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Avlona

British  
/ ævˈləʊnə /

noun

  1. the ancient name for Vlorë

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The minister said nine fires had been set in the space of four hours Thursday morning in the Avlona area in the northern foothills of Mount Parnitha, a mountain on the northwestern fringes of Athens that is one of the capital’s last green areas.

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AVLONA, Greece - Setting up a television channel from scratch isn’t the most obvious or easiest thing for a math teacher to do - especially without prior technical knowledge and for use inside a prison.

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The Avlona detention center holds nearly 300 young men aged 18-21, and sometimes up to 25.

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While access to education is important for all students, it is perhaps even more critical for Avlona’s, some of whom have been convicted and others who are awaiting trial.

From Seattle Times

But that is exactly the task Petros Damianos, director of the school at Greece’s Avlona Special Youth Detention Center, took on so his students could access the lessons that coronavirus lockdowns cut them off from.

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