The skies may have been gray on Sunday, but Fifth Avenue was awash in blue and white. Greek pride was on display on the Upper East Side as Hellenophiles from all walks of life took to the streets to celebrate the ancient culture. The Greek Independence Day Parade, which ran from 64th to 79th Street, celebrated [...]
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Crowdfunded Times Square Greek Billboard Comes to Life; Sparks Hope
Starting on March 23rd and for 30 days after, if you happen to pass busy Times Square, stop for a few minutes and take a look at the Up Greek Tourism billboard, which will be placed between 46th and 47th Street. The billboard invites you to go to Greece, but a deeper message lays underneath this campaign for Greece. [...]
Loukoumi’s Celebrity Cookbook Wins 2 World Awards
Loukoumi’s Celebrity Cookbook, featuring favorite childhood recipes by over 50 celebrities, won the World Cookbook Award this week as “Best Charity Cookbook in the United States,” and received the Second Place World Award. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau. 162 countries participated in this year’s awards ceremony at the [...]
New York: Aristotle University Students to Participate in Greek Parade for March 25th National Anniversary
Students of the Technical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will participate in the parade for the March 25th National Anniversary at 5th Avenue of New York, organized by the Greek Associations of the American city. The 48 students of the Mechanical Engineering Department will be accompanied by two professors, Alexandros Mpatsios and Domniki Ioannidou, and [...]
Greek-American Fighter “Da Bomb” Loses the Title
The Greek-American boxer Donovan “Da Bomb” Georgiou was defeated by the strong Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez on Saturday night during the Northern American Championship in the middle-weight division in Madison Square Garden. “He fought like a lion, he made a good fight and his passion overwhelmed the audience and particularly the Greeks who attended the [...]
Vassilis Varvaresos to Give Benefit Piano Recital at Carnegie Hall
Multi-awarded pianist from Thessaloniki, Vassilis Varvaresos, will give a benefit piano recital on coming Monday, March 19, at the NY Carnegie Hall. The recital is being organized by the Cyprus Federation of America and aims at financially supporting the Federation’s “Philanthropic Fund”, which is responsible for aiding ill children and their families travelling from Greece [...]
Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund To Celebrate 21st Anniversary With A Star-Studded Gala
The Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund will honor Businessman and Philanthropist Dennis Mehiel, Chairman and CEO of U.S. Corrugated, Inc., and FOX News Channel’s Chief Congressional Correspondent Mike Emanuel at its 21st Anniversary Gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Saturday, May 12, 2012. A superstar concert will also be headlined by Greek singing [...]
New York: 106-Year Anniversary of the Pan-Lemnian Philanthropic Association “HEPHAESTUS”
The 106-year anniversary of creative presence among expatriated Greeks, and valuable help to the Lemnians of America and their island, Lemnos, was celebrated by members of the Pan-Lemnian Philanthropic Association Hephaestus, and the Ladies Auxiliary “Maroula” during their annual ball in New York The charitably active couple Ioannis and Heleni Psarra, who come from Lemnos, [...]
Chian-American Community Provides Aid To The Needy Of Chios Island In Greece
Nikos Poulis, along with the President of Chian Federation, Vaggelis Kavvadas, and other prominent members of the Chian-American Community announced the establishment of the “Help Chios Relief Fund” during a press conference at the Chian House in Astoria last Thursday. “The fund was established to raise money to help feed and clothe the impoverished people [...]
The Greek “Rocky” Is Fighting With His Iron Fists for Greece
“Go Hellas!” is the slogan of the twenty-six-year-old Donovan George, Don ‘Da Bomb’ George for his fans, who is about to make Greece proud with his iron fists. The legendary Madison Square Garden in New York is going to be flooded by Hellenic flags and supporting slogans for Greece. The Greek-American Donovan George is vying [...]
John Kalafatis: The Successful Greek Who Revives Manhattan’s Skyline
While Greece’s overseas reputation has been badly hit by its debt crisis, there are still some Greeks that make us feel proud. John Kalafatis, the CEO and owner of Skyline Restoration, is one of them. Attaining the American Dream Born on the Greek island of Lefkada, John Kalafatis is the personification of the American dream, people [...]
Greek Deputy Minister Attends 64th Dodecanese Unification Day Celebrations in NY
Greek Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, George Nikitiades, attended the celebrations for the 64th Dodecanese Unification Day in New York. In his speech, the Greek official said that first the Greek politicians must work hard, change the established mentality, and become consistent in order to lead the country out of the debt crisis dead [...]
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05 / 23 Greek Relief from Archaeological Museum of Athens Goes on View At Getty Villa
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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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08 / 12 John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis Is Optimistic @FoxBusiness
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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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