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The article discusses the fundamental relationship between migrants’ existential waiting in Athens and the polysemic EUropean border regime after the closure of the so called Balkan Route. A conception of the border as a regime, operating not just at physical borders or within mechanisms of European border externalization but unfolding its existential impact also within cities, allows to outline its practices of classification which deprive migrants of their possibility to act, to live and to move on. To think this regime as embedded in complex relations of a specific territorial assemblage makes it possible to connect these dynamic power relations of the EUropean border regime and the existential waiting of migrants with networks of resistance in Athens, whereas the latter are focusing on collective practices, ranging from a refusal of the long-term wait to concrete exit strategies, enabling migrants to speak and to act together on an equal level. Thus, these networks are an important factor of local changes and collective mutations of the dominance of the border regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the frame of the European project, entitled MULTI-ASSESS, specimens of structural metals, glass, stone and concrete materials were exposed to air pollution at a station, which was installed for this purpose on a building, located in the centre of Athens. The main purpose of this project was to determine the corrosion and soiling effects of air pollution on materials. A set of the specimens was exposed in a position that was sheltered from rain and partly from wind, and another set was exposed in unsheltered positions on the roof of the above said building. In addition, other specimens were exposed at different heights on the same building, in order to investigate for the first time the corrosion and soiling effects on various materials as a function of height. For the determination of these effects, chemical analysis of the specimens was performed and basic parameters as the weight change, the layer thickness and the optical properties were calculated. Finally, the results obtained are discussed and their plausible interpretation is attempted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on a fib Course titled "Strengthening With Externally Bonded FRP Reinforcement: Behaviour, Design and Applications," to be held on May 4-5, 2003 at Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens, Greece. The aim of this two day course is to educate engineers and researchers in the field of strengthening with externally bonded reinforcement consisting of FRPs. The course will cover the basics of FRPs as externally bonded reinforcement, behaviour and design aspects of FRP-strengthened concrete, as well as practical applications.

This article presents information on the 2003 Federation Internationale du Beton (FIB) symposium on "Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions," held on May 6 to 8, 2005 in Athens, Greece. The symposium was organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece and supported by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. The Technical Activities Workshop, immediately preceding the symposium, offered a unique opportunity to discuss some issues of the preparation of the next Model Code and follow up on the invited lectures of the winners of the 2003 FIB diplomas.