From September 30 till October 2, 2016 Ms. Nanoushka Podkovyroff, the Greek language instructor at the Branch of the HFC, participated in the International Conference “Modern Greek Language in the Black Sea Region and the Balkans” that took place in Komotini, Greece. Ms. Podkovyroff presented a report titled “Teaching Greek Language in Odessa: Yesterday and Today. Perspectives for Teaching Greek Language in the Period of the World Crisis”.  The conference was organized by Democritus University of Thrace, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Western Macedonia and University of Ioannina.