Ιn its regularly scheduled meeting, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) granted the Ecumenical Federation of Constantinopolitans consultative status with the committee. The Athens-based NGO aims at strengthening the relations, exchange of ideas and solidarity between the Constantinopolitan Greeks of the Diaspora and the ones still living [...]
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Downer: Some Progress Made in Talks
There has been progress in several of the core issues, and that is encouraging but there are still difficulties to be resolved on the core issues, said here on Friday UN General Secretary’s Special Adviser on the Cyprus issue Alexander Downer. In statements he made to the press after the last meeting of the two [...]
Christofias Briefs UN Chief on Problems in Cyprus Talks
President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has pointed out to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the difficulties in the negotiating process to solve the Cyprus problem, due to the withdrawal of the Turkish side from points that had been agreed on by former leader of the Turkish Cypriot community Mehmet Ali Talat. [...]
Greek Foreign Minister to Visit UN Next Week
Greek foreign minister Dimitris Droutsas will meet with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon in New York next week, after a visit to Cyprus. Droutsas is due to meet with the UN chief on Friday, February 18, for talks focusing on the Cyprus issue ahead of Ban’s submission of his report to the UN Security Council [...]
Greece’s New Ambassador to the UN
Ambassador Anastasis Mitsialis is Greece’s new permanent representative to the United Nations. Mitsialis assumed his duties on July 1 and succeeded Ambassador Ioannis Mourikis, who was transferred to Bern. Mitsialis presented his credentials to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday. During the 2007-2009 period, [...]
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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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