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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-04-01
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[01] Olive Oil and Olive Festival at Peace and Friendship Stadium
[01] Olive Oil and Olive Festival at Peace and Friendship Stadium
The 7th Olive Oil and Olive Festival opened on Friday with the
participation of producers throughout the country. The festival is
hosted at the Peace and Friendship indoor sports facilities in Faliro
(SEF) and will run until Sunday under the auspices of the Agriculture
and Food Ministry.
The visitors will have the opportunity to taste different varieties of
olive oil and olives and to get acquainted with rare olive oils with
chocolate, lemon, saffron, orange and truffle as the olive oil-medicine
for the heart. Forty chefs will prepare recipes based on the olive oil
from all over Greece and the visitors will be able to buy olive oil
and table olives from over 100 small producers from Crete, Kalamata,
Mytilene, Chalkidiki, Fthiotida, Achaia, Ilia and other Greek regions.
The official inauguration of the festival was be held on Friday at 19:00
and the 7th Olive oil and Olive conference will open on Saturday at 10:00.
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