The Special Service Innovation award has been given to the SmartEyes program within the framework of the annual Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards that took place on September 9th in London.
A portion of the estate of the late director and husband of the unforgettable Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, has been bequeathed to post graduate students and to the Doctors Without Borders Organization. According to the will, the sum of 500 thousand euros will be allocated for scholarships and 100 thousand euros will be donated to the humanitarian organization.
Events for the September 14th Day of National Memory for the Genocide of Greeks in Asia Minor by the Turkish state will take place from Septmeber 14-22, under the aegis of the Athens Prefecture.
The first Greek-language school will be inaugurated in Bucharest on September 15, implementing part of a memorandum signed in February 2008 between the Greek education ministry and the Greek parents and guardians association of Bucharest.