Realtor Says Skelos Pushed Him to Help Son
NEW YORK — A real estate company executive testified that he felt badgered and uncomfortable when he got what he believed to be inappropriate requests from a temperamental former New York Senate leader...
View ArticleColumbia Brain Institute and SNF Presents Nobel Laureate Axel
NEW YORK – Nobel laureate Dr. Robert Axel recently presented “Sense and Sensibility,” the second of four in the annual Brain Insight Lecture Series hosted by Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind...
View ArticleDukakis Disregards Dis from Bush 41
BOSTON, MA – Former Massachusetts and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis spoke with The National Herald regarding comments about him written in Destiny and Power, a new biography...
View ArticleSNF Funds DC Museum’s Iakovos Area
WASHINGTON, DC – The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has donated more than $2 million, and its co-President Andreas Dracopoulos made a personal donation exceeding $1 million for the Reflection Area...
View ArticleBrilliant Oudist Celebrates Rebetika Origins
NEW YORK – Five musicians, led by the great oud player Kyriakos Kalaitzides, joined to give an authentic, elegant rebetika concert at the Onassis Cultural Center. Their strictly acoustic performance,...
View ArticleMetropolitan Emmanuel of France Tells TNH about Terrorist Attacks
PARIS, FRANCE – Metropolitan Emmanuel of France in a telephone interview with The National Herald spoke extensively about the November 14 terrorist attacks in Paris and said that to the best of his...
View ArticleChrysanthemum Ball Honors First Lady of Cyprus
NEW YORK – Cyprus’ first lady, Andri Anastasiades, was honored for her dedication to philanthropic activity at the Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos Society’s 62nd Annual Chrysanthemum Ball on...
View ArticleTitan USA and Corona Ready-Mix Donate St. Nicholas Shrine Concrete
NEW YORK – Titan America’s Essex Cement Company and Corona Ready-Mix will donate all the concrete required for the construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine at the World Trade Center....
View ArticleRebetika Night II: Songs for Greece
NEW YORK – The second night of the two-part of “Rebetika – The Blues of Greece,” an “In-depth exploration of the musical tradition of rebetika presented by the Onassis Cultural Center NY...
View ArticleChristopulos Leads to Prosperity
OGDEN, UT – Most TNH readers, like most Americans as a whole, have probably never heard of Ogden, a city in Utah near Salt Lake City. But they’ve certainly heard of the mounting wealth gap in the...
View ArticleSkarlatos in Dancing Finals Tonite at 9 on ABC
Tonight, Alek Skarlatos, who gained international attention when he and his friends two friends foiled a potential terror attack by 25-year-old Moroccan man, Ayoub El-Kahzzani, who was armed with an...
View ArticleLexilogia: A New Online Tool for Mastering Greek
NEW YORK – An online program called Lexilogia developed by Dutch developmental psychologist Hester Hoette is now available to help people who want to their Greek language Skills. Hoette spoke to TNH...
View ArticleThe Greeks–Agamemnon to Alexander the Great Opens in Chicago
NEW YORK – The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) opened its new home in Chicago’s famed Greektown on December 10, 2011. Armed with an ambitious mission statement, “Connecting generations through Greek...
View ArticleThree Generations of the Halvatzis Family at Amorelli Realty
ASTORIA -Amorelli Realty is one of the numerous Greek-American businesses which retain their family character and yet resist the incursions of major Manhattan competitors, like the Corcoran Group...
View ArticleHPW Presents Katerina Mountanos on Career Changes and Entrepreneurship
NEW YORK – Katerina Mountanos is only the latest Greek-American entrepreneur to make the news, as is well known by the members of community organizations like Hellenic Professional Women (HPW),...
View ArticleNational Hellenic Student Association Convention A Success in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL – Members of the National Hellenic Student Association (NHSA) chose the Windy City for a three-day conference filled with networking sessions, city walks, and celebrations October 23-25....
View ArticleAstoria Homeowners Association Holds 26th Thanksgiving Luncheon
ASTORIA – For the 26th consecutive year many of Astoria’s neediest and elderly enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal and fellowship thanks to the efforts of the members and officers of the Greek American...
View ArticleState of the Art Greek-American Coffee Roasting Production
Translated from the original Greek MASPETH – Four Greek-Americans, friends since childhood, joined forces about six months ago when they started operating one of the most modern coffee roasting...
View ArticleProtopresbyter George Passias Defrocked by Holy and Sacred Synod
CONSTANTINOPLE – The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate voted unanimously to defrock Protopresbyter George Passias at its regular monthly meeting in Constantinople on November 28....
View ArticleN.J. Chamber Honors Community’s Business Leaders
Translated from the original Greek SHREWSBURY, NJ – The Greek American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) of New Jersey and Philadelphia held its annual Gala at the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury on November 19....
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