in Europe. Every

year around 300 participants from 50 countries attend approximately 20 courses in the two

fixed course locations: Festung Hohensalzurg and Kiefer Steinbruch in Fürstenbrunn, as well

as in temporary locations in the City of Salzburg.

You may find detailed descriptions of each course as well as information on the registration

procedures for courses and grants here .

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GO Styria research grant. Deadline: 8th April 2019, 13:00 CET

The Go Styria grant of the Province of Styria in

cooperation with the Karl-Franzens-University Graz

for students from Southeastern Europe is only

available for research stays of Master and PhD

students or Post-Docs.

The maximum funding period for "Go Styria" is four months. The awarding of grants for

shorter research stays (1-3 months) is possible.

Detailed information can be found here. Deadline: 8th April 2019, 13.00 CET

MARCH REVIEW

Delphi, Delphi Economic Forum IV, 28th February–2nd March

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© Austrian Embassy Athens

The Delphi Economic Forum IV took place from 28th February to 2nd March, bringing

together high-profile Greek and international political and business leaders in the

breathtaking scenery of the mystical location of Delphi high up in the mountains of Central

Greece. The opening was held by H.E. President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios V.

Pavlopoulos. The Governor of the Region of Central Greece, Kostas Bakoyannis (pictured

above, on the left), was noticeably pleased to welcome numerous participants (including the

former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Matthew Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State - in the picture on the top

left – as well as the Shadow Foreign Minister and MP George Koumoutsakos - in the picture

on the top right) in this high-profile event. The Austrian Embassy congratulated the

President of the Delphi Economic Forum, Symeon Tsomokos (pictured bottom right), and

his team on this once again extremely successful forum!

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Thessaloniki, 21st International Documentary Film Festival with the participation

of Austrian films, 1st-10th March

The 21st Thessaloniki International

Documentary Film Festival took place from

1st to 10th March 2019 with the

participation of the following Austrian films:

Tribute – Gustav Deutsch

Film ist 1-6 (1998)

Film ist. 7-12 (2002):

World Mirror Cinema (2005)

Film Ist: A girl and a gun (2009):

© 21

st Thessaloniki Dokumentary Film Festival

Private Sandnes. A Kinematographic Atlas (2010):

Notes and Sketches I (2016):

How we live messages to the family (2017):

"Introduzione All Oscuro" von Gaston Solnicki

„You Only Die Twice“ von Yair_Lev

Athens, International Stakeholder Conference, visit by former Vice Chancellor

GD Dr. Michael SPINDELEGGER from 5th to 6th March 2019 in Athens

© Austrian Embassy Athens

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Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Dr. Michael SPINDELEGGER in his capacity as Director-

General of ICMPD (International Center for Migration Policy Development), visited Athens

from 5th to 6th March 2019 in order to attend the “International Stakeholder Conference” on

6th March 2019 in Athens within the context of the research project "Study on Trafficking

Resilience and Vulnerability en route to Europe (STRIVE)" and had a number of further talks

with the Minister of Migration Policy H.E. Dimitris VITSAS (pictured on the right) and the

Ministry of Citizen Protection.

Athens, Masterchef special on EU designations of origin, 6th March

On 6th March a special program of the popular TV format "Masterchef" was broadcast on

the Greek tv channel Star Channel, which aimed to draw attention to the diversity of food

products in Europe and the protected EU designations of origin. In the episode recorded in

Zappeion, 27 Member States presented a product bearing a protected EU designation of

origin at the initiative of the European Commission Representation in Athens. For Austria,

pumpkin seed oil protected under a geographical indication was used in the cooking show

as an ingredient. The Styrian producer Rudi Teichtmeister kindly provided pumpkin seed oil

for the show.

In addition, 27 representatives of European embassies participated as jurors and tasters of

the dishes created by the teams. Minister Counsellor Dr. Martina Hermann participated in

the cooking show, representing the Austrian Embassy.

The program was shown on Greek television on 6th March and can be watched via

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU9YRlX_-ls&feature=youtu.be.

