Browse through our Collection of Greek Indexers for: FTP Servers, Libraries & WWW Sites Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923) Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923)
HR-Net - Hellenic Resources Network Compact version
Today's Suggestion
Read The "Macedonian Question" (by Maria Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou)
HomeAbout HR-NetNewsWeb SitesDocumentsOnline HelpUsage InformationContact us
Friday, 29 March 2024
 
News
  Latest News (All)
     From Greece
     From Cyprus
     From Europe
     From Balkans
     From Turkey
     From USA
  Announcements
  World Press
  News Archives
Web Sites
  Hosted
  Mirrored
  Interesting Nodes
Documents
  Special Topics
  Treaties, Conventions
  Constitutions
  U.S. Agencies
  Cyprus Problem
  Other
Services
  Personal NewsPaper
  Greek Fonts
  Tools
  F.A.Q.
 

Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-06-29

Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] New parliament president elected
  • [02] Presidential Mansion Gardens open to public

  • [01] New parliament president elected

    AMNA--New Democracy (ND) MP Evangelos Meimarakis was elected parliament president during a secret vote in the 300-member House on Friday with an overwhelming majority of 223 votes for, 66 blanks and one invalid vote.

    Absent from the session were ND leader Antonis Samaras, who has been confined to bed rest following eye surgery last weekend, former prime minister George Papandreou who is in Brussels for the European Socialist Party meeting, ministers Dimitris Avramopoulos, Christos Staikouras and Costis Hatzidakis who are in Brussels for the EU summit, Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga, KKE deputy Eleni Gerassimidou and PASOK deputy Theodoros Parastatidis.amna

    Meimarakis, the sole candidate proposed for the post, was born in Athens in 1053, studied law, political sciences and public administration, was first elected to parliament in 1989 on the ND ticket in the Athens B' constituency and has been re-elected in all general elections, has served as defense minister in the past, and is president of the Constantine Karamanlis Foundation for Democracy.

    [02] Presidential Mansion Gardens open to public

    AMNA--The famed Gardens of the Presidential Mansion in downtown Athens will be open to the public on Sundays, beginning this Sunday, June 1.

    The Presidential Mansion Gardens will be open on Sundays, except holidays, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, from the Vassileos Georgiou B' Street entrance.

    Admission is free, with the display of a police identity card or passport.amna

    Previous arrangements are required for group visits (schools, clubs), at telephone numbers: 210-7283289 and 210-7224939.

    The garden of the Presidential Mansion occupies an area of about 25,000 square metres (just over 6 acres) and constitutes a green haven in the centre of Athens. In the middle of the nineteenth century, this area, because of its especially fertile soil, was in fact the vegetable garden of the former Royal Palace (Crown Prince's Palace, now the Parliament building), designed by Ernst Ziller.amna

    After the erection of the mansion in 1897 and the construction of Herodou Attikou Street, the area which surrounded the Crown Prince's Palace was fashioned into a large ornamental garden. The planning of this appears to have been assigned to Ziller's technical office. The selection of suitable plants, though, apparently was entrusted to a Greek specialist, since most of the trees are native to Greece.amna

    From the very beginning the garden was divided into two large sections because of the slope of the land. The building is situated in the upper section.amna

    The design of the garden in front of the building was similar to that of other neo-classical structures of the period (the Academy, the University and the National Library). The garden follows a relatively rigid geometric plan of the French type, with symmetrical beds of grass and seasonal flowering plants. The formalism of the composition approaching Herod Atticus Road is alleviated by the perennial plane trees, lindens, palms and cypress trees.


    Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article
    Back to Top
    Copyright © 1995-2023 HR-Net (Hellenic Resources Network). An HRI Project.
    All Rights Reserved.

    HTML by the HR-Net Group / Hellenic Resources Institute, Inc.
    ana2html v2.01 run on Friday, 29 June 2012 - 10:38:21 UTC