The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has donated $80,000 to the National Scholarship Association. The Niarchos Foundation was created by expatriate Christos Tomaras of Chicago. The Scholarship Association will be offering these sponsorships to two freshmen students this year as grants in the amount of $ 10,000 each. This will be repeated for the next three years. The [...]
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Spyros Voutsinas is Man of the Year 2010 by The March of Dimes
The March of Dimes charity declared Spiros Voutsinas “Man of the Year 2010″. Voutsinas is the expatriate President of Atlantic Bank. The award for “Chef of the Year 2010” was awarded to the owner of Trattoria L Incontro restaurant, Rocco Sakramone. The honorary event known as the “Signature Chefs Auction” was organized at Oheka Castle [...]
Arcadian Federation of America Honored with Kolokotronis Award
Delegates of the 70th National Congress of the Arcadian Federation of America in New York are facing an ethnicity issue. They want to maintain the Greek element of the city which was founded eighty years ago by the Federation of Arcade immigrants who at that time, were members of the local club “Old Man of [...]
Florida Governor Crist to File for a Pardon for Jim Morrison
A Greek has taken over the restoration of Jim Morrison’s reputation, even after his death. The Governor of Florida Charlie Crist is preparing to file for a pardon for the legendary singer of the Doors who was prosecuted forty years ago. Jim Morrison was prosecuted for public indecency during a concert in Miami, Florida on March [...]
Turkish Food Company Leading Seller of Greek Yogurt in the U.S.
A Greek style yogurt has acquired a significant share of the U.S. market. The yogurt which is thicker , creamier and healthier than normal yogurt has a 10% share of the U.S. market which is estimated to exceed 5.5 billion dollars. This figure has double digit increases every year. The percentage of Greek yogurt by consumers has risen [...]
Three More Greek- Americans Elected in Local Elections
Greek-Americans are participating very actively in the United States political arena. Republican Olympia Snowe is the only member of the Senate who is of Greek origin and Democrat Shelley Berkeley is the only Greek-born woman in the US House of Representatives. Now three young Greeks have been elected to important local level positions this term. Aravella [...]
Research Company Conducts Survey on Greek Products
According to a survey that was conducted on the American market by the Chicago based Kairos Consumers research company for the Panhellenic Exporters Association (PSE), olive oil and feta cheese are the two most recognizable Greek exports to the US. Consumers in the US said Greek products and cuisine have nutritional and healthy ingredients. When [...]
NYC Greek Americans Honor OXI Day!
Greek Americans of New York are preparing for the parade which honors the anniversary of the country’s ethnic holiday OXI Day on October 28th. The Greek Societies Organization of New York is the organizer of the parade and its events which will begin with a formal prayer service at St. Catherine’s Church in Astoria, and [...]
Theodore & Erica Spyropoulos Foundation Offers Grant to Northeastern University for Greek Language Program
Northeastern University in Chicago, IL is piloting a program in cooperation with the Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE). The cooperation agreement was signed last week by Representative of the Council Theodore Spyropoulos. He is the contact for the training and certification of expatriate teachers. The program will train expatriate students and graduates who are at a “certification-level” of [...]
Opera Concert at Peter G. Patridis Culture Center, Astoria
An opera was orchestrated on Saturday at the Peter G. Patridis Culture Center in Astoria, New York. The opera was co-organized by Saint Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church; whose Saint day is on the 26th of October, and with the Greek Music Foundation. The musicians included ten distinguished Greek lyric artists accompanied by a thirty-two member orchestra from the Greek Music [...]
Rembetiko Takes Over San Francisco!
In San Francisco, Greek choreographer John Antoniou brings to fruition the “Rembetiko”. This is something he has been working on for years in Germany and has now along with the Kunst-Stoff team, brought to America’s west coast. Along with Antoniou, the team will be conducter Minos Matsas, singer Katerina Klabaneva, and Leonidas Hassapides who is a [...]
Greek Restaurants Under Fire for Illegally Valeting Cars, Astoria
The New York Daily News stated recently that several Greek restaurants in Astoria have come under fire from local residents for illegally using street parking spaces for its private valet service. The parking situation has caused an uproar from the residents. The owner of Telly’s Taverna said she didn’t realize her valets were causing a [...]
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