Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who this year is also the chairperson of the Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), is scheduled to meet with new US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the American State Department in Washington on February 25.
The Federation of Greek Orthodox Communities of Australia has called on all Greek-Australians to respond to the urgent needs created in the state of Victoria, in the wake of the recent devastating wildfires that have killed over 180 people so far.
"Joint action to construct a safer world" is what US President Barack Obama has called for in a letter replying to Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' congratulatory letter sent after Obama's election.
Newly elected US President, Barack Obama responded to the congratulatory message sent to him by Prime Minister Karamanlis on the occasion of his election to the US Presidency. President Obama underlined the exceptional opportunities that may promote the goals of the two countries alliance and underlined his aim of achieving further good relations between the two countries.
120 businesspeople from the tourism sector of France successfully completed a two-day visit to the northern port city of Thessaloniki and the nearby prefectures.
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Syriza party reacts against expatriate Greek voting bill
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The radical left Syriza party has reacted negatively to the expatriate Greek voting bill, which was recently approved by cabinet. A party representative described Interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos' proposal as a "continuation of the fraud", noting that it had already been rejected, not only by political parties, but by the majority of expatriate Greek organisations.
He clarified that Syriza is in favour of expatriate Greeks' right to vote in Greek national elections, but only under certain conditions, which - he said - most expatriate Greek organisations were also in favour of.