Clairie Vassiliadis (foto), assistant professor of mathematics at Middlesex County College, was named Woman of the Year by the Pancyprian Association, a group that promotes Greek Cypriot language and culture.
Born and raised in Cyprus, Vassiliadis immigrated to the United States in 1982 to further her education, earning a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a [...]

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Nicholas Kiriakakis, a 25-year-old (foto) Queens restaurant/lounge owner, was released on bail on Friday following charges of double homicide and one count of criminal possession of a handgun. Bail was set at $2 million.
A Queens bar owner pleaded not guilty on Monday in the shooting deaths of two New York City men on a Teaneck [...]

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President Obama celebrated Greek Independence Day on Tuesday March 9th this year. Archbishop Demetrios, Vice president Joe Biden and the Secretary of State Hilary Clinton were present for the Greek Independence day celebration. Greek Prime minister George Papandreou who earlier had a meeting with president was also present at the East Wing where the party [...]

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou expressed his absolute satisfaction over the results of his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, since not only did he find understanding regarding proposals on the joint handling of profiteers, but secured the visa waiver for Greek citizens visiting the United States [...]

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Papandreou is in Washington this week for meetings with U.S. officials on the crisis that Europe is facing. His agenda besides economic talks includes the reaffirmation from the US to help improve Greek-Turkish relations, and that the current administration remains on Greece’s side in the name issue with F.Y.R.O.M. The Greek Prime Minister met today [...]

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Greek Prime Minister George papandreou during his visit in Washington talked at the Brookings Institution about relations between Greece and the United States. He compared the current crisis with the crisis of 1947 that led President Truman to the Marshall Plan.
“I have come to Washington this week to speak about another crisis in Europe” said [...]

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The United States says Greece is not looking for any specific help from Washington in solving its financial crisis.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking to reporters after meeting with Papandreou, voiced support for Greece’s tough economic reforms and said that “neither the prime minister nor Greece has asked the United States for anything.”
“What I think [...]

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JOBLESS Greek man despondent over his ill mother’s costly medical bills posed as an apartment hunter to get inside a luxury high-rise – just so he could leap to his death from a 25th-floor balcony.
Anastasi Calatzis, 38, sent a grim text message to his brother Saturday and then jumped from the balcony – with [...]

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