European Council:Speech by President Charles Michel

 

● European Council   13/10/2021 11:47 | Speech | Speech by President Charles Michel at the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust and Remembrance   I would like to sincerely thank you, Prime Minister Löfven, dear Stefan, for organising this event. And for your personal commitment, determination and tenacity, despite the pandemic. My thanks also to you, Madam Mayor and to the city of Malmö. The birth of our European project was the answer to the greatest act of annihilation ever carried out by humankind. The political translation of "never again" declared by Europeans after the Second World War. Our Union was conceived -- and built -- as a project of solidarity, cooperation, and tolerance. These values are quintessential to our project, anchored in the dignity of each human being. They represent our response to a horror where the very principle of humanity was denied. I just spent two days in Kiev. I visited the site of Babi Yar, where the mass murder of two hundred thousand victims, especially women and children, took place, one by one. Referred to as “the Holocaust by bullets”. When I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, when I visited Yad Vashem, and when I pay my respects at other memorials of the Shoah, I am always reminded of my first recognition of the Holocaust as a child when I visited the Fort of Breendonk, in Belgium, where a large number of Belgian Jews were transited to their extermination by the Nazis. I specifically remember the cold stone of this sinister fortress – I was chilled to the bone by the immensity. It marked me as a ten-year-old boy. As a ten-year-old European. And it has never left me. This act of “never forgetting” is the duty that falls to us Europeans, to all of us. Remembering is not enough. As the last survivors of the Shoah leave us, anti-Semitism lives on. On the rise again. That is why we must do more than just remember. We must act. We must re-act now. For instance, since Covid-19, online anti-Semitic content has drastically increased. The pandemic has not only caused millions of deaths. It has opened the floodgates to conspiracy theories. And online hatred against the Jewish community. One-hundred and twenty years after the invention of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, three-quarters of a century after the Holocaust, the pathology of anti-Semitism remains deep-rooted. It is not just a drama for the Jewish people. It is a drama for all of us, for all our societies across Europe which must be founded on tolerance and solidarity. The Holocaust taught us a simple truth: silence is the first step to acceptance. And silent we must never be. Silence is complicity. All of us, we shoulder a sacred responsibility. To name names and to publicly denounce the slightest word that spreads, or even trivialises, anti-Semitism. We need a policy of zero impunity against anti-Semitism. We, the European Union, must lead the fight against anti-Semitism. And that’s why the European Council has called for a concrete and ambitious action plan. The European Commission has just presented a strategy for combating anti-Semitism and supporting Jewish life. Including an essential component to support education and remembrance of the Shoah. The European Union is also drastically reinforcing the legislation – and the means – to fight hatred online, the new battleground for anti-Semitic attacks. Our efforts must guarantee the safety of European Jews. Their security and well-being. It is a disgrace that schoolchildren, visitors to museums, or worshippers, should have to be protected by men with guns. Simply because they are Jewish. Jewish people are at home in Europe. Jewish people are part of Europe. Artists. Doctors. Scientists. Entrepreneurs. They have all shaped and contributed to the rich tapestry of our European culture. And they are part of our future. Our common future. Europe without the Jewish people would no longer be Europe. Thank you.

 

