A row erupted in parliament yesterday between the government and the main opposition party over Pasok's intention to vote against a draft bill giving Greek nationals living and working abroad the right to vote in general elections.

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis is scheduled to meet with her American counterpart, Hillary Clinton, today. They will discuss Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) affairs, the situation in the Middle East and the Caucasus, Greek-Turkish relations, the Cyprus dispute and the European Union's relations with the United States.

Any day now, Greek-American Alexi Giannoulias - who was in Athens last week - is expected to announce his intention to seek the seat left by Barack Obama in the Senate.

The president of Fordham University, Joseph McShane, has announced a major donation by the Tzacharis Family Foundation to the university for the establishment of a seat to be called the "Archbishop Dimitrios Seat of Orthodox Theology and Culture"

A long-awaited draft bill allowing Greek citizens living abroad to vote in Greek general elections from their country of residence was tabled in parliament yesterday. In order to become law, the bill requires a two-thirds majority, or a vote by 200 of parliament's 300 MPs.