Seventy two members of Congress sent a letter to the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, calling him to give priority to the release of the two abducted Orthodox Archbishops in Syria, the Greek Orthodox Paul Yazigi, and the Syrian Orthodox Yohanna Ibrahim, who were kidnapped in Syria on 22 April, 2013. “I am glad [...]
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Wall Street Journal Tribute to Catsimatidis
The Wall Street Journal published a long article on John Catsimatidis of Greek descent, billionaire businessman and candidate for mayor of New York , on May 20, in the U.S. edition of the newspaper with the headline, He doesn’t Lack for Ideas. Catsimatidis is a Republican who has developed a habit of suggesting new, often [...]
US Says Golden Dawn Spikes Anti-Semitism
With most of the attention around the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party centered around its anti-immigrant stance, the U.S State Department’s annual report on international religious freedom blames the extremists election to Parliament for an increase in anti-Semitism in Greece. The report identifies Golden Dawn as “a political party openly espousing anti-Semitism and racism and linked [...]
American Press Doubts Greek Recovery
After Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s meetings with Chinese executives, the Greek government is glad to announce that the climate for Greece is changing and the numbers are constantly improving. However, two top US media continue to mainatin that things for Greece are not as positive as they seem. According to two recent articles published in [...]
Snowe’s Book Urges Bipartisanship
Former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican who stunned the political world when she decided last year against running for re-election because she was disenchanted with political bickering between parties, says in her upcoming book that rivals should learn to work together for the good of the country. In an interview with the Associated [...]
Greece Ranks Low In Press Freedom
Greece has been placed among the countries that are only Partly Free in Freedom of the Press 2013 in a report from the non-profit organization Freedom House, the headquarters of which are in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Greece was evaluated with the total score of 41 compared to 30 in 2012. Greece ranks 85th among [...]
SYRIZA’s Dourou At Princeton, NYU
“We need a radical change in Greece and Europe,” Rena Dourou, a Member of the Greek Parliament for the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) part said during programs at Princeton University and New York University presented under the title Is The European Union Condemned? A View From Greece. Dourou talked about several [...]
No Greeks Hurt In Boston Marathon Bombings
The Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C. said it was in contact with U.S. officials in the aftermath of the twin bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 that killed three and injured 144, but it appears no Greeks were among the victims. “For the moment, there is no official information [...]
Abp.Demetrios, Obama in White House
Archbishop Demetrios of America will meet US President Barack Obama at the White House on April 6, on the sidelines of the ceremony for the celebration of the National Anniversary of March 25th, which this year is set for April 18. As the Archbishop said, he will inform the American leader about the problems of [...]
Clinton Still Hopes Halki Will Reopen
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given her thanks for the cooperation she had with the Ecumenical Patriarchate during her four-year term, with a letter she sent to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Istanbul’s Apogevmatini reported she said that she’s looking forward to the day the Theological School of Halki will operate again and [...]
Crisis May Push Cyprus Toward Turkey
Beginning what could prove to be a long financial crisis, Cyprus may yet have to hope it finds lucrative gas reserves off its coast, the New York Times has reported. Since the discovery of the gas two years ago, Cyprus has been laying plans to get the gas to market by circumventing Turkey, which has [...]
Nicholas Petris, 90, Calif. Politician, Passes Away
Nicholas Christos Petris, a Greek American Democrat from Oakland, died March 20 at the Oakland retirement facility where he had lived in recent years, because of old age, his former chief of staff, Felice Zensius, said. He was 90 years old. Petris was born in Oakland on Feb. 25, 1923, the son of Chris and [...]
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