The tragic death of 10-year-old Sabrina Mangou occurred on Sunday afternoon in a car crash in Astoria, causing grief to the Diaspora of New York and New Jersey. According to the police press release, the tragic accident occurred on Sunday afternoon at 6:35 pm, at the junction of 34th Avenue and 31st Street in Astoria, [...]

The successive reports and ongoing reviews of the international press for Greece have motivated the Greeks of the Diaspora in the U.S. to spend their holidays in Greece, this year. It has increasingly become a trend, as Greek expatriates urge their American friends to join them in their in Greece.”There is a tendency for Greek [...]

The American magazine Smithsonian ranks Santorini and the Parthenon among the world’s Top world destinations along with the Pyramids of Giza, Ephesus, Costa Rica, the Galápagos Islands, and Machu Picchu. The magazine states about the Parthenon that the Temple of Athena originally had the vivid colors of red, green and blue until the siege of Morosini in 1687. [...]

An American collector has returned twenty-two silver coins of ancient Greece. Fifty-four year old Jonathan Kegan, a graduate of Harvard and wealthy collector from the USA, who bought the coins at an auction in 2000, in New York, published the findings of his study and handed the treasure to the Greek Consulate in New York. His desire was to enrich [...]

The majority of American tourists do not know how contemporary Greece is and have a lack of familiarity with the country, which discourages many to visit. At the same time, Greece emits a sense of mystery which is considered as an encouraging sign because there are possibilities to attract more tourists from the U.S. These findings were [...]

Two ”legends” of the 7th Art, Thanassis Veggos and Elia Kazan, will be honored by the Greek Cultural Center in Astoria, in the annual Film Festival. The festival opens on Friday, July 29 and runs until September 4. The movies will be screened every Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The films of Thanassis Vengos that will be screened are: “Thanassis, get your gun ’, ‘Thanassis, tighten your belts more”, ”Dictator calls Thanassis”, “Holidays in Vietnam”, “Hands up Hitler”, “Bald Agent 000 ”,” Quiet days of August”, and” Everything is [...]

Coordinator of Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) USA Region, Theodoros Spyropoulos, claims: “The need for engagement and cooperation of our forces to create a global joint Greek and Cypriot front for the vindication of the Cypriot people, is urgent and imperative.” Spyropoulos was speaking at the 37th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He also stated [...]

 Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Athens received positive international press results, as Hillary declared the support of Washington in the efforts made by Prime Minister George Papandreou and his government to tackle the economic crisis. In most publications, one can see photos of Mrs. Clinton at the Acropolis Museum, thus promoting Greek tourism, as well as statements of the [...]