Greek American businessmen had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Papandreou, in the «Le Parker Meridien» hotel of Manhattan. In the meeting seven officials of the The New York City Workforce Investment Board participated. The Prime Minister told about the big effort of the Greek government to change the investment environment in [...]

A musical theater, a tribute to the old Greek classical cinema entitled “san palio cinema” (like in the old cinema) is presented in New York by the theatrical group “Ichneftes”. The theater performance that will take place in the Archdiocesan Hellenic Cultural Center, includes extracts and the best scenes of movies such as: H Hartopechtra, [...]

The Republic of Cyprus completes fifty years and its organization of tourism prepares a special ceremony in Times Center of Manhattan. New York University Archeologist Joan Bretton Konelly will offer a lecture and a naration of  romantic stories from Venus island. Archeological Institute President Bryan Roush and Cyprus Tourism Organization Director Tassoula Manaridis will also give a speech. The [...]

The 5th Greek soccer tournament of Chicago that took place this weekend in the Olympic Park of Illinois has been completed. The teams “Toronto Hellas Football Club” from Toronto, “Olympic Flame Alexander The Great” from Ontario and “PAOK Hellas” from Toronto are the champions.

According to a New York Times survey, 2 out of 3 New Yorkers oppose the construction of a Muslim center and a mosque on Ground Zero .They ask the mosque to be built in any other location. Nine years after the terrorists attacks, many citizens in New York says they do not have good relations with Islam. [...]

 Under the leadership of U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis, a group of female army corps supports women in Afghanistan who live under the Taliban regime. According to The National Herald, Tiffany Dalagelis originates from Philadelphia.  She works in Afghanistan with five other women.  All are officers of the U.S. Army in the the six member: “Female Engagement [...]

A Greek student, Panayiotis Giannopoulos , from a private school of Thessaloniki comes second in the World Microsoft Championship. The Final took place in Utah in the USA in August. This competition checks the candidates’ knowledge of using the programs Excel and Word. The young student won in the category of the Microsoft Office Word [...]

Hillary Clinton will deliver a message in the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots about the engagement of the USA to end the division of Cyprus. The meeting opening is this week in Nicosia. The message will be recorded and Mrs. Clinton will encourage the peaceful efforts for the solution of the Cypriot issue. According to [...]

The Greek Pontians of America and Canada have their own “Megalohari” (of great grace), the Soumela, a small and symbolic representation of their country on Appalachian  mountains, in West Milford, New Jersey. This year, after two months of preparation, everything is ready for the pilgrimage and the celebrations that start today and will finish on [...]

The Panhellenic Federation of Greeks in Florida own their own house now. Its building is 6000 square feet in the holiday region between Tarpon Springs and Newport Richey. According to The National Herald the buildings were bought by the Greek American Community of Florida, which was recently established. The Panhellenic Federation of Florida and the [...]

Forty years ago it came out in print under the name “Δωδεκάνησος” (Dodecanese) and in 1975 changed its name to “Ελληνισμός της Αμερικής” (Hellenism of America). It’s the monthly newspaper  of Konstantinos Tsirpanlis from Kos , who lives in Philadelphia, USA. The 75-year-old Tsirpanlis spoke to “National Herald”, expressed his regret and explained that this [...]