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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the month of March this year (2009) a few concerned and environmentally aware Greeks go together to form Greek Greens in Brussels. We hope to make the Greek Greens not only further represented in the EU sphere but bring them closer to it as well. Stay tuned for more events, news, happenings and please be in touch if you have any questions or would like to join us. </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Greens in the European Parliament, the EcoGreens (Greece) and the Institute of Local  Sustainable Development and Culture (Viotia, Greece) invite you to a press conference, which will focus on pollution from heavy industry in the Asopos river basin in Greece. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greekgreensbrussels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7359086&amp;post=1&amp;subd=greekgreensbrussels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>The Greens in the European Parliament, the EcoGreens  (Greece) and the  Institute of Local<span> </span>Sustainable Development and Culture (Viotia, Greece) invite you to a press conference<span>, which will focus</span> on<span> pollution from heavy industry in the Asopos river  basin in Greece. </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin:0;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Time</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">: <span>TOMORROW, </span>Wednesday 15th April at 10.30 </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin:0;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Venue:</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"> press briefing room PHS 0 A 50,  press centre, European Parliament Brussels</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin:0;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Press conference  participants:</span></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:-18pt;text-align:left;margin:0 0 0 36pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:green;font-family:Arial;">Monica  Frassoni</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">,  co-President of the Greens/EFA group</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:-18pt;text-align:left;margin:0 0 0 36pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:green;font-family:Arial;">Philippe  Lamberts</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">,  spokesperson of the European Green Party</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:-18pt;text-align:left;margin:0 0 0 36pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:green;font-family:Arial;">Athanase  Panteloglou</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">, MSc.  Chemist/Chemical Engineer, President of the Institute for Sustainable  Development, Oinofyta, Viotia</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:-18pt;text-align:left;margin:0 0 0 36pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:green;font-family:Arial;">Maria  Vitoraki</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">,  Coordinator of the Thematic Group “Environment-Water”-EcoGreens</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin:0;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The press conference is held in the  framework of a <strong>one-day conference</strong> on the long-standing  pollution in the Asopos river basin and other serious cases of water pollution  and mismanagement in Greece.The conference will take place in the European  Parliament in Brussels (<strong>room ASP 1 G 2, 9.00 &#8211; 13.30 and 15.00 &#8211;  17.30</strong>) on Wednesday, 15 April, focusing on the contamination of the  Asopos river basin by industrial toxic waste water, as well as the degradation  of the Koronia lake, which is now on the verge of disappearance, and the ongoing  pollution in the Korinthiakos gulf.</p>
<p>The aim is to denounce the improper,  or totally nonexistent, <strong>implementation of EU environmental  policy</strong>, and to point out the wider <strong>environmental, health and  social problems</strong> linked with water contamination.<span> </span>The conference will bring together  citizens, experts, Green MEPs and European Commission representatives, and will  feature a video message by <strong>Erin  Brockovich</strong>.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin:0;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Full conference programme a<span>vailable online here:<br />
<a href="http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/default/dok/279/279261.unsustainable_water_and_industrial_waste@en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/default/dok/279/279261.unsustainable_water_and_industrial_waste@en.htm</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;">Πρόσκληση σε Συνέντευξη Τύπου με θέμα:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">Η Τραγωδία του Ασωπού: </span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">Ένα Περιβαλλοντικό Έγκλημα  Ευρωπαϊκής<span> </span>Σημασίας</span></em></strong><em></em></p>
