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The American Hellenic Institute Announces Six Additions to Its Board of Directors

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI), a leading policy center and think tank that works to strengthen relations between the United States and Greece and Cyprus, and within the Greek American community, announced six additions to its Board of Directors...

US State Department Officials Visit the American Hellenic Institute

On two separate occasions, the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) welcomed US Department of State officials to the Hellenic House for meetings in October. At the beginning of the month on October 3, Yuri Kim, Director for the Office of Southern...

American Hellenic Institute Students Meet Greece’s President

Greece is one of the most conscientious members of the European Union, and this is recognized by the bloc, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos told Greek-American college students in a visit organized by the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) on Monday. The...

American Hellenic Institute Honors Exceptional Greek Americans (video)

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) has hosted its 43rd annual Hellenic Heritage Achievement & National Public Service Awards at the Capitol Hilton in Washington DC, honoring four exceptional Greek Americans. In this year's event the AHI chose four individuals for their...

American Hellenic Institute Pens Letter to President Trump Over Greece-Turkey Tensions

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump to raise concern about rising tensions in the Aegean Sea stoked by Turkey’s provocations and to urge the administration to call on Turkey to cease and...

The American Hellenic Institute Holds Congressional Briefing, Calls for 42 Years of Turkish Military Occupancy of Cyprus to End

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) paid respect to the 42nd anniversary of the illegal occupation of the Turkish military on Cyprus by hosting a forum discussing the Cyprus Issue in a congressional briefing with support from the Congressional Caucus on...

American Hellenic Institute Founder Receives First-Ever AHEPA Accolade

American Hellenic Institute (AHI) Founder Eugene T. Rossides became the first recipient of the AHEPA-Stamos Family Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s National Athletic Awards Luncheon held at the 92nd Annual AHEPA Supreme Convention, New Orleans, La., July 24,...

American Hellenic Institute Honors 5 Most Outstanding Diaspora Greeks

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) celebrated its 37th Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement And National Public Service Awards over a splendid dinner last Saturday at the Capital Hilton in Washington. During the event five outstanding Greek-Americans were presented with the awards: Kary...

American-Hellenic Institute Sends Letter to Hillary Clinton

The president of the American Hellenic Institute (AHI), whose headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Nick Larigakis, sent a nine page letter to the USA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, on the occasion of her visit to Turkey...

George Petrides on His Exhibit ‘Hellenic Heads’ at National Hellenic Museum

Chicago’s National Hellenic Museum (NHM) is hosting the “Hellenic Heads” exhibition by sculptor George Petrides, featuring six larger-than-life busts inspired by key periods in Greek history spanning 2,500 years, from ancient times to the present. Speaking to Greek Reporter, the...

Greek American Couple of 60+ Years Charles and Connie Cotros Honored

Greek Americans Charles and Constance (Connie) Cotros, who have been partners in life for more than sixty years, will receive honorary doctorates from the Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC). The couple, who have also been partners in philanthropy for almost...

Greek American Entrepreneur and Philanthropist John Pappajohn Dies

Greek American businessman and philanthropist John Pappajohn, who devoted his life to helping people in Iowa and elsewhere, died Saturday, April 22. He was 94. He donated millions to Iowa’s three public universities and was considered one of the country’s...

Greek American Community Leader James Pantelidis Dies

James Pantelidis, the Vice Chairman of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Fund and prominent business leader, philanthropist, and dedicated churchman, passed away on April 13, 2023, in New York City. He was 69 years old. A member of Leadership 100,...

Greek-American Policeman at International Criminal Court Hague

A Greek-American policeman from the Chicago Police Department has been nominated as an Expert on Policing at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Elias Voulgaris, a sixty-one year-old retired Commander and the founder of the Hellenic American Police...

Classical Greece and Mies Architecture at Chicago’s National Hellenic Museum

The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) and the Mies van der Rohe Society will co-host an event on Thursday, May 19th that will explore the blend of classical Greek influences and constructivist form in Mies van der Rohe’s architecture. Titled "Classical...