Fmr. Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis Talks to TNH about Primary Win
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Former Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis moves on to the next round in her bid for Lieutenant Governor of California with her win in the primary on June 5. Amb. Kounalakis took the top...
View ArticleGreek-American Jamie Dimon Urges End to Quarterly Profit Forecasts
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett and JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon are encouraging public companies to stop predicting their quarterly earnings and focus on long-term goals. The two...
View ArticleObituaries in Greek-American Community
GEORGANTAS, STELLA BLANDFORD, MA (from The Republican,published on May 31) –Stella R. Georgantas of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida and Blandford, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s...
View ArticleGoing on in Our Community
THRU JULY 8 NEW YORK – The Onassis Cultural Center New Yorkpresents Birds: A Festival Inspired by Aristophanes,comprising a rich array of events that consider the enduring—and, currently,...
View ArticleOur Everyday Greek: Survival Guide for Greece Travelers: Greek Salad
Let’s say you are at a grocery store in the Greek countryside and you want to buy vegetables for a horiatiki salad. (A salad prepared with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, olives, feta cheese,...
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Ongoing Struggle for Treskas Family Rebuilding Their Queens Home
NEW YORK – The American dream of home ownership came true for Greek immigrant Panagiotis Treskas and his family, but after the home was structurally damaged following a water main break in Queens,...
View ArticleThe Late Archbishop Iakovos & U.S.-Greece Relations
ATHENS – Hellenism outside the borders of Greece has shown remarkable interest in metropolitan issues and its contributions are indisputable. The late Archbishop Iakovos is an emblematic figure of the...
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Hellenic Roots Celebrates Culture and Tradition through Dance (Vid & Pics)
NEW YORK – Hellenic Roots presented Gaia, Age-old Rituals that Stem from Honoring Mother Earth at the Queens Theater on June 9. The theater was crowded with family members and friends as over 250...
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Greek Festival Draws Thousands to Holy Resurrection in Brookville (Vid & Pics)
BROOKVILLE, NY – More than 15,000 people of all ages are estimated to have attended this year’s Greek Festival at the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Brookville, June 8-10 June. Volunteers from all...
View ArticleDr. Argeros Shares Greek Immigration to U.S. Study Findings with TNH
NEW YORK – Grigoris Argeros, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University, shared the findings of his pioneering and significant study focusing on the immigration of Greeks to the...
View ArticleFirst Greek Couple of North America: Andrea Dimitry and Marianne Celeste Dragon
Sometime in the late 1770s, Demas Tirisakos arrived in New Orleans, LA. In 1739, Tirisakos was born at Pirgos, Hydra to Nicholas Drussakis Dimetrios, who in family documents is referred to as a...
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Judge Rejects Dean Skelos’ Quest to Move Trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The retrial of a former top New York lawmaker will not be moved elsewhere despite claims that the indictment is fatally flawed and that pretrial publicity makes finding fair jurors...
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In Foreign Land Presented by Pancyprian Cultural Division and Phyto Stratis...
NEW YORK – A unique theatrical concert was presented at the Queens Theater in the Park by the Pancyprian Choir along with solo musicians and actors, on June 8. The artistic direction of the performance...
View ArticleStephanopoulos Scores Trump Post-Kim Jong Un Summit Interview
Setting aside his famous disdain for journalists, US President Donald Trump picked ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos for his first interview after sitting down with North Korean leader Kim...
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George Behrakis Honored at the 60th Anniversary of the Hellenic Cancer...
ATHENS – The prominent Greek-American businessman and philanthropist George Behrakis was honored during the 60th Anniversary of the Hellenic Cancer Society (HCS), held under the auspices of the...
View ArticleGraduation at Holy Trinity/St. Nicholas Greek School in Staten Island (Video)
STATEN ISLAND – With emotion, joy, and pride, family and friends crowded the Katsoris Hellenic Center for the Holy Trinity/St. Nicholas Greek School graduation ceremony which was held on June 10...
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Greek Woman Killed in Car Accident, 5 Years after Husband was Killed in Car...
PORT WASHINGTON, NY – A car accident on June 10 has claimed the life of Georgia Alexiou, 78, who lost her husband just five years ago also in a car accident. The accident took place on Sunday night,...
View ArticleA Moving Graduation Ceremony at St. Demetrios Astoria (Vid)
ASTORIA – The St. Demetrios Astoria High School graduation ceremony took place on June 7 in the crowded Petros Patrides Cultural Center with the graduates promising to keep their knowledge and...
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Successful Festival at St. Markella in Wantagh
WANTAUGH, NY – The St. Markella of Wantagh community members noted the success of their annual festival, which ran June 7-10. Although it coincided with other New York-area festivals including Holy...
View ArticleGraduation at William Spyropoulos School of St. Nicholas in Flushing (Video)
FLUSHING, NY – The diplomas were handed out to the graduates of the William Spyropoulos Greek-American Day School of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Flushing at the 35th Commencement Exercises on...
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