AHEPA E-News Volume 15, Issue 32 | Wednesday, October 13, 2021 National Educational Foundation Announces 2021-22 Scholarship Recipients "The AHEPA National Educational Foundation is pleased to announce 24 recipients of its 2021-22 scholarship awards", announced Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas and Foundation Chairman George Vorkas. "In addition, the National Educational Foundation announces Mary Catherine Touloupis as the recipient of the “Chariclea Christodulakis-Cummins Charity Fund Scholarship,” which is administered by the Foundation. "We congratulate the 25 scholarship recipients on their outstanding academic achievements," Kokotas said. "They represent a broad range of hard-working students from across the globe. All have one academic dream in common—looking to become tomorrow's leaders. We are proud to count them as AHEPA scholars." AHEPA's commitment to education has been well-documented throughout its history with more than $2.2 million awarded in scholarships since the inception of the National Educational Foundation in the early 1980s. Countless millions of dollars more have been awarded at the district and chapter levels of AHEPA. For more information about the AHEPA National Educational Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, please visit www.ahepa.org/education/ list of scholarship awardees Statement on FM Dendias Upcoming Visit to Washington Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas issued a statement on Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias' visit to Washington, D.C., Oct. 13 and 14: "We anticipate a fruitful series of meetings for Foreign Minister Dendias in Washington, that will be headlined by the signing of an amended Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement. The agreement will further enhance defense and security cooperation between the two longtime NATO allies. "We are eager to see further developments with all facets of the Strategic Dialogue between the two countries, especially in people-to-people ties where we have a strong interest and play an important role as we just completed a successful international convention in Athens and celebration of Greece’s bicentennial. We are pleased people-to-people ties has been identified as a facet that is central to the U.S.-Greece relationship. "Finally, we look forward to being with the foreign minister again at a reception where we can share dialogue and exchange ideas." Supreme President Attends New York's Fall Conference Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas attended Empire District 6's (New York) virtual fall conference, Oct. 9. In his remarks to the attendees, Supreme President Kokotas spoke about many of AHEPA's programs and urged the district and all chapters to strive for excellence, to meet their financial obligations, and to recruit more new members, according to The National Herald. Several AHEPA and AHEPA family national, district, and chapter officers participated. The National Herald article AHEPA Responds to Call to Action, Opens Emergency Relief Fund Shortly after concluding business at our Athens Supreme Convention, an onslaught of wildfires devastated Greece. Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas immediately opened the Emergency Relief Fund and called on Ahepans from across the globe to mobilize. As they have in the past, Ahepans heeded the call and stepped up to assist in any way possible. As monetary donations continue to pour in, Ahepans also have volunteered their time and resources by donating bottles of water or by contributing to actual fire relief. Stateside, Hurricane Ida came barreling through the Gulf, leaving devastation in her wake in Louisiana and causing severe flooding and tornado damage in the mid-Atlantic up to parts of New England. AHEPA is working with the District 16 AHEPA family to determine how we can assist those affected by the hurricane to help them recover as quickly as possible. Click Here to make a tax-deductible Donation to the AHEPA Emergency Fund Upcoming Events & Deadlines October 24 | 45th Congressional Banquet in honor of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Washington, DC November 1 | Deadline: Winter 2021-22 The Ahepan 8-12 | AHEPA Golf Tournament, Daytona Beach, Fla. (For more information, contact Supreme Athletic Director, Chris Atsaves.) 20 | Testimonial Dinner for PSP George G. Horiates, Philadelphia, 6 p.m. The Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA (Proceeds to benefit the AHEPA Capital Campaign Fund. Contact 856.986.8972 for information.) Greek American News Digest  Editor's Note: Editorials, commentaries, opinion pieces, and articles are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members FM to visit Washington, sign mutual defense agreement this week Ekathimerini (Oct. 12) Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will be traveling to Washington on October 13-14 to participate in the third round of US-Greek Strategic Dialogue, while he is also expected to sign the second Protocol of Amendment of the Greek-US Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) with his US counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. read more Mitsotakis: Pfizer's Centre in Greece a Milestone Investment The National Herald (Oct. 12) "I am excited to be in Thessaloniki today for this special moment for Pfizer, the city, but also for Albert [Bourla, Pfizer chairman and chief executive officer] who has excelled outside Greece. The discovery of the vaccine against the coronavirus bears his stamp," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday in his greeting at the inauguration of the new facilities of Pfizer's Global Centre for Digital Innovation and its Global Centre for Business Operations and Services in Thessaloniki. read more Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Greek island of Crete Associated Press (Oct. 12) A strong earthquake jolted the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday, two weeks and a day after another temblor killed a man and damaged hundreds of buildings. read more Hollywood Executive Sid Ganis Visits Greece to Discuss Creation of Film Studies Center The Pappas Post (Oct. 11) Veteran Hollywood film executive and producer Sid Ganis is visiting Greece this week to participate in events related to the creation of a film studies center in Athens. read more Ancient Greek on the Grass The New Yorker (Oct. 11) Armed with a Cyclops eye and a watermelon, Joseph Medeiros performed a one-man Odyssey at dawn in East River Park. read more Greek Chaos “Ultracar” Debuts In Nov With Up To 3,000 Hp And An Ultra Price From $6.4M To $14.4M CarScoops (Oct. 8) Last year, Greek startup SP Automotive made some pretty bold claims with its upcoming first model called the Chaos which was supposed to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show with some insane performance claims. read more

SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCEY,update

13/10/2021 09:00 | Agenda
Telecommunications ministers to discuss Artificial Intelligence ActThe EU ministers responsible for telecommunications and information society will hold an informal video conference on 14 October 2021 to discuss artificial intelligence, which is the top priority of the Slovenian Presidency in the area of digitalisation. The discussion will be led by Minister of Public Administration Boštjan Koritnik.
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13/10/2021 15:45 | Press release Prime Minister Janez Janša attends plenary session of the European Committee of the RegionsPrime Minister Janez Janša today attended a plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions via videoconference. The discussion focused on key current topics and issues faced during the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Visit the website  13/10/2021 17:30 | Press release State Secretary Raščan attends High-Level Conference on Water and Gender EqualityState Secretary Stanislav Raščan addressed the High-Level Conference on Water and Gender Equality, which aimed at exchanging good practices, opinions and ideas on how to achieve gender equality in the context of water. Visit the website 13/10/2021 20:00 | Press release An opportunity for decision-makers, producers and creators of audiovisual content to exchange viewsA two-day international expert conference has been held in Ljubljana on how to facilitate an equal relationship between players in the global market of audiovisual content providers. The development of new technologies and the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic have led to significant changes in the production and distribution or accessibility of audiovisual works. Visit the website

After Constantine Journal :Byzantium at Ankara: New Fall-Winter Seminar Series

Byzantium at Ankara New Fall-Winter Seminar Series We are happy to announce that Byzantium at Ankara is back with its brand new Fall-Winter Seminar Series! GO TO BLOG

