The Prime Minister’s first stop during his visit to Thessaloniki was the “Poseidon” Sports Center, where he was guided and informed about the eight completely renovated outdoor basketball courts that were recently inaugurated.
The prime minister has been in Thessaloniki since the morning Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasizing the key role of Thessaloniki and Northern Greece in the Balkans and emphasizing that our country is a force for stability in the wider region.
«Today we will meet with leaders of all the countries of the Southeastern Mediterranean, he will be with us and the German Chancellor will be with us and the President of the European Council. It is an opportunity to reiterate how important the role of Thessaloniki and Northern Greece is, how we are currently the protagonists in everything that is happening in the Balkans, to reiterate with confidence that Greece is a force for stability and prosperity in the wider region.“, Noted the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakisin a discussion he had with citizens of Thermi before the start of the work of the Summit of the South East Europe Cooperation Process.
«Stable and strong government is a prerequisite for national success. We had her and I am sure we will have her after the next national elections“, Added Kyriakos Mitsotakis, adding that”I was asked on the radio this morning “will your appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair be pre-election?”. And I said the obvious: it is the last Thessaloniki Exhibition before the next elections that will take place in ’23».
In fact, the Prime Minister referred to projects in progress in Thessaloniki and improve the lives of the inhabitants
«Our joy is special and you see the response of the citizens of our Municipality in the presence of the Prime Minister. Many Prime Ministers have passed, because Thermi is a key point, but he is the first Prime Minister who came to our City Hall to discuss with us the development and improvement of the living conditions of our place. We thank him very much and wish him success in his work, for the good of our country“, Stressed o Mayor of Thermi Theodoros Papadopoulos.
It is noted that earlier Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the town hall of Thermi where he met with the mayor and officials of the municipality and discussed the main issues that concern the area and the financial tools it has and uses to implement projects and solutions.
Infrastructure for sport, violence is the enemy of sport
The Prime Minister’s first stop during his visit to Thessaloniki was “Poseidonio” Sports Centerwhere he was guided and informed about the eight completely renovated outdoor basketball courts that were recently inaugurated.
He had the opportunity to chat with young people and athletes who already use them. «I believe that the heart of sports beats in amateur sports, especially for young children who must have the opportunities, the possibilities, the infrastructure to embrace sports. Personally, as a basketball fan who is still trying to play sports, I am happy every time we can make new courts available to the public, whether they are closed or open.“, Said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
He stood, at the same time, at major projects underway for professional sports, noting that the publication of the Presidential Decree on Nea Toumpa “gives PAOK the opportunity to acquire a state-of-the-art stadium but at the same time to complete the renovation»In the surrounding area.
The Prime Minister also had a conversation with his athletes Hellenic Basketball Veterans Association, Nikos Zisis, Bane Prelevic, Christos Konstantinidis, Giorgos Tsiaras, Giorgos Giannouzakos and Giannis Giannoulis. «The more we tolerate violence, the more we degrade the sport“, Stressed Mr. Mitsotakis in the conversation he had with the veteran athletes, from which there were references to the general developments in the field of basketball for the European course of the Greek teams, for the national basketball team and for Giannis Antetokounbo.
«Mr. President, this is the first time that with the cooperation of KEDE we now have a record of all sports facilities in our country“, Noted the Deputy Minister of Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, welcoming the Prime Minister to “Poseidon”.
«It is another project to upgrade our facilities which has a great social footprint because it is a reference point of the city and thousands of people play sports every day here“, Stressed on his part the President of the National Sports Centers of Thessaloniki, Triantaphyllos Petroglou.
In addition, the Prime Minister had the opportunity to visit the indoor swimming pool of “Poseidon”, where he was informed about the planned projects for the improvement of the facilities with the installation of new starting poles and timing plates.
The projects are part of a wider investment program in the large sports facilities of Thessaloniki. In this context, a budget of 3.5 million euros has already been approved by the Region of Central Macedonia for the energy upgrade of “Poseidon”, the facilities in Mikra and the Naples Swimming Pool.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, the President of National Sports Centers of Thessaloniki, Triantaphyllos Petroglou, the Vice-Regional Minister of Digital Government of Central Macedonia and former Eleni Rapti, Stavros Kalafatis, Stratos Simopoulos, Anna Efthimiou and Dimitris Kouvelas, the MPs of B ‘Thessaloniki of ND Thodoros Karaoglou, Savvas Anastasiadis and Dimitris Vartzopoulos and the Head of the Office of the Prime Minister in Thessaloniki.
