Forty-three years after being written in Greek, the doctoral thesis of the Australian Archbishop, Stylianos, has now been translated and published in English. A presentation of the English version took place at a Greek church in Melbourne, in the presence of officials and many Greek-Australians.
With instructions from the Parliamentary Speaker Dimitris Sioufas, the secretary-general of parliament, Nikos Stefanou, accompanied by other officials, visited Cyprus for meetings with their Cypriot counterparts on September 8 and 9.
A disagreement between the two major parties, governing New Democracy and main opposition PASOK, is dashing hopes that the Diaspora vote will be ratified within 2008. The September 9th disagreement broke out during a meeting at the Greek Foreign Ministry chaired by foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis.
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Greek education in the limelight
Γράφει ο/η Μπάμπης Παπαδάκης
10.09.08
A series of activities and events to promote Greek education and culture is being undertaken by the Council for Hellenes Abroad (CHA) US region, in cooperation with the Federation of Hellenic-American Educational and Cultural Unions of New York.
Thus, in January 2009, at the Archimides Academy in Miami, a symposium will be organised on the topic: "Charter Schools of Hellenic Interest: Achievements, Findings, Prospects, 10 years after they begin functioning". At the same time, the federation's general meeting will be held
In February, there will a joint meeting of the CHA (USA) Education Committee and the federation, at which issues will be discussed relating to Greek language education, which concerns the expatriate Greeks in the region.