{"id":2779,"date":"2017-07-02T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-inon.gr\/magazine\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2017-07-20T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T11:05:41","slug":"within-the-plans-of-%cf%80%ce%b1-%ce%b4-%ce%b5-%ce%b5-is-the-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-inon.gr\/magazine\/2017\/07\/02\/within-the-plans-of-%cf%80%ce%b1-%ce%b4-%ce%b5-%ce%b5-is-the-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles\/","title":{"rendered":"Within the plans of \u03a0\u03b1.\u0394.\u0395.\u0395. is the return of the Parthenon Marbles"},"content":{"rendered":"

8th issue In-On<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“Important economic activities are realized in Australia by the Greeks who live there. Among the 20.000 Greek businesspeople who live in the state of Victoria most of them are involved in the following sections: building construction, industrial, food and beverages, fashion design, jewelers design etc”, underlined in an interview to “In-On” magazine Mr John Pantazopoulos the new chairman of the administrative council of the International Greek Inter parliamentary Union (\u03a0\u03b1.\u0394.\u0395.\u0395) This is an international organization that consists of members of legislative bodies of Greek origins from about 25 countries apart from Greece and Cyprus. Its members belong to 70 different legislative bodies all over the globe and Mr John Pantazopoulos was elected after the completion of the work of the 7th General Meeting and he is also a member of the Lower House in the state of Victoria in Australia.
\nMy role as a member of the Lower House in the state of Victoria \u2013he continued\u2013 is to help the citizens.
\nRegarding the Greek enterprises that have economic activities in the state he said that \u00abthey have all the advantages as well as in the sector of subsidies and in cases\u00a0 of exports while there is financial support for those companies that wish to change their building structure in order to become more environmentally-friendly.
\nWe provide lawyers \u2013he clarified\u2013 to the new business people so as to materialize their business projects and even if we are in an the economic crisis, the government has ensured that all banks can give loans to the companies while the rate of interest remains stable (for house purchase the rate of interest is 3% and for the business loan 5,5%).
\nThe economy of Australia \u2013he continued\u2013 is stable because we have commercial transactions with the Asian markets while for the days of the economical crisis we had realized profitable investments. We had saved the profits so as to be used at hard times. Now that this money was needed, we used it to reinforce the production of the country.
\nI have helped the Greek community of Australia \u2013he pointed out\u2013 for over 20 years of my public life, and as a Minister responsible for Multicultural Affairs I was responsible:\u00a0 for the support of the 560 societies of the Greek community in Victoria, the funding of Greek language learning, the expansion of translation and interpretation as well as the financial support of many Greek cultural events.
\nAs a chairman of \u03a0\u03b1.\u0394.\u0395.\u0395, I will fight for Greece, Cyprus and the Greek ideals doing my best for our civilization, our Greece, our Cyprus and of course for every Greek that lives in other countries.
\nThe future plans of \u03a0\u03b1.\u0394.\u0395.\u0395 \u2013he said\u2013 are:
\n– Direct action for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum.
\n– Justice for Cyprus (Ammohostos should re function as an international city and the owners of the buildings and the legal citizens should be allowed to return to the city they had abandoned in 1974).
\n– Acknowledgment of the Genocide of the Pontiacs (he asked Turkey to acknowledge that the genocide of the Greek-Pontiacs was a real fact committed by the Ottoman Empire).
\n– Support to the acknowledgment of the rights of the Greek minority in Albania (the members of the 7th General Meeting asked the Greek Democracy to fully support the efforts made in order to ensure the respect of the rights and the freedom of the Greek minority in Albania by the Albanian government).
\nFurthermore, according to the decision of the members of the 7th General Meeting (where he was elected chairman) they plan to make an appeal so as to solve the issue of the name of the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), within two years\u2019 time, stressing that any solution given should respect the peaceful relationships of all the neighboring countries.
\nDuring the General Meeting they acknowledged that the government of FYROM should work within the framework of the United Nations in order to achieve a viable and long -term solution based on a compound name with a geographical orientation for every international use.
\nAn important step towards this direction \u2013they refer\u2013 is for the government of FYROM to refrain from any hostility and propaganda.
\nCURRICULUM VITAE<\/strong>
\nJohn Pantazopoulos was born in Melbourne in 1963. His parents immigrated to Australia in 1957 from the provinces of Messinia and Eleia. He is the youngest of four children (two sisters born in Greece and one elder brother).
\nIn 1982 he started his academic studies and got involved in students\u2019 politics in the Labor Party of Australia. He was the secretary of Monash, the Students Union in 1982 and in 1983.
\nIn 1987 he was elected town councilor of the city of Berwick.
\nHe was the Mayor from 1990 to 1991 while before 1999 Mr. Pantazopoulos had served as a shadow Minister of various portfolios, including the multicultural affairs of tourism, games of chances, customers\u2019 affairs, sports etc.
\nBetween 1999 and 2006 Mr. Pantazopoulos served as a Minister in the Labor cabinet of Bracks, seven years in the section of Multicultural Affairs, Tourism etc.
\nHe was also responsible for the program of upgrading the Greek community of Melbourne and he was also the main person in charge for the fraternization of Thessaloniki and Melbourne.
\nHe was the executive member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association for over a decade and today he is the chairman of the committee of Environment and Natural Recourses.
\nHe is one of the four directors of the Australian Institute of Professionals in Tourism and Hospitality, he represents the Greek politicians abroad as the President of the International Greek Inter parliamentary Union (Athens), and represents 1200 politicians of Australia in the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in London. He has also served in a council in Australia as a district representative from 2007 to 2009.<\/p>\n

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