The North Aegean was successfully “introduced” in London in an unprecedented event

The event of the North Aegean Region for the promotion of its islands was held with unprecedented success on Wednesday, April 24 at the Hellenic Center in London with the presence of over 300 selected British and Greek guests from the Academic Business and Maritime community with the presence of the Archbishop of Thyateira and of Great Britain Mr. Nikitas, our ambassador to the UK Ioannis Tsaousis and the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus Mr. Kyriakos Kouros.

The event was presented by the communication specialist Adriani Maneta.

The host addressed a greeting Regional Governor of the North Aegean Kostas Moutzouris, the Archbishop, the Ambassadors and also the Lord of St. Andrews, chancellor of the University of Bolton.

The topics of the speeches are the two cultural events of the summer of PBA, the International Festival of Sapphos Lesvos which will take place June 20-22 and the Chios Festival 28/8 to 5/9 in Chios.

The historian Michalis Moschos presented the events of the Chios Festival and introduced the author Victoria Hislop who then spoke about her love for the Greek islands, a source of inspiration for her books.

Dimitra Moutzouri presented the contributors of the two Festivals:

Regarding the Lesvos Festival, he mentioned the speakers and artists who will participate, among which the professors Sandra Boehringer, Laurie Laufer and Eugenia Giakoumopoulou as well as the artists Markella Giannatou, Stefania Goulioti, Loukia Michalopoulou and Lakis Lazopoulos.

At the Chios Festival, which will again be held under the auspices of the British Embassy, ​​they will speak Tim Witmarsh, regius professor of the Greek language at Cambridge University, Professor Giorgos Babiniotis, Professor and Director of the Acropolis Museum Nikos Stambolidis, writer Victoria Hislop, historian and BBC producer Bettany Hughes, archaeologist Thodoris Papakostas and Academician Christos Zerefos with an introductory greeting from the President of the Academy of Athens, Mr. Stamatis Krimizis.

Mimi Denisis, Ambassador of the North Aegean who will talk about her documentary “The woman behind Elgin” will also participate in the Festival, as well as Eva Nathena and the composers and musicians Giorgos Hatzinassios and Giorgos Lemos as well as Eleftheria Arvanitaki and Eleonora Zouganelis.

Then she spoke Eva Nathena presenting the latest award-winning work of “Fonissa” that will be shown in Chios as part of the Festival, after a very interesting discussion with academic professors of the Papadiamantis Foundation.

Finally, the Lakis Lazopoulos impressed the audience by talking about stand up comedyy which he will present at the Lesvos Sapphos Festival but also for his new series that will be shot in Lesvos.

Among the select guests, LSE professor and president of the Hellenic Observatory Kevin Featherstone, the 13th Lord Byron, the mayor of Cambridge George Pippas, the President of the Tsakos Foundation Efthimios Mitropoulos, the Ambassador of the island protection movement Chrysanthi Laimou, with the children of Pavlos and Dimitri Horn, the Director of the Hellenic Center Naya Giakoumaki, the Director of the EOT UK. Eleni Skarveli, the sculptor Kalliopi Lemou, G. Faraklas with his wife Annie, the shipowners Anastasios Fafalios with his wife Eugenias Laimos Botsaris, Maria Hatzipatera and Charalambos Hatzipateras with his wife Kalliopis, Christos Leontos Lemos and George Theodorou Laimos , Nikos Skylitsis with his wife Pigis, President of the Hellenic High School of Greece, Vassilis Krustallis of ABS, Chiotis Alexandros Xenakis, businessmen Panagiotis Tryfon, N. Sarris and Xenofon Zacharoudis (Vice President of the Hellenic Bankers Association) and Agapi Vardinogianni Politis and the producer Elena Hadziaalexandrou, Heini Alfayed, the President of the Hellenic Society of Hellenic Engineers Dimitris Monioudis, Kyriaki Mitsou of the Greek Institute of Engineering and a multitude of journalists from the British and Greek media as well as many agents of UK travel organizations.

The selected guests enjoyed the local products of the North Aegean that had come especially for the evening from the islands and were left with the best impressions.

PBA thanks its strategic Sponsor for many years EUROBANK as well as the communication sponsor https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/ as well as the North Aegean companies that provided the fine products.

Also, special thanks to the Greek Embassy, ​​the EOT London office, the Hellenic Center in London, the Hellenic Cultural Foundation UK, Ambassador Chrysanthi Laimou, the Naval Museum of Chios and the Union of Greek Engineers UK. for their warm support.

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