Death is an integral part of people's lives. Paramythia is the place, where according to ancient mythology, death had a special presence. The "other world" intersects with the real one at one point. A small provincial town in Epirus is the benchmark of metaphysical or non-physical world to ancient Greek mythology and philosophy, but also for the whole of Western civilization born from it. What does this mean today? What is the content of the approach to death in ancient Greek mythology, which survives until today in the folk tradition, especially in the region of Epirus? The work argues that unlike the modern approach of repelling the reality of death, the approach of ancient Greek mythology that reaches up to modern popular culture, which suggests a courageous, head-on confrontation, which not only paralyses life but also honors, illuminates and gives more substantial content.

The abandonment of mountainous areas implies the abandonment of what was created over time in order to cover the residents' needs of those areas. The socioeconomic conditions that forced the highlanders to "seek their fortune" in small or larger urban centers, led not only to a number of unused buildings but also to deserted villages. After the implementation of ‘Kallikratis’ administrative reform, the Municipality of Pogoni faces all the problems that beset the mountainous areas nowadays. Due to the depopulation and the recent merge of social structures and services many of the Municipality’s buildings have been left unexploited, abandoned and some of them are even damaged. Some of the aforementioned buildings are significant examples of the local architectural style. In this paper the basic meanings of land, property and the importance of rehabilitation of public buildings are initially presented. Then, an attempt to record the entire municipal building stock, as well as the abandoned and unexploited buildings was made. Finally, proposals, adapted to the particular characteristics and needs of the study area, concerning the reuse of the abandoned buildings were formulated.

This paper includes the results of a survey aiming at recording and interpreting the attitudes, the opinions and the experiences of the youth living in mountainous areas, and particularly in the area of Pogoni. The development perspectives of mountainous areas are closely related to retaining the young population. This is the reason why the youth are the objective of study of this paper. The necessary data were collected through interviews, using questionnaires. The analysis of the results was made through SPSS software and specific conclusions were formed. Moreover, the results of the present study were compared to similar studies, which were conducted in other mountainous areas of Hepirus region (Tzoumerka, Konitsa, Metsovo and Zagori), as well as to the relevant literature.

The protection of watercourses from erosion is the most important and necessary intervention to any river in order to control the flow channel protecting in that way the riparian land uses. Erosion leads to soil leaching, desertification and downstream sediment transportation reducing consistently the river capacity. Initially, in this paper the soil erosion phenomenon, its determinant factors, as well as the usual protective measures taken are briefly analyzed. Then, the phenomenon of watercourses erosion, the slope stability calculation methodology and the applied interventions are presented in detail. Finally, given the corrosive phenomena in various places of Kalamas riverbed, especially among the settlements of Parakalamos and Mazaraki, the slope stability in this region is assessed. More specifically, an extensive description of the phenomenon is carried out, its causes are interpreted, suggestions of immediate protection measures are expressed and an estimation of the total cost of all necessary labor and materials is made, for completing the project.