Three-day conference on ‘50 Years of the Metapolitefsi’ under way – Part 2

A three-day conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the restoration of Greek democracy - a period known as the Metapolitefsi - got under way on Thursday at the National Gallery in Athens.

Titled "50 Years of the Metapolitefsi," the conference is organized by Kathimerini newspaper, the National Bank Cultural Foundation (MIET), the Delphi Economic Forum and the Hellenic Observatory at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The anniversary of the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974 and the restoration of democracy in Greece offers an excellent opportunity for leading politicians, academics, experts and journalists to reflect, take stock and assess where the country finds itself five decades later.

Participants in a series of discussions reflecting on the past and future include Greek President Katerina...