The 40th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, will convene in Atlanta until the 8th of July 2010 and is attended by hundreds of clerics and laics. The congress was inaugurated with the Orthros service and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy held in Atlanta’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral with Archbishop Demetrios of America presiding [...]

After over a decade-long absence, the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan’s West Side was full of enthusiastic and excited Greek Americans waving Greek flags and singing the greatest hits of the famous Greek singer Dimitris Mitropanos. On Thursday the 1st of July 2010, New York will once again welcome one of Greece’s top performing artists, during [...]

The Cyprus issue, the FYROM name issue, latest developments in the Middle East and other international problems were at the focus of discussions between Greek prime minister George Papandreou and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting Monday afternoon (midnight, Greek time) at the UN Headquarters in New York. “I had an exceptional meeting [...]

George Papandreou expressed his optimism for the outcome of the Greek efforts to face the country’s financial problems. George Papandreou replying to the questions in USA, said that Greece may take legal action against American banks as responsible for the Greek crisis. During the press conference, George Papandreou characterized as positive the perspectives of Greece, [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama will spend his summer holiday in Greece, together with his family, Greek newspaper Eleftherotypia reports. Obama will most probably spend his holiday on the Crete Island towards the end of June or beginning of July. The newspaper points that the Illinois State Treasurer – Alexi Giannoulias /who is of Greek origin/ [...]

A Continental Airlines Boeing 767-400, registration N76062 performing flight CO-104 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Athens (Greece) with 220 passengers and 13 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 130nm east of Boston, when the crew reported a bit developing smoke in the cabin, declared emergency and decided to dump fuel, turn around and divert to Boston. [...]

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (www.SNF.org), an international philanthropic organization founded by Stavros Niarchos, makes grants in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare. While prominent in its support of Greek-related initiatives, the Foundation’s activities are worldwide in scope. Since the beginning of its grant making efforts in 1996, the [...]