Join CYPRECO on Friday, June 11th at 8pm at the Stathakion Cultural Center 22-51 29th Street, Astoria, NY 11105 and discover the rich history and culture of one of the most important ancient City Kingdoms of Cyprus, SALAMIS. The evening features a screening of the documentary “SALAMIS, The Ancient City of Teucer of Telamon” by [...]
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Tribute to Yota Stratis
A tribute to the life and work of the award-winning distinguished author of the Greek Diaspora, Ms. Yota Strati (photo) is being organized on June 5th at the Cultural Centre of the Archdiocese by the Association of Athenians in New York. “Creations of a lifetime” is the general title of the event, which will present [...]
Long Island Greek Killed in Chainsaw Accident
A man who lost control of a chainsaw Friday is dead, Nassau County police said. Theofilos Zervos, a 35-year-old Baldwin resident, was using a chainsaw to cut up wood on the side of his house. At one point, he lost control of the machine, which caused a laceration to his neck. Zervos’ girlfriend returned to [...]
AKTINA’s Concert Revived Greek Music in Manhattan
Lovers of Greek music were treated to an unforgettable musical performance filled with the most representative songs of Greece with Greek Singing Sensation Melina Aslanidou New York, May 26, 2010. On Friday, May 14th, New York’s landmark theatre The Town Hall was host for the 5th consecutive year to AKTINA’s annual concert series GREEK MUSIC [...]
First Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America
The first Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America was convened today by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in New York City (photo). This Assembly is the result of the decision of the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference, which met in Chambésy Switzerland in June [...]
Archbishop Demetrios Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame bestowed an honorary doctorate of laws degree upon Archbishop Demetrios of America, yesterday May 16, during the university’s 165th Commencement Ceremony held in Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind., which was filled with thousands of students, parents and relatives. Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News [...]
More U.S. Companies to Start Investing Through Cyprus
Last month the Cyprus Embassy Trade Center In cooperation with the Cyprus-US Chamber of Commerce Cordially hosted a Private, Round-Table discussion on: Redefining Global Operations Strategy; New Strategies for Multi Jurisdiction Management – Considerations for U.S. Companies Investing Through Cyprus. It is expected that more US companies will start investing through Cyprus and will leave [...]
Greek Culture in New York by the Greek Press Office
The Press and Communication Office in New York of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations along with the Consulate General of Greece in New York hosted events that promote Greece showing up the country’s culture and heritage. These events were attended by correspondents of international media in the UN, Greek Americans who [...]
Deadly strikes
I was reading the CNN article on the deadly Greek strikes when I came across the following comment by another reader: “Maybe the Greek protesters don’t want to bail out their own “Wall Street” the way the Middle Class was forced into doing in the US. If that’s the case, then GOOD FOR THEM!” Even [...]
Obama’s Policy on Greek & Cypriot Issues
The Obama government’s policy on Greek and Cypriot issues was discussed last week at Greece’s Press Room in New York, by two analysts of the Institute CATO in Washington, along with newspaper “Eleftherotypia” correspondent in the American capital, Dimitri Dima and the executive director of the Greek-American Institute, Niko Larigaki. During his inaugurative speech N. [...]
A New Sound Was Born in Bay Ridge by “Republic Of Apes”
In a packed venue in watergrill bar in Bay Ridge, NY a new band named Republic Of Apes had their first gig this week. There are 6 members in the band, two of them Greek Americans S.C. Xenakis (vocals) Anastasio Theodorakopoulos (bass). Other band members are Andrew Doyle, Lex Doyle in flute, Michael Bordino in [...]
Archbishop Demetrios: “The reports for my resignation were baseless and patently false”
Upon his arrival in New York from his trip to Turkey and Greece, Archbishop Demetrios was informed about some false reports in the Media referring to information of a supposed resignation. His Eminence stated categorically that the reports were baseless and patently false. The Archbishop further added that there is no discussion about any resignation [...]
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05 / 23 2012 Global Summit of Women to Take Place in Athens
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05 / 23 Τsantes Family Donates $100,000 in Support of Hellenic Studies Program
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05 / 23 George Tsetsekos to Step Down as Dean of LeBow College
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05 / 22 Campaign Calls on Greeks Outside of the Country to Support Their Homeland
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07 / 23 St. Nicholas of Manhattan in Ruins while Mosque Rises
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11 / 27 Greek American Pihakis Busted by Feds for $5.8 Million
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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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12 / 27 Greek Orthodox Community of America Renounced Anti-Semitic Statements by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus
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