Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas met in Washington on Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying afterwards that he had expounded on Greece’s positions on major national issues as well as Greece’s will to help, through initiatives in its broader region and primarily in the Balkans but the Middle East as well. [...]

Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas is in the US where he met today with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. During his stay in Washington, Mr. Droutsas will also meet with the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Howard Berman, and the Chairman of [...]

A watercolour by Joseph Mallord William Turner R.A., which depicts the walled ancient city of Rhodes, was recently sold for $140,500 at an Old Master Drawings auction held at Sotheby’s in New York. Speaking about the painting, Emmeline Hallmark, the head of Sotheby’s Early British Paintings department, said: “In this wonderful atmospheric watercolour, Turner seems [...]

The president of the Federation of Hellenic American Teachers and the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE)’s Education Committee for the US region, Stella Kokolis, has been named “Greek Teacher of the Year 2009” by The National Herald newspaper in New York. The award will be presented to the co-founder and former president of the [...]

Dimitrios and Maria Damalas (foto), the national ballroom dance champions of Greece, and Greece’s representatives in Latin dancing to the World Championships taking place in London, will bring their show to the monthly ballroom dance/show event at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Bridgeport. “We’re extremely happy to get involved with a function in a [...]

NORTH WILDWOOD – St. Demetrios Church dedicated its recent journal album to the Rev. Father Steven J Viahos, pastor of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church since 1992 for 45 years of ordained ministry and service to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Viahos, a native of Chicago, Ill. graduated from Holy Cross Theological School in [...]

Greek-American Democrat and New York State Assemblyman Michael Gianaris has announced that he will stand for a seat in the New York Senate. Gianaris was elected to the New York House for the first time in 2000 and is considered one of the upcoming Democratic officials in the Big Apple. He has stated he plans [...]

It has been reported that Dimitris Droutsas, deputy prime minister of foreign affairs will arrive in the United States to meet with U.S. minister of foreign affairs, Hillary Clinton at the US State department during the first weeks of February. In addition, he is expecting a visit in March from Greek Prime Minister, George Papadreou [...]