The bill permitting Greeks living abroad to vote in Greek elections was overruled due to lack of the required majority. Of the 267 deputies that cast their ballots, 159 MPs of the ruling party of ND and LAOS  voted in favor, while 106 MPs of PASOK, KKE  and SYRIZA voted against the bill.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew yesterday expressed optimism for the reopening of the Halki seminary and resolution of the long-standing problems faced by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, after a cordial meeting with US President Barack Obama.

The Council for Hellenes Abroad US division expresses its dddep sadness over the passing of one of the brightest personalities of the Greek-American and American Academic communities, the president of Drexel University, Dr. Constantinos Papadakis.

One of the year's most important cultural events, the exhibition "Le Mont Athos et l' Empire Byzantin, Trésors de la Sainte Montagne" opens on 9 April 2009 at the Petit Palais in Paris and will run until July 5th 2009.

A roll-call vote on a bill for introducing absentee voting for eligible Greek voters residing abroad will be held in Parliament on Tuesday, on the first reading (in-principle vote) of the bill, aiming to achieve a two-thirds majority of the 300-member legislature, as required by the Constitution.