The Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore II yesterday praised the message of reconciliation sent to Muslims and Arabs by US President Barack Obama in his speech at Cairo University earlier that day, stressing that the Alexandria Patriarchate supported any initiative promoting the harmonious coexistence of Christians and Muslims.

The Coordinator for the Council for Hellenes Abroad (CHA), European region, George Amarantidis, addressed greetings during the official opening of the congress of the Federation of Greek Communities in Germany (OEK).

Participation by children and young people from Bulgaria in the recent painting competition, organised by the Hellenic Cultural Foundation in Sofia, was very impressive.

A series of lectures in Russian on the modern history of Greece is continuing in Moscow, in the History Library of Russian Philosophy and Culture, the "House of philosopher A.F. Losev".

Pasok leader George Papandreou met with representatives of Greek expatriates from Albania yesterday, telling them that the Greek state's self-evident obligation was to assure full restitution for Northern Epirots in Greece.