The Bulletin - the Friends of Paros magazine - has been published since autumn 2008 (see www.friendsofparos.com). Its initial publication consisted of one or two issues per year and it was focused on our activities, analyzes and proposals: for example, the Strategic Plan - Paros 2020, or the launch of "The Observatory of the Environment of Paros", created with Archilochos and ... Continue reading
The Bulletin Φίλοι της Πάρου / Friends of Paros / Amis de Paros
Issue No. 14 - Summer 2017
Perspectives and Actions of FoP for the development of the Archaeological Heritage of Paros & Antiparos
Photo: Yiannos Kouragios The Friends of Paros have already announced that this year their attention will be focused on supporting, helping and promoting the rich archaeological heritage of Paros and Antiparos. A detailed description of the archaeological sites of Paros and Antiparos can be found in issue 12 of our journal. The Friends of Paros propose to concentrate on two ... Continue reading
Energy Transition: examples of good practices in other Islands
We have shouted loud NO to that unbearable project of installing tens of wind turbines without any transparency and deliberation with the local authorities and citizens. But the obligation to go towards an energy transition to renewables has not faded and if we don’t want to be imposed external investors’ projects, we have the obligation to develop our own vision for energy ... Continue reading
Loukia’s Garden
I first set eyes on the fields of Voutakos in July of 1961. At the time the voyage by boat from Piraeus would take about nine hours. There were three of us, my brother, my sister and myself. Our arrival meant that for us time, in its conventional sense, came to a standstill since we spent our entire summer holidays at our nanny’s old farmhouse. The house, which still exists ... Continue reading
Wind Farms on Paros: The NO needs to be accompanied by an alternative plan to change energy model
Αυτό το άρθρο είναι διαθέσιμο στα Ελληνικά Cet article est disponible en Français By Nikos Chrysogelos (former MEP & Councillor of the Region of South-Aegean) and Nicolas Stephanou (IT entrepreneur) Communities’ issues cannot be black and white. For example, we can reject a proposal but this doesn’t mean that we have to maintain a situation. If it is no longer ... Continue reading
Daniela Carrara
Daniela Carrara was born in Switzerland where she did her first studies at the Art School of CSIA, Lugano. She has been working with internationally recognized artists, such as Bellini and Selmoni, and improved her technical skills in stone quarries and bronze foundries. She shares her time between her two ateliers, in Salronino, Switzerland and Sarakiniko, Paros. Daniela’s ... Continue reading
When wood becomes art from the hands of Antonis
Antonios Roussos, the only artist and carpenter of his kind in Paros, my neighbor, with his inexhaustible passion, creates wood-carved temples and many other decorative elements for the chuches, with Aegean-style decorative motifs which are very popular at Paros. When he was 12 years old, he started working at Stathis Aliprantis (his future father-in-law) in Naoussa, since his ... Continue reading
Paroikia : 4 routes culturelles
Le Comité de mise en valeur du patrimoine culturel de Paros a proposé au Conseil Municipal la création d’une brochure sur les sentiers culturels de la région de Paroikia. L’Office du Tourisme de la municipalité ainsi que l’adjoint au maire de Paros, Christos Christoforos, tout en reconnaissant l’intérêt grandissant des habitants et des visiteurs sur l’histoire du patrimoine ... Continue reading
Parianos dakos: Wealth is in simplicity!
The «dakos» is a sublime dish to be enjoyed any time, especially in summer facing the sea, at a small taverna in one of the villages of Paros, at noon or in the evening, accompanied by «souma», wine, or beer . It is a simple and humble dish, but behind the appearances of great riches hide: Barley, olive oil, olives, wine, cheese, tomato, oregano and capers, all from the ... Continue reading