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03\/12\/2020<\/span>
\nFIP Recognition Agreement signed in Paris and Athens<\/span>
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\n\"\"On Wednesday 2 December, the FIP Recognition Agreement was signed. Because of the cancellation of all major philatelic events for so many months in the past and in the near future, it was decided that each of the parties involved will sign the Agreement in each own place of residence. So, Bernard Jimenez, the FIP Vice-President and Liaison Officer for NOTOS 2021 signed it in Paris, while Pantelis Leoussis, Hellenic Philatelic Federation President, and Costas Chazapis, Head of NOTOS 2021 OC signed it in Athens.<\/p>\n

The FIP had granted their Recognition to the Hellenic Philatelic Federation and NOTOS 2021 OC on 11 October 2018 in Santiago, Chile.<\/p>\n

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Bernard Jimenez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Costas Chazapis (left), Pantelis Leoussis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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21\/11\/2020<\/span>
\nNOTOS 2021 welcomes the FEPA Congress in Athens<\/span>
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\nA few years back, we had the pleasure and honour to host the FEPA Congress in Athens. It was the closing day of NOTOS 2015, our first attempt to stage a major international exhibition.<\/p>\n

Next year we shall be honoured to welcome for a second time the delegates and the attendants of the European Federations. The upcoming FEPA Congress is scheduled to take place in Athens on 23 November 2021, following the closure of NOTOS 2021. In view of the cancellation of this year\u2019s Congress, it is understandable that we …can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n

The venue and date of next year’s Congress were confirmed in today’s video conference meeting between the FEPA Board and the European Federations.<\/p>\n

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19\/09\/2020<\/span>
\nNew deadlines – Amended IREX<\/span>
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\n\"\"<\/a>In times when everyone is wondering “when” we are getting back in business with exhibiting as we knew it before the pandemic, the least the OC could offer was to push back all NOTOS 2021 important deadlines. The most critical for the exhibitors is the one for their Entry Forms, which was moved from 28 February to 31 May 2021.<\/p>\n

Another fair decision of the OC applies to exhibits that have achieved 95 points or more in national exhibitions. These exhibits may apply for participation in NOTOS 2021 for 8 frames, even if they have no prior FIP or FEPA qualification. The decision was based on the fact that during the pandemic, for almost one and a half year, all FIP exhibitions have been either cancelled or postponed to a later date.<\/p>\n

These and a few more amendments to the IREX are incorporated in its new version 2, published in September 2020 and already uploaded on the website (Menu: The Show > Regulations<\/span>).<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> <\/span>to open the amended IREX.<\/p>\n

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01\/07\/2020<\/span>
\nA special evening<\/span>
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\nIn the hospitable offices of one of NOTOS 2021’s Supporters, Boss Informatics, in Nea Smyrni, Athens, on Monday evening of 29 June, the 3rd \u201cNOTOS\u2019 friends\u201d annual gathering took place via video conference.<\/p>\n

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The speakers: Back row left: N. Mallouchos, C. Chazapis, C. Gikas
Front row left: A. Virvilis, I. Chalvatzidopoulos, L. Chazapis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The live briefings by the O.C. members and the video addresses of the exhibition partners were planned in advance to be roughly two minutes each. Thus, the function was concluded in no more than one hour.<\/p>\n

Starting the presentation, the HPS President, I. Chalvatzidopoulos, welcomed the participants, announcing that the exhibition is now under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou.<\/p>\n

Next, followed:
\n\u25cf C. Chazapis, Technology & Partners
\n\u25cf L. Chazapis, Peristeri Exhibition Centre
\n\u25cf Address by Andreas Pachatouridis, Mayor of Peristeri<\/p>\n