The J. Paul Getty Museum today placed on view a Decree Relief with Antiochos and Herakles, the first Greek loan to arise from a 2011 framework for cultural cooperation between the Getty and the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture. On loan from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, the marble relief bears a historical decree, [...]
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2012 Global Summit of Women to Take Place in Athens
The Global Summit of Women is a non-profit program, funded by the Washington-based Women’s Research and Education Institute. Its purpose is to bring successful women from all over the world together and expand their economic opportunities through exchanges of working solutions and creative strategies forged by women leaders in different parts of the world. This [...]
Τsantes Family Donates $100,000 in Support of Hellenic Studies Program
Peter Tsantes, the treasurer of the New York chapter of the American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture (AFGLC), along with Despina, his wife, and their children Vasilios and Sophia, donated $100,000 to strengthen the Hellenic studies program at Stony Brook University. The gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Simons Foundation Challenge Grant, providing a total impact [...]
George Tsetsekos to Step Down as Dean of LeBow College
George Tsetsekos, R. John Chapel Dean of the LeBow College of Business, will resign from his post at the end of the academic year after a decade of service, as announced April 16 in a University press release. Tsetsekos felt he had accomplished all the goals he set for the college during his time as [...]
Campaign Calls on Greeks Outside of the Country to Support Their Homeland
This is the third year that the weekly newspaper Greek News is running the campaign “This summer we are going to Greece. The least we can do for our homeland.” The New York-based paper reports that, “In a period of intense political volatility for our homeland where its image in the U.S. and in all international [...]
Prominent Greek-Americans On Grexit, Tsipras & Greek Left (Video)
Some of the most influential Greek-Americans of the financial and political world spoke to Greek Reporter on-camera about a possible Greek exit from the Euro and comment on the popularity of the leader of Greece’s left, Alexis Tsipras. Watch the interviews below: Thomas Belesis, CEO of John Thomas Financial said that “Greece needs some immediate [...]
Lecture on Greeks and Jews in 20th Century Salonica to Be Held at UCLA
The UCLA Department of History in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles, the American Hellenic Council of California and the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California present “Greeks and Jews in the 20th Century Salonika: History Through the Kaleidoscope,” a lecture by Dr. Paris Chronakis on the history of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 11, at the [...]
‘Friends of Downtown’ Honors Hellenic National Museum of Chicago
Each year, Friends of Downtown honors all the various things that make downtown Chicago one of the world’s most unique places. At this year’s award ceremony, the National Hellenic Museum was included in the 2011 winners. Friends of Downtown describes itself as the integral component of the American city of Chicago. It is “the voice [...]
Greek Pontian Flag Proudly Waved in Manhattan
Pontian Hellenists honored their past all across the world on May 19. Greek-Pontians fight for the international recognition of the historical tragedy that marked their ancestors. They demand that truth be restored, that ethical justice be finally served. That’s the message the Greek-Pontian associations sent in the Metropolitan region of New York two days ago [...]
Achilles Macris: The Greek Executive Who Lost $2 Billion In One Month
Achilles Macris is one of the most talked executives of the last few days – he is the trader who spearheaded the strategy behind the losing bet that JP Morgan made and cost the bank more than $2 billion. According to a JP Morgan announcement, the bank lost $2 billion in the past six weeks [...]
Greek-American with a $47 million Stake on Facebook talks IPO
Thomas Belesis, the Greek-American CEO of John Thomas Financial, talks about Facebook IPO and the future of the company’s public performance. John Thomas Financial had previously bought a stake of about $47 million in Facebook shares and they plan to buy more. On the day of the IPO on Wall Street, Belesis was very optimistic [...]
US Jewish Leaders Condemn Greek Politician’s Holocaust Denial
The Conference of Presidents, a body representing 51 major US Jewish organizations, on Thursday strongly condemned statements made by Greek Golden Dawn Party chairman Nikos Mihaloliakos in which the politician denied the Holocaust. Conference of Presidents Chairman Richard B. Stone and CEO Malcolm Hoenlein were joined in their condemnation of Mihaloliakos’s statements, which were made [...]
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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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