In December 2006, delegates of the Panepirotic Federation of Australia attended the Conference of the Council of Greeks Abroad (SAE). At that Conference, they played an instrumental role in ensuring that focus was placed upon the plight of the Greeks of Northern Epirus and they joined with other Epirote delegates from throughout the world in demanding that the Northern Epirots be given representation at SAE.
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Secretary, Mr Kostas Kalymnios had an audience with His Beatitude, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, in which he obtained his blessing for the Federation and discussed aspects of the spiritual needs of Greeks living abroad.
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Secretary, Kostas Kalymnios with author, journalist and passionate campaigner on human rights in Northern Epirus, Mr Nicholas Gage.
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Secretary, Kostas Kalymnios, met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mr Theodoros Kassimis and discussed ways in which youth participation in Greek community affairs can be encouraged, so as to ensure a continuity of succession within Greek communities abroad.
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Secretary, Mr Kostas Kalymnios had an audience with His Beatitude, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, in which he obtained his blessing for the Federation and discussed aspects of the spiritual needs of Greeks living abroad.
A snapshot of a discussion between old friends: the eparch of Mesopotamo (Northern Epirus), Themis Kaisis, president of the Union for Human Rights Party (Albanian: Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut, Greek: Κόμμα Ένωσης Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων), Mr Vangelis Doules and Secretary of the Panepirotic Federation of Australia, Mr Kostas Kalymnios.
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Secretary, Kostas Kalymnios, also met with the leader of PASOK and former foreign minister of Greece, Mr Georgios Papandreou, with whom he discussed the history of the Federation and its aspirations for the future.
Panepirotic Federation of Australia Secretary Kostas Kalymnios with an old friend: the heroic mayor of Cheimarra, Vasilis Bolanos
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