{"id":1432,"date":"2020-08-03T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2020-08-03T14:17:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:17:04","slug":"bpu-1-thessaloniki-greece-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"BPU 1 Thessaloniki, Greece (1991)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1432\" class=\"elementor elementor-1432\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c47785 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c47785\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-913908c\" data-id=\"913908c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2014071 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2014071\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"titlebar-title h4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BPU 1 Thessaloniki, Greece (1991)<\/strong><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The first General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union was held in Thessaloniki in September, 1991 and this was not only the first BPU Conference, but also the first, in fact, BPU activity.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96114d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d96114d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thess.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-432\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd46fdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd46fdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">We must recall that at that time, it was a difficult period for most of the Balkan countries, two years after their political changes, when all their citizens faced the difficulties of the transition period. But there was great enthusiasm in the attempt, coming from both the organizers and the participants, to overcome the difficulties that made the organization of the conference even more challenging. The main difficulties arose from the very bad economic situation of the Balkan Physicists who strongly wanted to participate in this historic conference and the difficulty in communication. It must be noted that the greatest part of the communication correspondence was achieved via ordinary post.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a35d1eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a35d1eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thess-2.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-433\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea2c90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aea2c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">In this way the conference organization file includes the signatures of very important people within the Balkan community of Physicists, such as Professors Mejdani, Ursu, Bek-Uzarov, Zlatev, the BPU President at that time Gediz Akdeniz, and the fourth President Ivan Lalov. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a53175 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a53175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thess3.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-434\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-688fce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"688fce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">On June 24-26, 1991, a common meeting of the BPU Executive Committee and the Conference Scientific Committee was held in Thessaloniki to prepare the Conference, evaluate all the abstracts and decide on the invited speakers and the oral presentations. It was also an important meeting for the promotion of friendship among Balkan countries and the conference itself to the community of Thessaloniki, which considerably financed the conference. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec4483 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ec4483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thess-4.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-435\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6817c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6817c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">This meeting was also important due to the presence, among other professors of Physics, of Prof. Kastriot, President of the Albanian Parliament, Prof. Skende, Minister of Science and Technology in Albania and Prof. Mateev, Minister of Education in Bulgaria. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3159c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3159c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thess-5.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-436\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6ef15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c6ef15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image035.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-437\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image035.jpg 607w, https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image035-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af41bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af41bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">The registration, as well as the Conference took place in the newly-constructed building of the University of Macedonia. In a happy atmosphere, a lot of new friendships were developed, friendships which have lasted up to now and will continue for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ee0895 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ee0895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/07.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-438\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36af12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f36af12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/08.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-439\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10eef2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10eef2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09-v2.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-445\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3648e89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3648e89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">The opening ceremony was held in the Ceremony Hall of the School of Philosophy in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The Minister of Macedonia and Thrace, the Mayor of Thessaloniki and the Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki welcomed the participants and expressed their happiness that Thessaloniki would be the host of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> BPU Conference.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cc8e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cc8e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/10.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-441\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a41776e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a41776e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">The poster of the conference featured the portrait of Aristoteles, the ancient Greek philosopher. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e406715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e406715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/11.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-442\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BPU 1 Thessaloniki, Greece (1991) The first General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union was held in Thessaloniki in September, 1991 and this was not&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpu-conferences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1442,"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkanphysicalunion.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}