ΝΟΡΒΗΓΙΑ:Άνδρας οπλισμένος με τόξο και βέλη σκότωσε πέντε ανθρώπους και τραυμάτισε άλλους δύο

 Άνδρας οπλισμένος με τόξο και βέλη σκότωσε πέντε ανθρώπους και τραυμάτισε άλλους δύο χθες Τετάρτη στην Κονγκσμπέργκ, στη νοτιοδυτική Νορβηγία, προτού συλληφθεί, ανακοίνωσε η νορβηγική αστυνομία, η οποία δεν αποκλείει το ενδεχόμενο να επρόκειτο για τρομοκρατική ενέργεια.

«Μπορώ δυστυχώς να επιβεβαιώσω ότι έχουμε πέντε νεκρούς και δύο τραυματίες», δήλωσε ο επικεφαλής της τοπικής αστυνομίας, ο Εϊβίντ Ος, κατά τη διάρκεια συνέντευξης Τύπου....

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΑΤΕ ΠΑΤΩΝΤΑΣ ΕΔΩ:

https://hellasjournal.com/2021/10/makelio-stin-norvigia-polli-nekri-ke-travmaties-se-epithesis-stin-poli-kongksempergk-simfona-me-tin-astinomia/

Εκδήλωση του Ιδρύματος «Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής»..

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με θέμα «Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής – Η πορεία της Ελλάδας στην Ενωμένη Ευρώπη»

Κατεβάστε τον Χαιρετισμό του Προέδρου του Ιδρύματος «Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής» κ. Πέτρου Μολυβιάτη εδώ.

Κατεβάστε τον Χαιρετισμός του Αντιπροέδρου του Ιδρύματος «Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής» κ. Αχιλλέα Καραμανλή εδώ.

Κατεβάστε την ομιλία του Πρωθυπουργού και Προέδρου της Νέας Δημοκρατίας κ. Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη εδώ.

Κατεβάστε την ομιλία του Πρώην Πρωθυπουργού και Πρώην Προέδρου της Νέας Δημοκρατίας κ. Κώστα Καραμανλή εδώ.

“Άγρια”επίθεση του Σκέρτσου στον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ: Δεκάδες αναθέσεις του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ σε εταιρείες δημοσκοπήσεων, υποστήριξε

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“Άγρια”επίθεση του Σκέρτσου στον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ: Δεκάδες αναθέσεις του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ σε εταιρείες δημοσκοπήσεων, υποστήριξε

Θέση σε διάφορα ζητήματα της επικαιρότητας, αλλά και πολιτικής στρατηγικής, πήρε Read more of this post

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politics | October 14, 2021 at 6:55 am | URL: https://hellasjournal.com/?p=1047268

Απειλές και φραστική βία κατά υγειονομικών ελεγκτών καταγγέλλει η Κοσμητεία της Σχολής Θετικών Επιστημών του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης

 Απειλές και φραστική βία κατά υγειονομικών ελεγκτών καταγγέλλει η Κοσμητεία της Σχολής Θετικών Επιστημών του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, ανακοινώνοντας την αναστολή για αύριο Πέμπτη 14 Οκτωβρίου των εκπαιδευτικών διαδικασιών στο κεντρικό από τα κτίριά της.

Όπως αναφέρει το ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, η Κοσμητεία θέλει με αυτό τον τρόπο να εκφράσει την αντίδρασή της στο ότι, όπως αναφέρει, «παρεμπoδίζεται ο έλεγχος των πιστοποιητικών και βεβαιώσεων στην είσοδο του κεντρικού κτιρίου της ΣΘΕ με φραστική βία αλλά και με απειλές σωματικής βίας προς τους υγειονομικούς ελεγκτές από συγκεκριμένες ομάδες ατόμων που αυτοπροσδιορίζονται ως σχήματα φοιτητών»....

Aναγνώσατε πατώντας εδώ:

https://hellasjournal.com/2021/10/omades-fititon-apiloun-igionomikous-elegktes-sto-apth-katangelia-kosmitias-thetikon-epistimon-klini-avrio-i-scholi/

BATA SHOE MUSEUM,ONTARIO CANADA

October 2021

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October and November 2021
Virtual Tours
Experience the Bata Shoe Museum with VIRTUAL TOURS of our exhibitions! See what's coming up below:

October 24 - All About Shoes: Footwear Through the Ages
October 31 - All Dolled Up: Fashioning Cultural Expectations
November 28 - Art & Innovation: Traditional Arctic Footwear from the BSM Collection
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Dolled Up Salon!
You won't want to miss our next virtual Salon as novelist and short story writer Derek McCormack joins Elizabeth for a conversation about dolls and horror in pop culture ~ October 27th at 7 pm EST. Be sure to RSVP below.
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This pair of late 19th century Haudenosaunee moccasins are made of deerskin and feature cuffs and aprons made of purple velvet. Find out more about this pair in our latest TikTok/Reels episode.
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