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Robert Menendez, Jr, the son of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, was briefed on issues relating to Greece and Cyprus on Wednesday in Washington D.C. He met with the Ambassadors of Greece and Cyprus and Greek-American and Cypriot-American...

Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was elected to a third term on Tuesday. With almost all ballots counted, Menendez won with 53 percent against his Republican opponent Bob Hugin who garnered 43 percent. “Today is a victory of hope...

The Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York will be announcing the details surrounding the 2012 Greek Independence Day Parade during a press conference, to be held under the auspices of the Greek Consulate and Ambassador Aghi Balta. The...

US Senator Bob Menendez entered a not-guilty plea on Wednesday to federal accusations of bribery. Prosecutors say that he had accepted cash and gold bars as bribes in exchange for using his political position to advance Egyptian interests and covertly...

US Senator Bob Menendez has temporarily stepped down as head of the chamber's powerful foreign relations committee after his indictment for bribery charges. According to the Justice Department prosecutors, Robert Menendez and his wife Nadine Arslanian received substantial bribes in...

Democrat Senator and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez clarified that he will not approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. He added that the final text of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...

On Wednesday, US Senator Robert Menendez repeated his pledge that he will veto F-16 jet sales to Turkey as long as President Erdogan continues his aggression against neighbors. Speaking at an online event organized on the occasion of the 39th...

Sen. Menendez said Turkey is "a permanent threat in the East Mediterranean" as he received a honorary doctorate by the University of Athens.

Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sounded the alarm over U.S. President Donald Trump’s “close ties” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and asked the Administration on Monday to provide details of exchanges between...

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has sent a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanding action regarding Turkey’s recent acts of aggression in the Mediterranean. In the letter, dated June 22, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee,...

The nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Judith G. Garber was reluctant to acknowledge that there are currently Turkish occupying troops in Cyprus, during her nomination hearing at the U.S. Senate. Despite repeated questions by Senator Robert Menendez at the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote President Obama urging the Administration to increase attention to the...

The Greek Medical Association of New York honored Senator Robert Menendez. Menendez thanked the Association for the award and talked about his activity regarding the Hellenic-American community and the Cypriot issue. “The establishment of unity and territorial integrity of Cyprus...

Turkey urged the U.S. to expedite the sale of F-16 fighter jets during a meeting in Washington between Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken. According to the joint statement issued after the meeting, they discussed "strengthening...

A number of significant victories were achieved by Greeks and philhellenes in this year's U.S. midterm elections. Among those who were elected or re-elected in the US Parliament and Congress were Alexi Giannoulias, Eleni Kounalakis, Nicole Malliotakis, John Sarbanes, Gus...