January is the month of celebrations in Aegina in honor of Ioannis Capodistrias. Since the early years of the 21st century, the Aegina Association of Active Citizens has been campaigning for greater recognition of Capodistrias as a pioneer of European integration. In 2013, we secured the support of former Italian MEP Giulietto Chiesa for our effort to gain wide recognition of this historical reality. On January 26, 2019, the anniversary of the founding of the modern Greek state in Aegina in 1828, a function was held very close to the Acropolis in Athens in honor of the courageous and long-suffering Australian journalist Julian Assange, in the hope that he would not suffer the same fate as Capodistrias. This was done even though Capodistrias had no connection with Athens but rather with Aegina, Athens’ historical rival, as well as with Corfu (where he was born) and Nafplio (where he was assassinated). Giulietto Chiesa had been removed from the European Parliament in response to his film on the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York in 2001. Since Chiesa’s visit to Aegina in 2013 and his death in 2020, the European Union’s prestige has declined significantly. Among other things, Chiesa’s warnings … Continue reading
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https://halva.proboards.com/post/3143 Colleagues, On Friday December 12 (2025) the Steering Committee (of which I am a member) of the Aegina Active Citizens’ Association rejected my proposal for projection with the support of the Aegina Women’s Association but in the name of the Aegina Active Citizens’ Association, and prior to the annual celebrations in Aegina of the founding on 26th January 1828 of the modern Greek state, of a brief video https://youtu.be/V6GD_RrP02o exposing the coincidental fact that 26th January is also the date when Western civilization came to Australia in the form of a British penal colony in what is now Sydney. As Australia’s national day the appropriateness of 26th January is now disputed, but in a manner which the majority of Australians clearly find degrading and insulting. In Greece, 26th January, the date when modern Greece’s assassinated first governor was sworn in and the modern Greek state established in 1828, is not officially recognized as a national day except, after years of lobbying by Capodistrias adherents and Aeginetans, it was recognized by presidential decree, as a national day “of local significance”. The steering committee questioned the relevance in Aegina of references to Australia and was not convinced by the argument that … Continue reading
The president of the 2021 Committee of the Municipality of Aegina, Mr. Manolis Kottakis, speaking today to Aegina Portal, offered a first assessment of the work and activity of the committee. He also mentioned what the committee is programming for the coming period. https://www.aeginaportal.gr/aftodioikisi/epitropes/29687-o-manolis-kottakis-kanei-ena-proto-apologismo-tis-epitropis-2021-tou-dimou-aiginas-kai-parousiazei-ton-programmatismo-tis-epomenis-periodou.html On the occasion of the celebration of the arrival and swearing-in of Ioannis Capodistrias on our island, I want to give a briefing on what the Municipality of Aegina and the local committee for 2021 has done up to now, and what we are planning, bearing in mind that everything remains unsettled because of developments with the pandemic. “The Phoenix” on the numismatic programme of the 2021 National Committee. The committee started work in July 2020 and between then and now we have succeeded in having the “Phoenix”, the Greek State’s first coin included on the official numismatic programme of the 2021 National Committee. In this way our island attracted publicity through the “Phoenix” also, in all of Greece. The Capodistrian buildings on the television channel of the Parliament We also managed through the television channel of the Parliament to have an exceptional programme screened with participation from Mrs. Theologidiou, father Emmanuel Giannoulis and Giorgos Bitros, … Continue reading
Δηλώσεις για θέματα που αφορούν στην επίσκεψη στην Αίγινα, του προέδρου της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας κυρίου Προκόπη Παυλόπουλου, λίγες ημέρες πριν, έκανε ο δήμαρχος Αίγινας κύριος Δημήτρης Μούρτζης, κάνοντας αναφορά σε διάφορα σχετικά ζητήματα, τόσο για την ουσιαστική πλευρά της πρόσκλησης και της επισκέψεως του Προέδρου, όσο και για οργανωτικά ζητήματα, αλλά και το οικονομικό. Δείτε περισσότερα στο σχετικό βίντεο από το Aegina Portal. … Continue reading