Visit to Olympia report

Director Panos Dimas and head of administration Merete Ludviksen visited the town
of Ancient Olympia on the 22nd and 23rd of July.

They met with the mayor and the vice mayor to get an update on and discuss the progress
of a project, in which the Norwegian Institute is a partner. The project aims to replant part
of the woods that were burned in the 2007 fires, prevent flooding and revamp the Floka Theatre.

Olympia: The lighting of the Olympic Flame, for the Youth Olympics in Singapore

During their visit Dimas and Ludviksen attended the official ceremony of lightning and
handing over the Olympic flame, which took place for the purpose of the first youth Olympic
games to take place in Singapore in August 2010.

Dimas and Ludviksen also inspected the Floka Theatre situated on the outskirts of the village
of Floka, approximately 3 kilometres from the town of Ancient Olympia.