The president of the Council for Hellenes Abroad (CHA), Stephanos Tamvakis, and the Regional Coordinator for the CHA Oceania and Far East, George Angelopoulos, have sent congratulatory letters to the president of the newly set up Greek Community of Beijing, Miltos Denediotis.

Yet another expatriate Greek has reached a high position in his country of residence. Vladimir Kaisev was elected prime minister in the Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia in the Russian Federation in the Caucasus. The 54-year-old ethnic Greek was proposed by the new president of the Republic, Boris Ebzeyev.

Main opposition PASOK leader and Socialist International (SI) President George Papandreou departed yesterday afternoon for New York where he is scheduled to chair a meeting of the SI's presidium on the sidelines of the 63rd UN General Assembly.

The sessions of the 7th World Lingual Congress, which took place in Messolonghi, Greece, wound up successfully yesterday. Fifty speakers from 20 countries participated in the event, during which many interesting announcements were made concerning the status of Greek language teaching in over 20 countries worldwide. Among these "revelations" were announcements regarding Korea and Thailand.

The vision of EURONEM and its president, Nasia Michalopoulou, to reduce emigration and illiteracy in the Third World is becoming a reality. The European Audiovisual Network EURONEM has undertaken the initiative to build a school in Lusaka, Zambia, on a site donated by the Zambian Orthodox Archdiocese.