The 7th General Assembly of PADEE that took place from July 29-August 2nd concluded with the election of the new Board of Directors. Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas met with the new Presidium of PADEE and honored the outgoing president of the organization Connecticut State Representative Demetrios Giannaros.

The government by June 2010 will present for discussion a new proposal on the right of the Greek expatriates to vote from their places of residence and until then a new round of dialogue will take place with the political parties, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos announced.

The leadership of the Coordinated Effort of Hellenes (CEH) held important contacts in Washington with high level Obama administration officials from the US Senate and House of Representatives, who are affiliated with the Cyprus dispute.

An announcement for admission of Greek students from Greece and abroad was made by the Organisation of Tourism Education and Training (O.T.E.K) at the organization’s training units for the academic period 2009-2010.

The Greek Parliament, through its speaker, Dimitris Sioufas, presented an award to the outgoing chairman of the World Inter-Parliamentary Union of Hellenism (PADEE), Demetrios Giannaros, for his eight-year contribution to the Union.