Vangelis Meimarakis, President of the Hellenic Parliament completed his official visit to Canada with his visit to the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal where he held meetings with state officials of Canada’s federal government, as well as with the provincial governments of Quebec and Ontario. In his speech at the Greek Community open meeting, Meimarakis invited [...]
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Meimarakis Visits Quebec’s National Assembly
The President of the Hellenic Parliament, Evangelos Meimarakis, made an official visit to the National Assembly of Quebec on May 30 and received a warm welcome by Quebec Premier, Pauline Marois. The achievements of the Greek Diaspora of Quebec and Montreal were the main focus of the meeting, while there were discussions on the Greek-speaking [...]
Kafopoulos Says Greek-Israeli Links Key
The International Relations Department of University of Laval, Quebec, organized a lecture over the Greek-Israeli relations issue. The event was led by the Consul General of Greece in Montreal, Thanos Kafopoulos and Israeli Consul General Joel Lion. Before an audience of students and professors, two representatives highlighted the importance of Greek-Israeli cooperation and it must [...]
Greece’s Consul General of Montreal Talks About Crisis in his Homeland
With an article for the local English newspaper The Gazette, Greece’s Consul General of Montreal Thanos Kafopoulos refers to financial crisis that Greece struggles with as well eurozone’s policy in regards to it. Mr Kafopoulos writes that Greece for the first time in decades elected and accepted a coalition government which is making efforts to solve some [...]
Conference in Montreal: “Navigating Challenging Waters: Canada, Europe and Greece 2012 and Beyond”
It is not possible that Europe can mutilate Greece without Western societies undergoing upheavals, stated Dr. Kimon Valaskakis at the mini seminar concerning predictions about the world’s economy, convened due to the Greek debt crisis. On May 24, Scotiabank and the Consulate General of Greece organized the conference, titled “Navigating challenging waters: Canada, Europe and [...]
Deka Awards 2012 Given to Greek Businesses
Deka Awards were given on May 17 by the Hellenic Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal to Greek businesses, as well as to distinguished business figures, who excelled during the last year in the broader area of Montreal. Greek Consul of Canada, Eleftherios Angelopoulos, was one of the main speakers of the event and called on [...]
