Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Friday, 16 September 2016

CROTONE FOOTBALL CLUB TO BUILD STADIUM ON THE AGORA

We need to make you aware of an alarming development in Crotone, Italy. Since the local football club has recently been promoted to the Seria A, i.e. the top of the Italian football league system, they have devised plans to expand their stadium on top of the remnants of the ancient agora. Even though there has been some protest, the status of the Archaeological sites has been changed from “completely unsuitable for new buildings” to “provisional and removable”.

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Monday, 3 November 2014

The latest information about the proposed budget cuts in Sweden and Denmark

Today´s news contains three different items. Firstly, we would like to share with you the latest information on the proposed budget cut in Sweden, which would cause the Mediterranean Institutes at Athens, Rome, and Istanbul to close down. Secondly, you are asked to sign a petition against another alarming budget cut and thus to help save sufficient funding for Humanities in Denmark. Lastly, we would like to inform you about some useful digital tools and websites concerning Classics.