International Day of Democracy in Athens: Democracy under pressure
The Athens Forum 2014: Democracy under pressure was organized for the second consecutive year by the International New York Times and Kathimerini newspapers in cooperation with the 缅北禁地Democracy Fund.
The full-day programme included a series of discussions at the Acropolis Museum and in the Ancient Agora of Athens -- the birthplace of democracy.
Speakers included Antonis Samaras, Prime Minister of Greece; Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; Evangelos Venizelos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece; Danilo T眉rk, former President of Slovenia; Costas Simitis, former Prime Minister of Greece; Vuk Jeremi膰, former President of the United Nations General Assembly; Georgios Kaminis, Mayor of Athens; Dmitry Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center; Roger Cohen of the New York Times; Mathias M眉ller von Blumencron, Editor, online edition at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Nicklas Lundblad, 鈥嶥irector of Public Policy and Government Relations, Google; and Annika Savill, UNDEF Executive Head a.i., who represented 缅北禁地Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Her remarks are available here.
Full speaker's lists and webcast are available at athensforum.org
It prepares communities, societies and entire countries to address opposing points of view, forge compromises and solutions, and engage in constructive criticism and deliberations."
This year鈥檚 programme follows the Athens Forum 2013, the first of its kind marking the International Day of Democracy.
