German Eurodeputy and president of German-Hellenic Economic Association (DHW) George Hatzimarkakis has sent a letter of congratulations – on behalf of the DHW - to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, on his re-election yesterday to the presidential post.
Brussels - New Democracy Eurodeputy G. Papanikolaou has submitted a question to the European Commission about Athanasios Lerounis, a Greek volunteer teacher abducted in Pakistan.
This year’s “Windows on Europe Film 2010”European Film Festival in Australia organized by the Euroepan Unions Delegation in Canberra in cooperation with embassies and EU member-state diplomatic delegations in Australia will include participations from Greece and Cyprus.
The conferences of the major Cypriot organizations of Australia will be held during the last week-end of May (May 28-30).The President of the federation of Cypriot Communities in Australia and New Zealand, Mihali Christodoulou, announced that during the aforementioned dates, the conferences to be held will be the Pan-Australian Coordinating Committee for the Cyprus Struggle and the Federation of the Cyprus Youth, that will be held in Adelaide May 28-30.
The omogeneia of New South Wales is organizing a special event on Sunday February 21st to assist the quake victims of Haiti that will be held at the headquarters of the Cypriot community in Stanmore.The event is being organized by the Greek Emergency Fund created by the Council for Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Oceania, the Cypriot community and the manager of the Cypriot restaurant, Mr. Dimakis.
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Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas in US
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During his stay in Washington, Mr. Droutsas will also meet with the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Howard Berman, and the Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, Senator Benjamin Cardin. This evening he will participate in a roundtable discussion at the Brookings Institute. On Wednesday, 3 February, Mr. Droutsas will hold meetings at the UN headquarters in New York and will speak at Columbia University. On Thursday, 4 February, the Alternate Foreign Minister will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, with whom he will discuss, among other things, developments in the Cyprus issue following the Secretary General’s visit to Cyprus, as well as the FYROM name issue.