2024-05-14 22:29:50
The request for the air reference to Germany, the place there’s a sturdy neighborhood of Epirotians, comes again with the go to of the mayor of Schwerte Dimitris Axourgos, initially from Ioannina, and a 25-member delegation of the German municipality to the town of Ioannina.
The cooperation of the 2 Municipalities has been began for a number of years, with out nonetheless bringing outcomes on the problem of the air reference to Germany, which requires better activation from all companies, but additionally substantial analysis, as nobody is aware of whether or not the dynamics of such a flight it will guarantee sustainability, which is a prerequisite for any airline.
In any other case, the satisfaction of the request strikes solely within the context of utopia and for that reason solutions must be requested from the airline firms, to ensure that the native our bodies involved to behave accordingly.
The air reference to Germany, furthermore, just isn’t solely sought by the our bodies of self-government, however primarily by entrepreneurship. It’s a connection that could possibly be exploited on the one hand for tourism, and then again for the multinational firms working within the area and wishing for a direct motion of their executives between Ioannina and central Europe.
The air connection was on the high of the agenda of the assembly of Schwerte’s mission within the municipal council chamber, with municipal councilors of the Municipality of Ioannita, from the coalition and the opposition, whereas it was preceded by a working assembly of the mayor Thomas Bega together with his counterpart.
Referring to the problem of the air connection of Ioannina with Germany, Mr. Begas emphasised that it isn’t the primary time that this challenge issues our Municipality, including, nonetheless, that now could be the time to cope with it in a extra organized method.
“I’m blissful as a result of from the facet of Mr. Axourgos the curiosity, which additionally exists in Germany, has been reconfirmed, and I imagine that collectively we will obtain our objective. This effort have to be frequent, however this time it must be finished extra significantly and methodically, in collaboration with the related ministries, which I’ll make sure that to tell instantly. Our nation has potential for development and it’s value attempting to get the transport infrastructure we want. The airport of Ioannina is the gateway that may join us with Europe sooner, in order that we will maximize the a part of the market that belongs to us”, emphasised Mr. Begas.
“I introduced with me 25 of my fellow residents from Schwerte, a lot of whom are coming to Greece for the primary time and so they advised me they had been excited from the Ioannina area. It was additionally their query as a result of, since Ioannina has a global airport, there isn’t any flight from Germany. We mentioned this matter with Mr. Bega and I hope that we’ll achieve establishing direct flights from the Dusseldorf space to Ioannina, as a result of the curiosity from the German facet is actual”, famous Mr. Axourgos.
Multi-level collaboration
Through the occasion within the municipal council chamber, Mr. Begas referred to his acquaintance with Mr. Axourgos throughout his first time period as mayor of Ioannina, which led to the twinning of the 2 municipalities. He then targeted on the problems mentioned, talking of a dynamic and multi-level cooperation.
On this context, it was agreed to have nearer cooperation between the 2 twinned municipalities in issues associated to training, sports activities, tradition, industrial transactions, with participation in exhibitions and occasions, tourism growth and metropolis diplomacy, in addition to the joint participation in European applications.
The previous mayor, Dimitris Papageorgiou, additionally addressed the German delegation, because the official twinning of the 2 municipalities occurred through the earlier municipal time period. “I’m significantly blissful concerning the twinning between our municipalities and I’m positive that our cooperation will broaden. We, from our facet, might be useful on this effort”, emphasised Mr. Papageorgiou.
“Window” in Kosovo as properly
Along with Mr. Axourgos, Qemajl Aliu, the mayor of the Shtime municipality of Kosovo, with whom he has shut cooperation, was additionally in Ioannina. The purpose of his presence in Ioannina is to research the probabilities that exist, with a purpose to begin an identical collaboration with our municipality.
“It’s my honor to be right here right now, in entrance of the representatives of the municipal council of Ioannina, in order that we will discover frequent floor with a purpose to cooperate with Ioannina as we’re already doing with the Municipality of Schwerte”, identified Mr. Aliu.
Schwerte – Ioannina by bike
A particular second was the reception of 4 cyclists, Chrysovalantis Karasakalides, Peter Schubert, Werner Schröder and Harald Miehe, who began on April twentieth from Schwerte to Ioannina, making a route of about 2,100 kilometers with 23 intermediate locations by means of the Alps , the Italian coast of the Adriatic, Bari and from there to Epirus and Ioannina.
The aim of the biking tour was not solely to spotlight the cooperation between the cities of Schwerte and Ioannina, nevertheless it was additionally a part of an academic tour, organized by the Ioannina working group within the context of twinning with the Municipality of Schwerte.
“It’s important that energetic residents put into observe the twinning between the 2 municipalities and ship messages of cooperation,” stated Mr. Begas, welcoming the cyclists.
“It was an thrilling expertise, which was efficiently accomplished. Our first objective was to reach wholesome, which we did. We arrived on time, which can be vital. I’m blissful to be in Ioannina after our passage by means of many nations”, stated Chrysovalantis Karasakalides on behalf of the cyclists.