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According to a poll by the Council of the Hellenic American Leadership (HALC) recently published in the weekly Greek newspaper Greek News, Greek-Americans strongly prefer democrat Hillary Clinton for their next President over republican rival, Donald Trump. HALC conducted the survey following the...

The Hellenic American Leadership Council has petitioned for the Olympic Games to be held permanently in Greece and is collecting signatures to be sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In a letter sent to the IOC, the three main...

The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) in Chicago has raised 250,000 dollars for the Greek branch of SOS Children’s Villages, an independent, non-governmental organization which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of...

The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), has increased the pressure towards the United Nations, Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asking them not to allow the historic church of Hagia Sophia to be turned into a Mosque. HALC activists managed to gather...

Hellenic American Leadership Council Executive Director Endy Zemenides has been selected by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to be part of its Emerging Leaders program. After a vigorous nomination and interview process, the Council named just 21 Emerging...

The Hellenic American Leadership Council became the first Greek organization in the country this week to call for the commutation of CIA whistle-blower John Kiriakou’s sentence for a single violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA). HALC has...

The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) is protesting U.S. government plans to give Navy vessels to Turkey, including two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates, the USS Halyburton and the USS Thach. “This bill is another example of the...

A new mineral discovered in an abandoned gold mine in Hungary has been named kanatzidisite in honor of Greek scientist Mercouri Kanatzidis, an inorganic chemist at Northwestern University, Chicago. The mineral, a chalcogenide, was found during the summer in the...

Top foreign policymakers in the United States Congress from both parties participated in the 38th Annual Cyprus and Hellenic Leadership Conference May 9-11 as over 100 Cypriot and Greek-American leaders converged on Capitol Hill. The conference was hosted by PSEKA...

Democrat John Fetterman won the Senate race in Pennsylvania in the midterm elections on Tuesday against Dr. Mehmet Oz, who was strongly backed by former President Donald Trump. Fetterman, who has served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since...

Greek and Armenian organizations in the US have joined forces to prevent Dr. Mehmet Oz, an ally of former President Donald Trump, from winning a Senate seat in Pennsylvania. The #StopOz campaign was launched by the Armenian National Committee of...

US perceptions of Turkey have shifted in the last decade to the extent that analysts and policymakers are openly questioning whether Ankara remains a reliable ally under Erdogan. "I think people in Washington have been questioning the reliability of Turkey...

A bipartisan call to increase the International Military Education and Training (IMET) assistance to Greece and Cyprus was launched at the US Congress on Wednesday. Hellenic Caucus Co-Chair Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), alongside Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Hellenic...

An ice disc the size of a football field and resembling the Moon has re-formed and is spinning once again in the depths of winter in Westbrook, Maine. Just as happened for the last several years, a disc of ice...

A snow day declared after the Washington DC blizzard on Tuesday was a boon to the animals at the National Zoo, who rolled around and frolicked in the snow at the National Zoo. However, the heavy snowfall, which contributed to...