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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-10-27
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[01] Greece theme country in 54th Belgrade book festival
[01] Greece theme country in 54th Belgrade book festival
BELGRADE (ANA-MPA/N. Pelpas) - Greece will be the theme country at
the 54th book festival which will be taking place here in October
2009. The ambassador of Japan (the theme country at this year's
festival) delivered the "open book" to the Greek ambassador in
Serbia during the 53rd festival's closing ceremony.
Greek Ambassador Christos Panagopoulos thanked the book festival's
administration and the Serb Culture ministry, pointing out that
"this distinction will contribute to the development of the cultural
relations of the two countries that are lagging behind compared to
political and economic relations."
Panagopoulos added that "when a book opens, a new world opens" and
expressed confidence that the historical bonds between the two
peoples will also be expressed in the sector of culture.
The Belgrade book festival is one of the greatest cultural events in
Serbia. This year's 53rd festival was visited by 147,000 people.
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