Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina Int’l Summer Festival
Organised by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre, this year’s edition will bring over 40 cultural events, ranging from music and theatre to film and traditional dance, to the Mediterranean city. The music programme promises a vibrant line-up with concerts by an array of established singers and musicians from Egypt and the region, from opening act…
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The Decimation of Alexandria’s Architectural Heritage
Since its foundation in 331 BC, each era has left its beautiful print on Alexandria’s architecture. The city’s streets are lined with Greek, Roman, English and Italian works of art. But these villas and palaces are now being demolished, taking away from Alexandria’s history, one after the other. The 1920s Modernist Agion Villa used to…
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First-ever legal bid for return of Elgin Marbles to Greece thrown out by European Court of Human Rights
The court ruled that because the alleged theft of the sculptures from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple took place more than 150 years before the UK signed up to the human rights convention, it did not have the power to consider the lawsuit. Campaigners for the return of the sculptures pointed out that the court had…
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FOSTEr-ing solar technology in the Mediterranean area: an EU success story completed in Egypt through the FOSTEr in MED Project
In 2007, the European Council adopted ambitious targets to shift climate and energy sources by 2020. This comes as part of a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20%─or even 30%, if conditions are favorable─, increase renewable energy production to 20%, and improve energy efficiency by 20%. The FOSTEr in MED project aims to…