The committee meetings (the corresponding permanent parliamentary committees of the Hellenic Parliament) of the 2009 Youth Parliament came to a close with speeches by many “young parliamentarians” in committees including National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Economy, Trade and Production, Public Administration, Public Order, Justice that were chaired by parliamentarians from all political parties.
Optimism about the future prevailed at the Greek Parliament during a celebration party for the Youth Parliament. Welcoming the 300 young people from Greece, Cyprus and the Diaspora, Parliamentary Speaker Dimitris Sioufas expressed the hope that they were enjoying their morning sessions and the sightseeing tours.
The Union of Greek American Travel Agents (GATA) is expressing concerns over the fate of approximately 1500 Olympic Airlines passengers who have return tickets dated after September 30th, the date the airline is set to conduct its final flights.
The state government of Victoria is placing under her auspices the Pan-Hellenic Athletic and Cultural Games being organized by the Council for Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Oceania in Melbourne in November and in addition will donate the sum of $35,000 to assist the event.
Thirty two businesses from Cyprus will participate at this years International Food and Beverage Exhibit that will take place in Sydney from 7-10 September. The city will be visited by representatives of Cypriot businesses in order to promote their productions and to seek possible importers for the Cypriot products.
The state government of Victoria is placing under her auspices the Pan-Hellenic Athletic and Cultural Games being organized by the Council for Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Oceania in Melbourne in November and in addition will donate the sum of $35,000 to assist the event.
Thirty two businesses from Cyprus will participate at this years International Food and Beverage Exhibit that will take place in Sydney from 7-10 September. The city will be visited by representatives of Cypriot businesses in order to promote their productions and to seek possible importers for the Cypriot products.
Next Sunday, the Greek Club of Canberra will screen a documentary about world renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis in the hall of its premises. The producer of the movie is Perth-based Greek-Australian Eleni Evangelinou, who – apart from her lengthy on-camera interview with Theodorakis – has had access to some rare objects from his personal archive.
Νέα Υόρκη- Αποστόλης Ζουπανιώτης Η Ενωση Ελληνοαμερικανών Ταξιδιωτικών Πρακτόρων (GATA) στέλνει μηνύματα αγωνίας για 1.500 περίπου επιβάτες της Ολυμπιακής Αεροπορίας, που έχουν εισιτήρια επιστροφής για τις ΗΠΑ μετά τις 30 Σεπτεμβρίου και παραμένει άγνωστο πως θα επιστρέψουν, αφού τότε θα πραγματοποιηθεί το τελευταίο δρομολόγιο της εταιρείας από την Αθήνα.
Νέα Υόρκη- Αποστόλης Ζουπανιώτης Θετικά ήταν τα πρώτα σχόλια των δασκάλων για το νέο βιβλίο της διδασκαλίας του πρώτου επιπέδου ελληνικής γλώσσας, που εξέδωσε η Αρχιεπισκοπή Αμερικής και συνέταξε επιτροπή εκπαιδευτικών από την Ελλάδα και τις ΗΠΑ, υπό την προεδρία του καθηγητή Γεωργίου Μπαμπινιώτη.