Since 1992, Pushkin Institute Athens (#pushkingr) is the official centre for teaching Russian language and promoting Russian culture in Greece. Pushkin Institute Athens is also the official center of certification and examination of Russian as a foreign language and one of the six accredited institutes of foreign languages in Greece (Goethe Institute, British Council, French Institute, Italian Institute, Institute “Cervantes”), certificates of which are recognized by the Supreme Greece Board Recruitment (ΑΣΕΠ). The Institute operates the richest Russian Public Library in Greece, which possesses more than 18,000 books, as well as interpreting and translation services. Activities of the Institute extend to many areas that are important for Greek-Russian relations. Pushkin Institute Athens is a member of the Greek-Russian Chamber of Commerce.