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Panagoulis statue gets green light

The Culture Ministry has approved the installation of a two-meter statue of anti-junta activist Alekos Panagoulis on Dikaiosinis Square off Panepistimiou Street in central Athens.

Panagoulis was jailed by the military dictatorship in 1968 after leading a failed attempt to assassinate Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos.

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