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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-12-05Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Bakoyannis named 2005 World MayorMayor of Athens Dora Bakoyannis was named World Mayor 2005 in an annual contest organised by the London-based City Mayors organisation. Bakoyannis was one of 65 mayors from all over the world who made it to the final stage of the competition, out of an initial 550 contestants. The runner up is Hazel McCallion, Mayor of Mississauga (Ontario/Canada). In third place is Alvaro Arzu, Mayor of Guatemala City, with Oscar Samson Rodriguez, Mayor of San Fernando (Pampanga/Philippines) in fourth place.More than 85,000 people voted online between June and October 2005 to select the winner based on who they thought had done the most in contributing to his/her city's prosperity and proving to be an effective mayor. The contest aims to raise the profile of mayors worldwide as well as to honour those who have served their communities well and who have made contributions to the well-being of cities nationally and internationally. In 2004, Edi Rama, Mayor of Tirana, won the Award. [02] PASOK party leader addresses National Inspiration and Dialogue Committee for young generationMain opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou addressed the first meeting of the National Inspiration and Dialogue Committee for the young generation at a downtown Athens hotel on Monday. The meeting marked the beginning of the effort to re-establish PASOK's youth wing, whose dissolution had been announced by Papandreou at an event held on the occasion of the party's 31st anniversary last September.Papandreou visited all the tables in the hall where the event was held and spoke with young people who had come to listen to his speech, which focused on the position of the young generation in Greek society, its visions, hopes and prospects. The PASOK leader encouraged the young people present, who will bear the burden of the PASOK youth wing's re-establishment, to question everything, even himself. He further said that young people do not compromise and do not negotiate when the future of the country is at risk and called on them to reject old-style politics. Papandreou also called on young people to assume initiatives at all levels, adding that the only thing youth has to fear is fear and called on them to reject the ideologies of fear. "I look forward to you for a 'revolution of values'," Papandreou said and promised his full support in this respect. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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