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<p style="text-indent:7.1pt;text-align:justify;margin:0;" align="left"><span>Η Ομάδα των <span style="font-weight:bold;">Πράσινων στο  Ευρωκοινοβούλιο</span>, οι <strong>Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι</strong> (Ελλάδας) και  το </span><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">Ινστιτούτο για την Τοπική  Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη και τον Πολιτισμό </span></strong><span>(Βοιωτία) σας  προσκαλούν σε συνέντευξη τύπου, την <strong>Τετάρτη 15/4, ώρα 10.30, στην έδρα του  Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου, στις Βρυξέλλες,</strong> στην αίθουσα 0</span><span lang="EN-GB">A</span><span>50, με θέμα <em>«Η τραγωδία του Ασωπού: Ένα  περιβαλλοντικό έγκλημα ευρωπαϊκής σημασίας»</em>. Συμμετέχουν</span><span lang="EN-US">:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-10.35pt;text-align:justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Monica</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US">Frassoni</span></strong><span>, συν-πρόεδρος της  Ομάδας των Πρασίνων στο Ευρωκοινοβούλιο<strong><span> </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-10.35pt;text-align:justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Philippe</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US">Lamberts</span></strong><span>, εκπρόσωπος του  Ευρωπαϊκού Πράσινου Κόμματος<strong> </strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-10.35pt;text-align:justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span>Θανάσης Πανέλογλου, </span></strong><span lang="FR">MSc. </span><span>Χημικός</span><span lang="FR">/</span><span>χημικός</span><span> </span><span>μηχανικός</span><span lang="FR">, </span><span>πρόεδρος</span><span> </span><span>του</span><span> </span><span>Ινστιτούτου</span><span> </span><span>Τοπικής Αειφορίας και Πολιτισμού </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-10.35pt;text-align:justify;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span></span><strong><span>Μαρία Βιτωράκη</span></strong><span>, συντονίστρια της  Θεματικής Ομάδας «Περιβάλλον-Νερό» των Οικολόγων Πράσινων  <strong><span> </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:7.1pt;text-align:justify;margin:0;" align="left"><span><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:7.1pt;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 3pt;" align="left"><span>Η συνέντευξη τύπου εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο εκδήλωσης που  διοργανώνουν στο Ευρωκοινοβούλιο οι Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι Ελλάδας και το Ινστιτούτο  Τοπικής Αειφορίας και Πολιτισμού σε συνεργασία με την Ομάδα των Πρασίνων  Ευρωβουλευτών με θέμα τη <em>βιομηχανική ρύπανση της υδρολογικής λεκάνης του  Ασωπού ποταμού από το εξασθενές χρώμιο και άλλους τοξικούς ρύπους, τη  ρύπανση και «εξαφάνιση» της λίμνης Κορώνειας και τη συνεχιζόμενη ρύπανση του  Κορινθιακού.</em> </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:7.1pt;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 3pt;" align="left"><span>Σκοπός της εκδήλωσης είναι η συνολική ανάδειξη του  τεράστιου προβλήματος της ρύπανσης της ευρύτερης περιοχής του Ασωπού  που επηρεάζει την υγεία, το περιβάλλον, τη γεωργία-κτηνοτροφία και γενικότερα  την οικονομία μιας μεγάλης περιοχής και αποτελεί ευρωπαϊκό και όχι απλώς τοπικό  ή ελληνικό πρόβλημα. Οι περιπτώσεις της τραγωδίας του Ασωπού, της εξαφάνισης της  λίμνης Κορώνειας και της συνεχιζόμενης ρύπανσης του Κορινθιακού κόλπου που θα  παρουσιαστούν στην ημερίδα αποτελούν χαρακτηριστικές περιπτώσεις αποτυχίας του  μοντέλου οικονομικής ανάπτυξης και της προστασίας της κοινωνικής ευημερίας αλλά  και της μη εφαρμογής της ευρωπαϊκής περιβαλλοντικής πολιτικής. </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:7.1pt;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 3pt;" align="left"><span>Στην εκδήλωση θα παρουσιαστεί βιντεοσκοπημένο μήνυμα της  αμερικανίδας ακτιβίστριας </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Erin</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US">Brockovich</span></strong><span>. Θα  καταθέσουν τις απόψεις τους μεταξύ άλλων κάτοικοι, ενεργοί πολίτες, ειδικοί  επιστήμονες καθώς και Πράσινοι ευρωβουλευτές, ενώ έχουν προσκληθεί και  εκπρόσωποι της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής. </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:7.1pt;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 3pt;" align="left"><span>Η ημερίδα θα διεξαχθεί στο  Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο στις  Βρυξέλλες, την Τετάρτη 15 Απριλίου, ώρα 9:00 π.μ-14.00 στην αίθουσα A1G2 και ώρα  15.00-17.30 στην αίθουσα Α1Ε201. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;" align="left"><strong><em><span>Για επικοινωνία</span></em></strong><span>:</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;" align="left"><span>Μαρία Βιτωράκη, τηλ. 6977523766, </span><span lang="EN-US">email</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a title="blocked::mailto:mariavitoraki@gmail.com" href="mailto:mariavitoraki@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariavitoraki<span title="blocked::mailto:mariavitoraki@gmail.com" lang="EL">@</span>gmail<span title="blocked::mailto:mariavitoraki@gmail.com" lang="EL">.</span>com</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;" align="left"><span>Θανάσης Παντελόγλου, τηλ. 6976033907,email <a title="blocked::mailto:apanteloglou@gmail.com" href="mailto:apanteloglou@gmail.com" target="_blank">apanteloglou@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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