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It has been some time since my last Blog Post, I have many excuses for that, mainly work, work and more work. (No thoughts in trying to write something about that...) I just wanted to belatedly mention a great event at the White House, on the 25th, honoring the Greek Independence day . I must say that watching and reading on how the Greeks abroad have celebrated this day, it is quite remarkable how the overseas communities have embraced their heritage and common history in remembering their home country, whilst being active in their own communities around the world. Also, I deeply appreciate the message from Archbishop Demetrios in his remarks along President Obama . You can watch the complete event here: The President speaks at a reception honoring Greek Independence Day at the White House. March 25, 2011.

It was awesome to be part of this very interesting discussion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . The Minister ( Ms Dora Bakoyannis ) along with a number of Bloggers and people active through social media had an opportunity to exchange views and debate concerning the role of the Internet and web 2.o technologies with concern to politics and political communications. It was quite interesting brainstorming ideas and suggesting technologies that can become instruments for developing foreign policy, while bringing together the Hellenic community overseas. All the people involved were excellent in their remarks and I personally believe that it was a great opportunity to exchange views and hopefully shape political communications strategies in Greek politics. My talking points included: Permission Marketing techniques, Online political communications, facebook groups concerning the issue of Macedonia Communication tools of a Foreign Ministry website. I must say that I...

I want to say a big thank you to everybody that came to my book launch last Thursday. My deepest regards to my close friends who supported me throughout the drafting of my 1st book. The Dictionary of Corruption presents 270 words and expressions that are commonly used by citizens talking about political and business life issues. Corrupt politicians, corrupt businesses, most of all, corrupt citizens. The words people use indicate deep and inherit characteristics, and at the same time, represent the lack of progressiveness in our society and sometimes economic backwardness. Corruption is a social characteristic. It is neither good nor bad; it is a social phenomenon, and needs to be handled as such in order to be eradicated form political, business and everyday life.