Archive | March, 2010

Olympic Champion Evan Lysacek Talks About His Greek Pride

Evan Lysacek talks exclusively about his Greek Pride and discusses his future after his Gold win in Vancouver.

Tarpon Springs to host daytime maritime festival, night fun Saturday

Men who live by and love the sea will share their lore and more as a new festival showcases not only the seafaring culture of Tarpon Springs but that of other Gulf Coast communities like Cortez, Cedar Key and Apalachicola. The Gulf Maritime Festival, presented by the city of Tarpon Springs, will be held from [...]

Greek finds water on the Moon!

Around 600 million metric tons of water ice were discovered in shadowy craters at the moon’s north pole. How much is that, in terms that mean something to you? Possibly enough to sustain a moon base, that’s how much. A piece of NASA radar equipment hitching a ride on an Indian probe made the discovery, [...]

Investment Guru John Calamos Talks about his Career, his Greek Roots and the Economic Crisis

The Greek-American billionaire John Calamos, whose company manages a portfolio of 32 billion, and when it will be the right time to re-invest in Greece. Is there hope that the country could exit from one of the largest crisis in its history? Calamos says there is hope and remembers how his father became a supermarket [...]

Greek Gets Sued for Allegedly Discriminating Against non-Greeks

A Chicago attorney has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court saying he was harassed on the job and ultimately fired for not being Greek. Shia Kapos of ChicagoBusiness.com reported that Martin Hall accused James Regas and Chicago-based Regas Frezados & Dallas LLP that discriminated against him based on his national origin. He’s seeking compensatory [...]

Tri-State AHEPA Banquet To Honor Three U.S. Senators, Six Other Distinguished Greek Americans

May 1 Regional AHEPA Banquet will Recognize Outstanding Public Service and Excellence in Community Leadership AHEPA Supreme President Nicholas A. Karacostas today announced that America’s oldest and largest Hellenic heritage organization will honor three distinguished U.S. senators and a group of six Greek Americans for their commitment to community leadership and long-standing records of public [...]

Carolyn Maloney Calls for Hearings on Greece’s Debt Transactions

Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) sent on Friday a letter asking for hearings to be held on U.S. financial firms’ involvement in the elements of the debt crisis currently facing Greece. “News has surfaced that investment banks based in the United States have funded firms that created the financial indexes and other information needed to trade against [...]

American Hellenic Council Members Promote “Hellenic Issues” in Recent DC Trip

The last week of February AHC Board Member Kathy Tavoularis and AHC President Mike Galanakis had a barrage of meetings with elected officials in Washington D.C. in an effort to promote our issues to elected represenatives across the full spectrum of the political establishment. “The meetings were very productive and we were commended on our [...]

Tri-State AHEPA Banquet To Honor Three U.S. Senators and Six Other Distinguished Greek Americans

AHEPA Supreme President Nicholas A. Karacostas today announced that America’s oldest and largest Hellenic heritage organization will honor three distinguished U.S. senators and a group of six Greek Americans for their commitment to community leadership and long-standing records of public service. Karacostas said the tri-state American Hellenic community from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana will gather [...]

Tourism minister at New York Times Travel Show

Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos had a series of meeting during his visit to the United States, where he was visiting the 2010 New York Times Travel Show organised by the newspaper “New York Times”. In statements on Saturday, Geroulanos stressed that this New York travel fair was very important for the tourism sector [...]