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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-29
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[01] Vladimir and Dimitri Ashkenazy at Herodes Atticus Odeon on Aug. 1
[02] State stands to gain up to 6.5 million a year from new Paros airport,
Aegean's Vassilakis says
[01] Vladimir and Dimitri Ashkenazy at Herodes Atticus Odeon on Aug. 1
Master musician, conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, with his
son Dimitri Ashkenazy on solo clarinet, returns to the Odeon of Herodes
Atticus on August 1. Vladimir Ashkenazy will conduct the Athens State
Orchestra as it performs a rich classical programme in its third and
final appearance at the Odeon during the 2016 Athens and Epidaurus
Festival.
The programme begins with Beethoven's "Prometheus" overture, the
composer's one and only work of music for ballet that premiered in Vienna
in 1801.
This will be followed by Mozart's "Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
in A major" featuring Dimitri Askhenazy and conclude with Tchaikovsky's
"Symphony No. 4 in F minor".
Tickets are available for 10 euros in the Upper Tier to 30 euros in the
VIP section, with discount prices available for students, unemployed
and the disabled.
[02] State stands to gain up to 6.5 million a year from new Paros airport,
Aegean's Vassilakis says
The Greek state stands to gain roughly 6.5 million euros a year from the
construction of the new airport on the island of Paros, Aegean Airlines
Board Vice Chairman Eftichios Vassilakis said at the opening of the new
airport on Friday. About 4.2 million euros will be saved from subsidies
for low-season and low-traffic ferry links, while another 2.5 million
euros is estimated to arise in direct revenues from VAT and departure
fees from Athens, he said.
"This time the state, private sector and local bodies cooperated extremely
well," he commented in a brief address, while noting that air travel on
Paros had not developed because the old airport did not make it possible.
The work to build the new airport had started from 2014, under the
previous government, and with the involvement of the municipal authorities
on the island, he said. The benefits would be apparent from the very
first month, when Paros will have three to four times the number of
airline passengers, while tickets will be cheaper and there will be
links with destinations abroad.
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