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.

The organizing of the Regional Convention and the best possible representation of the organizations were the main topics in the extraordinary meeting of the SAE Europe Regional Council held at the Region's office on the weekend of September 6-7.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the Events of September 6-7, 1955 addressing the faithful in the Panagia Church in Bosporus yesterday.

A full scale meeting focusing on the vote of expatriates takes place today at the Foreign Ministry which will be presided by Foreign  Minister, Dora Backoyianni, and participated by political party representatives who have been given copies of the government's related proposal.

As expected, the dramatic developments last week in Australia's New South Wales state government cost Cypriot-Australian senator Michael Costas his ministerial post. However, Greek-Australian senator John Hatzistergos remained unscathed.