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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Deputy FM Amanatidis’ address at an event marking “150 years of Greek Press in the country of ...

Ladies and Gentlemen,Publication is the soul of justice. This saying from the Swiss philhellene Johann Jacob Meyer, which graces the central hall of the Union of Reporters of Daily Newspapers, in Athens, is at once a reminder of and guide to the universal human principles and values that the press is called upon to safeguard beyond national borders.In fact, far removed from the homeland and ancestral hearths, the vocation of the Greek press, in the countries of the Hellenic Diaspora, takes on additional obligations that go beyond the control of powers as a foundation of the democratic polity.For world Hellenism,...


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