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.
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New PADEE Presidium
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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, who served for eight years. The new PADEE Presidium is made up of President John Pantazopoulos (State of Victoria MP, Australia), 1st Vice-President Leonidas Raptakis (Rhode Island State Senator, USA), 2nd Vice-President Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (MEP, Germany), Nikos Papadopoulos (MP, Sweden), John Cannis (MP, Canada), Olga Kovitidi (MP, Crimea, Ukraine), Thomas Katsiantonis (New Hampshire State Representative, USA), Mike Keokas (Georgia State Representative, USA) and George Souris (New South Wales MP, Australia). Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas in a meeting he had with the members of the newly elected and the outgoing PADEE Presidiums stressed, among others, that they should have a systematic cooperation with SAE. On his part, Giannaros thanked the parliament president and underlined that “we struggle for Greece and Cyprus and the Greek ideals. A Greek flame is still burning inside us showing us the way toward what’s best for our culture, Greece, Cyprus and the Greek expatriates.” He also congratulated the new PADEE Presidium members and the new president and wished them success to their efforts.