The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodoros, sent a message to all Muslims on the occasion of the Ramadan celebrations.

The HFC Literary Translation Prize for 2008 is awarded to Roderick Beaton for the translation of the book "Levant Journal" by George Seferis.

The exhibit entitled "Defenders of Democracy" opened at the Malliotis Cultural Center in Boston on September 25th, an exhibit organized by the Kostas and Maria Malliotis Foundation and the Malliotis Cultural Center. Defenders of Democracy: The American Response to Greece's role in World War II is an exhibition of photographs, memorabilia, newspapers, magazines and ephemera from the private collection of Gregory C. Pappas.

The President of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Professor George Babiniotis, was received last Tuesday by the President of the Greek Republic, Karolos Papoulias, to discuss the four branches of the foundation that have begun operating in the Balkans.