"Unique Flavors from EMT" in the Athens Metro

With great success and the attendance of many people from Athens , the first "Unique Tastes from Eastern Macedonia Thrace" exhibition, organized by the six Chambers of the Region of Eastern Macedonia Thrace, through the Regional Council of Chambers, was completed, in the heart of the largest market of the country, in the multi-purpose hall of Syntagma Metro in Athens.
The Exhibition, which was actively supported by the Central Union of Chambers of Greece, was inaugurated on Thursday 09 March 2023 and lasted until Monday 13 March 2023, bringing businesses and local products of the EMT Region to the heart of the capital.
The effort to organize the Exhibition was a joint initiative of the six Chambers of Eastern Macedonia Thrace, with their presidents and partners, to have worked harmoniously for the successful implementation of this unique action. The aim of presenting our businesses and they are given a step to get to know and develop in the market of Athens.
The common and permanent position of all six presidents is the belief that the Chambers must strengthen the Extroversion of local businesses and this event was an important step in this direction.
The consumer public honoured the companies and producers who went to Athens and made their products available, however what is of greatest importance is the fact that "a serious discussion has opened up about the local production, in the Capital", as pointed out in statements of the President of the Evros Chamber Christodoulos Topsidis.
Dempas, Gravanis, Angelidis and Moraitis from the Chambers of Kavala, Rodopi and Xanthi respectively, noted in their greetings from the opening stage - among other things - the need to establish the said Exhibition and organize it on an annual basis, so that at least once the time for the local products of our Region to be exhibited and sold in Athens. The consumer public gains access to them and the producers themselves have opportunities to meet and explore partnerships.
40 companies participated in the Exhibition, 25 of them with a physical presence and sale of their products, with great success, while the rest were represented through the chamber exhibitions.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Rural Development, Christiana Kalogirou, who, among other things, praised the efforts of the EMT producers, as well as the quality of the products. She also noted the excellent cooperation of the HYPAAT with the Chambers of the country.
The Rodopi MPs Takis Haritou (SYRIZA) and Ilhan Ahmet (PASOK - KINAL) as well as the Drama MP Theofilos Xanthopoulos (SYRIZA) were present.
Also present were the Deputy Mayor of Athens Nikolaos Vafiadis, the Mayor of Xanthi and representative of the PED EMT Region Manolis Tspelis as well as the Mayor of Alexandroupoli Yiannis Zamboukis.
From the chamber community, the First Vice-President Iordanis Tsotsos and the Secretary General of the Central Union of Chambers of Greece Panagiotis Agniadis, the president of EOAEN Dimitris Syxeris, the representative of the Corfu Chamber Spyros Spais. The presidents of the Chambers of EMT Markos Dembas (Kavala) ), Nikos Angelidis (Rhodopi), Antonis Gravanis (Rhodopi), Stelios Moraitis (Xanthi) and Christodoulos Topsidis (Evros) were present.
The Exhibition was visited by the deputy governors of Kavala and Xanthi, Alexis Politis and Konstantinos Kourtidis, respectively.