HAMDS to Honor Dr. Chris Thanos with 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award
TORRANCE, CA – The Hellenic American Medical & Dental Society of Southern California (HAMDS) holds its 2018 Scholarship award dinner on November 10 at the Redondo Beach Marriott, where it will...
View ArticleEnrique Metinides: the Man Who Saw Too Much
Enrique Metinides holds a special place among the world’s professional photographers of Greek descent. Metinides spent his entire career taking photographs of the accidents and disasters in and...
View ArticleGoing on in Our Community
OCTOBER 28-DECEMBER 9 TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Workshops in Greek Bouzouki with Leonidas Zafiris and Elias Poulos, Sundays, 2-4 PM, October 28; November 4, 11, 18, and 25; December 2 and 9, at Safford...
View ArticleObituaries in Greek-American Community
CHAKAS, NICHOLAS CLEARWATER, FL (from the Tampa Bay Times, published on Oct. 24) – Nicholas P. Chakas, 89, Clearwater, passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018. He was born in Greece and immigrated to...
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CCTV Video Showed Greek-Australian Gunned Down in Athens
ATHENS – Closed-circuit TV footage revealed a Greek-Australian man with a criminal background in Sydney, John Macris, was shot once in his car and three times after getting out of the vehicle outside...
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Michael Psaros Honored by Cosmos FM (Vid & Pics)
NEW YORK – Prominent Greek-American businessman Michael Psaros was honored on Saturday evening, November 3rd, by the Hellenic Public radio –Cosmos FM with its 2018 Phidippides Award. The ceremony took...
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Hondros Screened on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against...
NEW YORK – UNESCO, the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN, together with the New York Group of Friends for the Protection of Journalists held a discussion and screening of Hondros, Director Greg...
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Hellenic Lawyers Association Holds 30th Annual Gala, Honors Judge Katsas (Vid...
NEW YORK – The Hellenic Lawyers Association (HLA) held its 30th Annual Gala on November 2 at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan. The Honorable Gregory G. Katsas, United States Circuit Judge of the United...
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The Brotherhood of Demati Annual Dinner Dance at St. Demetrios Church (Video)
UPPER DARBY, PA – The Brotherhood of Demati hosted its Annual Dinner Dance on November 3 at St. Demetrios Church in Upper Darby. About 350 people attended the event with music provided by GR Music....
View ArticlePanepirotic Federation Grant for $5,000 to Katsifas’ Daughter
NEW YORK – The board of the Panepirotic Federation unanimously agreed to give a grant of $5,000 to the 13 year-old daughter of the young ethnic Greek who was killed in a shootout with Albanian police...
View ArticlePappas Faces Ocasio-Cortez; What to Watch in New York State Elections
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some of the hottest congressional races in the country will be decided in New York on Tuesday, including one featuring an indicted incumbent, while voters also decide whether...
View ArticleSt. Luke Philoptochos Celebrated Patron Saints and Long-Serving Members
BROOMALL, PA – On November 4, the Ladies Philoptochos Society of St. Luke, Chapter 1082 in Broomall celebrated the Nameday of the Philoptochos’ Patron Saints Kosmas and Damianos and honored members who...
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The Greek Candidates in U.S. Midterm Elections
NEW YORK – With the November 6 mid-term elections just one day away, candidates are still knocking on doors and sending out text messages asking for voters’ support and hoping for a high voter turnout....
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ARCAthens Announces Launch of Inaugural Residency, Pilot Program: Spring 2019
NEW YORK – ARCAthens (Artist Residency Center Athens), a new nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in New York announced the Launch of its Inaugural Residency, Pilot Program: Spring 2019. Aristides...
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Nia Vardalos, John Stamos and THI Raise Funds for Orphanage Razed by Greek Fires
NEW YORK — Nia Vardalos and John Stamos, actors of Greek descent, and The Hellenic Initiative (THI) are launching an online campaign to help rebuild the Greek Orthodox Lyreion Orphanage destroyed by...
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Patriarch Bartholomew, Ukraine President Sign Cooperation and Coordination...
CONSTANTINOPLE – On November 3, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Excellency President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine reaffirmed their desire to enhance the cooperation between the...
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The 8th Annual Oxi Courage Awards Inspire & Showcase the Best of Humanity
WASHINGTON, DC – The Washington Oxi Day Foundation again featured #OXIcourage, past and present, before top U.S. policymakers from the White House and State Department, and thought leaders from think...
View ArticleGounardes, Skoufis Win Races for NYS Senate
NEW YORK – State Senate District 22 202 of 202 precincts – 100 percent Andrew Gounardes, Dem 31,168 – 51 percent Martin Golden, GOP (i) 30,039 – 49 percent State Senate District 39 249 of 249 precincts...
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Greek-Australian Dies in 3rd Shark Attack off Australia Island in 7 Weeks
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A shark killed a man in an island harbor on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef where two tourists were mauled on consecutive days in September in a spate of attacks that has left...
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Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Republican Anthony Pappas in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Greek-American Republican Anthony Pappas Tuesday in a congressional district representing part of New York City and, at 29, could become the...
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