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NEW YORK - The table in David Byrnes office is stacked high with printed matter - all...

His centre-right New Democracy party were heading for almost 41% of the vote

An eight-day trip to Athens and to Catania, Sicily.

I want to show you the backdrop at this particular polling station because as views go, its not a bad one. the acropolis, there it is, looming over the voters who are casting their ballots today. for many people, the symbol of ancient greece, the birthplace of democracy. todays voters will be making their way along here into what is a school and talking of schools and younger people, i7—year—olds, people who celebrate their 17th birthday this year, are able to vote, for the first time. what ...

The centre—right new democracy party that went on to win the election. i just want to show you the backdrop at this particular polling station because as views go its not a bad one! the acropolis, there it is, looming over the voters casting their ballot today. for many people their ballot today. for many people the symbol of ancient greece, the birthplace of democracy. todays voters will be making their way here to this school, and 17—year—olds are able to vote for the first time. what wi...

Amazing work allowing everyone to enjoy the acropolis. and if youre going, the national archaeological museum in athens is also fully accessible and contains one of the worlds top collections of greek antiquities. now, the harbours around greece can be full of superyachts and cruise ships but this lifesize replica of the 5th—century bc warship olympias is the only one of its kind in the world. a few years ago, i was lucky enough tojump on board and head out to sea. this amazing—looking galle...

But now, i get to experience the acropolis and i get this wonderful view of the parthenon. this is brilliant. i want to take these concrete slabs home. but "improvements" is not a word some would use when describing the work carried out at the site. not everyone is happy with the renovations that have gone on here at the acropolis. now, some people have complained about the concrete slabs being laid down, saying that its hiding the original features of the acropolis and even wounding the stone h...

And this is what im talking about. after just a0 seconds in the lift and using the acropolis�*s new accessible paths, i get to experience all of this. the acropolis has a long history and over its time, its been used as a fortress, a mosque, and its even been blown up. but its headliner has got to be the parthenon, a temple dedicated to the ancient greek goddess athena, who gave the city of athens its name. wow! i have never been so happy to see concrete. that is amazing. ive actually been her...

Even in the archaic period — that means 6th century bc — there were ramps leading up to the temple of athena. not the parthenon, because the parthenon didnt existed until the fifth century. but even earlier, there is evidence for this ramp as well and many times, it has been interpreted that it was for the animals to be sacrificed. but it is not only that, it is also for all the people, helping disabled people. there are plans in place to make the site even more accessible with the installat...

Were cared for. ade joined them in athens to help out for the day. puss, puss, puss. shes so cute! im meeting tsampika, a volunteer at athens—based cat charity nine lives. we are a team, nine lives, and we feed every day here in acropolis and in many other places around the centre of athens. wow. i mean, thats a big job. are there many, many cats in athens? yes. we feed around over 500 cats around the centre. the team at nine lives definitely have their work cut out. so ive decided to help tsa...