© European Commission

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Athens, Evening event at the Athens branch of the Austrian Archeological

Institute, 8th March

On Friday, 8th March, the Athens Branch of the

Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian

Academy of Sciences presented to the

interested public the work carried out in 2018.

There was also a lecture in the festive setting of

the institute’s evening event.

Dr. Georg Ladstätter, Director of the Austrian

Archaeological Institute, presented the annual

report 2018, which included not only the

scientific public relations activities, the lectures

and conferences as well as the events organized

by the Austrian Embassy in Athens at the branch

building, but also the results of the Austrian

archaeological fieldwork of the institute in

Greece. Priv-Doz. Mag. Michael Kerschner of the

Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna gave a lecture entitled "The Artemision of

Ephesus in Geometric and Archaic Period. From the beginning of the sanctuary to the

construction of the first Dipterus” („Das Artemision von Ephesos in Geometrischer und

archaischer Zeit. Von den Anfängen des Heiligtums bis zum Bau des ersten Dipteros“). In

addition, the long-term employee at the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Athens, Dr.

Schauer retired after 26 years of work at the Institute. The Deputy Head of the Austrian

Academy of Sciences, PD Dr. Oliver Hulden, also visited Athens for this purpose.

Belgrade, Regional Ambassadors Conference, 13th-15th March

© Austrian Embassy Athens

© Austrian Archaeological Institute

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From 13th-16th March 2019 a regional conference of Ambassadors, to which Ambassador

Andrea Ikic-Böhm was also invited, took place in Belgrade. On the initiative of the Austrian

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs an exchange of experiences

between the Austrian Heads of Mission in Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Podgorica,

Skopje, Pristina, Tirana, Bucharest, Sofia and Athens and the Vienna headquarters was held

there with a view to support South-East Europe in the EU integration process of the

individual countries. The recent agreement between Greece and North Macedonia on the

name issue could be the catalyst for further positive developments in the region.

Athens, Presentation of the book „Abschied von Sidonie“ by Erich Hackl in its

Greek translation, 18th March

© Austrian Embassy Athens

The publishing house Fildisi and the Austrian writer Erick Hackl invited the public to the

presentation of the translation of the novel "Abschied von Sidonie" on Monday, 18th March

at Panteion University (136, Leof. Syggrou, "Aristoteles" auditorium), which took place under

the auspices of the Austrian Embassy. “Abschied von Sidonie”, originally published in

German in 1998, describes the fate of the Roma girl Sidonie Adlersburg, who was killed in

1943 at the National Socialist extermination camp in Auschwitz. A reading by Erich Hackl

with translation into Greek was accompanied by interesting speeches on the book delivered

by Anastasia Antonopoulou, Professor of German Studies at the University of Athens, Nanti

Filia, translator of the book and Panagiotis Haritos, Deputy Mayor of Sofades / Karditsa as

well as by the President of the Organization of Roma Scientists and Intermediaries "Roma

without borders".

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Patras, Official opening of the Austrian Honorary Consulate, 20th March

© Austrian Embassy Athens In the photo on the bottom right (from the left): Honorary Consul Georgopoulos with his wife, Ambassador Ikic-Böhm, S.E.F.A. President Katsikas, former Honorary Consul Georgopoulos, Consul Reitinger

On 20th March 2019 the Honorary Consulate in Patras with jurisdiction over the regions of

Western Greece and Peloponnese was officially opened. The Honorary Consulate in Patras

serves as a first point of contact for foreign Austrians living in the area of its jurisdiction as

well as for Austrian tourists. The Honorary Consulate has the following contact details:

28-30 Kanari str., 26222 Patras

Tel.: +30 2610 321444

Mobile: +30 6977 475981

E-Mail: [email protected]

Direction: Andreas GEORGOPOULOS, Honorary Consul

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The Embassy congratulates the new Austrian Honorary Consul Andreas GEORGOPOULOS (in

the photo on the top left at the opening of the premises) very warmly and is looking

forward to the cooperation.

