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EVENTSLecture on Georgia’s polyphonic musicA lecture about Georgia’s polyphonic music tradition wasgiven by Prof. George (Gia)Baghashvili of the University ofCaucasus in Georgia, onThursday June 23 at thepremise of the EPLO in Plakadistrict, in Athens. The lecturewas entitled “Georgia of Today through a Musical Window” and organized by the EPLO in cooperation with the Embassy of Georgia to Greece. Introduction speeches were given by the Director of the EPLO Professor Spyridon Flogaitis and the Ambassador of Georgia to Greece Mr. Ioseb Nanobashvili.Polyphonic music is world-renownedand calls upon an enchanting combination of ancient and modern harmonies. As Mr. Baghashvili said, UNESCO acknowledged this music as “a masterpiece of the world’s intangible cultural heritage” and its unique, slightly dissonant style has not changed for centuries. The songs, made up of three-part- harmonies, are still the life blood of modern society. They can be heard in churches andConference on digital currencies and financeA conference on “Digital Currencies, Digital Finance & the Constitution of a New FinancialOrder: Challenges for the Legal System” took place on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at the EPLO premise in Athens organized by the EPLO, IMEDIPA and the Center for Law, Economics and Society (University College, London). The conference aimed to open up and engage the economic, political, and legal dimensions of the three dynamics of dehumanization, disintermediation, and (de)monasteries across the country; down Tbilisi’s back-streets; or across the village elds.George (Gia) Baghashvili, PhD, is a well- known Georgian folklorist, ethnomusicologist and cultural activist. He is General Directorof the Artistic Union “Lomisi,” a Georgian creative association. In 2000, he was awarded by the Georgian State a Prizefor the creation of the Mengrelian songs potpourri. Dr. Baghashvili also has led several folkloric television and radio programs.He is the author of numerous scholarly publications and participant of the regular Tbilisi International Symposia on Traditional Polyphony. Georgia is a member state of the EPLO.centralization. Fintech experts, law and nance experts, sociologists of markets, central bank experts were engaged in an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion over these exciting topics.130 ACTIVITY REPORT 2016