Angelica Eder interviews Maria Nafpliotou about the history of blood donation on Paros. This month blood donation will take place between the 3rd and 5th of June in Paroikia, Marpissa and Antiparos.
A new fragment of thirty lines of Archilochos' poetry is discovered in Egypt. Nikos Sarris sets poetry translated by him and by Jeffrey Carson to music and a packed performance took place on April 16th at the Archilochos Hall in Paroikia.
Rare photos of life on our island taken some forty years ago by Dutch archaeologist Stella Lubsen-Admiraal will be shown at the Aghios Athanasios in Naoussa together with recent work by well-known Parian photographer Stavros Niflis.
The six members of the internationally-known Polyzoides Camerata from Austria will be visiting Paros, sponsored by Dr. Polyzoides, to give two classical music concerts in June.
On the evening of May 8th a special award was presented to Elias Ikonomopoulos for his many years of valuable service as Danish Consul to the Cyclades.
A new logo has been chosen for Paros, a booklet promoting Paros's unique beauty and another detailing the achievements of the current administration have been produced. There is also a new bus service in Paroikia and a programme of seminars for the unemployed is to be held next winter.
From June 24th through 27th, Yria Ceramics, above Kostos Village, will host the International Pithoi Symposium bringing together four internationally recognized masters in the ancient art of the pithos, or large pottery jar.
A major project for Paros will soon be completed for which many Parians have worked, dreamed, been disappointed or simply hoped for for many years - the renovation of the sports ground of Paroikia into a stadium that will host track and football events.
Now that the summer season has started, our Health Centre Volunteer Team is again looking for volunteers from the international community to act as support/liaison persons for foreign patients - typically tourists who are involved in road accidents.
Dr Betty Mooney, well known to many of us on Paros for her informative and interesting talks on women's health and sexuality, has recently been honoured by Indiana University South Bend with a special Merit Award and Teaching Excellence Recognition Award.
858 - that is the fantastic amount of euros that was raised by the energetic team who organised the May Day Festival and Disco at Anemos in Kolymbithres!
Giannis Roussos, who has been running Audiophile/Market St and Audiophile/Periferiako successfully since 1982, has recently opened a new shop with electrical goods for household purposes and professional use.
What started as a relatively simple idea of me riding around Paros a few times is becoming a much bigger issue. It seems to have captured the imagination of a number of people as a possible annual event.
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Samples of some beautiful wild flowers of this Greek Island.
Cooking recipes from Alice Meyer-Wallace's Cookbook.
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