Athens, EU-Heads-of-Mission-Breakfast meeting with H.E. Foreign Minister -

Giorgos Katrougalos, 26th March

© Austrian Embassy Athens

On 26th March the current local EU Council President, H. E. Ambassador of Romania Lucian

Fătu invited to an EU Heads of Mission breakfast meeting with H.E. Foreign Minister Giorgos

Katrougalos as guest of honor. In his remarks Foreign Minister Katrougalos gave an

overview of a wide range of Greek foreign policy priorities, focusing in particular on

European issues, the region of South-East Europe, relations with neighboring countries and

other global powers. H.E. Ambassador Fătu and the Heads of Mission thanked Foreign

Minister Giorgos Katrougalos for his interesting remarks and the lively discussion.

Athens, Presentation at Webster University, 26th March

© Austrian Embassy Athens

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At the invitation of Webster University of Athens Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Böhm gave a

presentation of the Austrian foreign policy on 26th March in front of international students

from Greece, the USA, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Georgia, Libya, the Philippines, Russia, Serbia

and Syria and then responded to numerous questions posed by interested listeners on the

areas of Europe, multilateralism, neutrality, environmental protection, as well as living and

studying in Austria.

Athens, Presentation of the book „April in Stein“ by Prof. Dr. Robert Streibel,

29th & 30th March

© Austrian Embassy Athens/publishing house Alfeios

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The Austrian historian Robert Streibel visited Athens in March in order to present the Greek

translation of his historical novel "April in Stein" (publishing house Alfeios).

During the National Socialist tyranny, the prison facility in Krems-Stein was the largest of

the "Ostmark". Opponents of the regime were imprisoned there - communists and

"saboteurs", insurgents from Austria and Eastern Europe. On 6th April 1945 in the face of the

advancing Red Army, the prison warden opened the gates of the detention center, but SS,

SA, and local people chased and murdered hundreds of political prisoners. Among the

victims were Greeks, who had been taken to the penitentiary in the summer of 1944. Some

managed to escape, some survived hidden in the basement, and their reports form the basis

of Robert Streibel's many-voiced panorama.

On Saturday, 30th March 2019 "April in Stein" was presented at Polis Art Café in the spirit of

an active culture of remembrance. The writer Dr. Annita Panaretou as well as the book’s

author discussed the book. The book presentation was accompanied by a photographic

exhibition and testimonies from Greek survivors of the massacre in Stein. In addition, the

author presented his novel as well as his research work on Saturday, 30th March at the Greek

War Archive.

The Greek translation was published by the publishing house Alfeios in Athens. Further

information: Alfeios Publications, 22, Char. Trikoupi, 106 79, Athens, Tel: (+30)210 3623 092,

[email protected], www.alfeiosbooks.com

GREETINGS BY THE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR

Dear friends of the Austrian Embassy in Athens,

March brought a lot of new developments. On 20th March an Austrian

Honorary Consulate was opened in Patras. The Austrian Embassy is

very pleased that we can further expand our service for Austrians living

in Greece as well as for Austrian tourists under our consular motto "We

are there for you worldwide", and that our relations with the Regions

of Western Greece and Peloponnese will be strengthened even further.

In addition, two literary events relating to Austria took place last

month, namely two books written by Austrian authors, "Abschied von

Sidonie" by Erich Hackl and "April in Stein" by Robert Streibl, were

presented in their Greek translations in Athens. © Austrian Embassy Athens

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A number of cultural events await us in the coming weeks. I would especially like to draw your

attention to the appearance of the "NASOM" ensemble "Airborne" at Stavros Niarchos

Foundation Cultural Center. NASOM is a promotion program for young music talents run by

the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which supports young musicians living in Austria with

performances abroad. The "Airborne" ensemble was selected in the New Music section of the

currently running NASOM programme.

I would like once again to congratulate all the Greeks on their National Holiday, during

which I had the opportunity to attend the Mass on 25th March together with colleagues of the

Diplomatic Corps, as well as a wreath-laying ceremony by the Greek State President Prokopis

V. Pavlopoulos and a military parade in the presence of the Greek Head of State and Members

of the Government and the Opposition.

With my warmest regards,

Ambassador Andrea Ikić-Böhm

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