During this tough period of time some individuals of Greek descent made great progress in their field as well as gave back to the world. See the list.
About Anastasios Papapostolou
Anastasios started the Greek Reporter.
AHI Mourns Passing of Renowned Author Christopher Hitchens
The American Hellenic Institute mourns the passing of Author/Essayist, Journalist Christopher Hitchens, who died Thurs., Dec. 15, 2011. He was 62. “Christopher Hitchens was a wonderful human being and philhellene who advocated for the rule of law and justice for Cyprus as well as the return of the Parthenon Marbles,” said AHI Founder Gene Rossides. [...]
St. Nicholas: The Saint of the One Percent
At a moment of history when the rich are perceived as evil by the masses because they don’t share their wealth, St Nicholas’ life shows that the one percent can make a difference and sometimes produce Saints.
George Maragos Announced Run for US Senate
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos has announced that he will challenge Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat in the United States Senate. In the midst of his first term of office in fiscally challenged Long Island, New York county, Maragos has seen enough of the impact of Congress on local communities that he believes he [...]
Alex Dimakis Wins Award on Data Storage
Alex Dimakis of the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering received the 2010 IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) Technical Committee on Data Storage Best Paper Award. The paper, entitled “Network Coding for Distributed Storage Systems”, was a collaboration between Dimakis, P. Brighten Godfrey, Yunnan Wu, Martin J. Wainwright, and Kannan Ramchandran. It appeared in the September [...]
Hellenic Home Hunting: Greek Real Estate Website to Launch Innovative Television Show
Greece and Cyprus’ top real estate and property website, GreekPropertyExchange.com , proudly announces the plans to broadcast the first official episode of Hellenic Home Hunting™(HHH) in early 2012. With the filming of the first pilot episode completed, the popular real estate website has begun the editing and production of the highly-anticipated real-estate show. GreekPropertyExchange.com has quickly become [...]
Did Ancient Greeks Celebrate Thanksgiving? (And Some Modern Greek Traditions)
During Thesmophoria ancient Greeks honored Goddess Demeter with offerings and ceremonies. The event would promise a new and fresh harvest each year. But there are also modern-day Greek Thanksgiving traditions [...]
Elios Society Rocks San Francisco with Hellenic Charity Ball 2011
The Greek-American Elios Society held its 8th star-studded Hellenic Charity Ball on November 12, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Fransisco. Singer Anna Vissi, director and actor Nick Cassavetes, rocker and Broadway star Constantine Maroulis and entertainer Louie Gundunas were among the 2011 honorees of this year’s glamorous Greek-American gala. Anna Vissi and Constantine Maroulis performed [...]
John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis on Greek Crisis
John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis talks on Fox Business Alert about the Greek Crisis and the different possible outcomes the country may achieve.
Buy a house, get a US visa?
John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis chimes in on Fox Business Scoreboard regarding a bill that will grant visas to people who buy houses that worth over $500.000.
Greek-American Who Fought in WWII Remembers OXI Day 71 Years Ago
Aris Anagnos was born in Greece and came to the States in 1946 after having served in the Greek army in World War II. He was only a young boy in his final year of high school when the war broke out in Greece. It was 70 years ago when the Greek premier Metaksas responded [...]
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02 / 10 US’ Oldest Continuously Published Greek Newspaper Gets a Makeover
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02 / 10 Greek Investor Anastasios Economou to Hold a Talk at IU’s Kelley School of Business
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02 / 10 Archangel Michael GOC Presents 2012 Greek Festival
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02 / 10 US Media Focus on Greek Financial Developments
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02 / 09 Tyne Daly as Maria Callas of “Master Class”
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07 / 23 St. Nicholas of Manhattan in Ruins while Mosque Rises
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08 / 03 George Demos Tells Fox News We Must Rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
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11 / 27 Greek American Pihakis Busted by Feds for $5.8 Million
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12 / 27 Greek Orthodox Community of America Renounced Anti-Semitic Statements by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus
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02 / 09 St. George Community of Lynn, Massachusetts, Refuses to Pay its Contribution to the Archdiocese
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