Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-03-28

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

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[01] Earth Hour 2015 to be celebrated on Saturday, 20:30-21:30

[01] Earth Hour 2015 to be celebrated on Saturday, 20:30-21:30

The lights-off event has been held annually since founded in 2007. This year it will be held on Saturday at 20:30 local time in over 162 countries and territories worldwide.

Earth Hour was first held in 2009 in Greece, where it is coordinated by WWF Greece. It will involve hundreds of municipalities throughout the country, while in the past lights have gone off on iconic buildings of the country like the Parthenon, the Greek Parliament, the White Tower in Thessaloniki and the Rio-Antirrio bridge linking central and southern Greece.

The Athens airport authorities said that during the one-hour event they would switch off lights in one of the runways for an hour and reduce lighting at staff parking lots and other select spaces at the airport and make public announcements about the event.

Nearby businesses will also participate - Leroy Merlin, Factory Outlet, Sofitel hotel, IKEA, Kotsovolos and others.

[File photo: Earth Day in 2014, with lights switched off in Athens/ANA-MPA, Yiannis Kolesidis]

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