My Big, Fat Greek Sneak Peek
In 2002, My Big, Fat Greek Wedding, written by Nia Vardalos, who also starred in the leading role as Toula Portokalos, came out of nowhere to become the highest-grossing romantic comedy in American...
View ArticleMaloney, Greek-Am. Leaders, Call for Lifting of Greece Funds Restrictions
NEW YORK – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, co-Chair of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, was joined by Greek-American leaders in Manhattan on August 13, calling for the imminent lifting of capital...
View ArticleMacricostas Gives $1.1M to Rand Paul
Technology Whiz Macricostas Gives $1.1M to Rand Paul GOP Campaign California technology entrepreneur George Macricostas, who started the off-site data backup management site RagingWire, has donated...
View ArticleAdmiral Stavridis on “21st Century Challenges & Opportunities”
NEW YORK – Retired 4-Star Admiral James Stavridis, Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, presented a lecture titled, “21st...
View ArticleThe Greek and Mr. Muir
NEW YORK – As the United States prepared for the formal reopening of its Embassy in Cuba after a half century of dour relations with that country, at ABC news there was a story behind the story. The...
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Michael Karloutsos: Serving as Layperson
[The speech below was given by Church Archon Michael Karloutsos in July, 2014 at the 42nd Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress in Philadelphia, which he co-chaired.] Thank you all for participating in the...
View ArticleHow Alexandra Mitsotakis Created Recipes of Love
Looking at Alexandra Mitsotakis, you might mistake her for a high-fashion model. Instead, the daughter of former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis heads Action Aid, a charitable organization...
View ArticleEugenios Mihail Andoniadi: The Greek Mapmaker of Mars
Eugenios Mihail Andoniadis was one of the most famous of all planetary astronomers. Yet few Greeks anywhere in the world could readily identify this man. This is especially curious since E.M. Antoniadi...
View Article7’1 Tsalmpouris to Turn Pro
AMES, IA — Iowa State says basketball player Georgios Tsalmpouris is turning prom the Associated Press reported. Tsalmpouris, a 7-foot-1 center from Katerini, Greece, was a late addition to the...
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The Big, Fat Greek Taste of the Danforth
TORONTO, CANADA – The Taste of the Danforth is an annual tradition among Toronto’s Greeks. Approximately 1.6 million people gather for three days in August along Danforth Avenue in the city’s GreekTown...
View ArticleBaker’s Family Helped by Coincidence
NORWICH, CT – The Rev. Matthew Baker, priest of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Norwich, was killed on March 1. As TNH reported, over $600,000 was raised for his wife and children within days...
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CME Award for Dr. Roy Vagelos
NEW YORK – the Chemical Marketing and Economics (CME) group of the American Chemical Society’s New York Section, Inc., announced on Aug. 11 that P. Roy Vagelos, MD, Chairman of Regeneron...
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Hellenic Happenings – Coast to Coast
SARASOTA, FL – Khaleej Times reported this week that Sharjah is all set to host the internationally acclaimed musical genius YANNI CHRYSSOMALIS (popularly known simply by his first name) on Nov. 6 at...
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Dr. Spiro Demetis, Plato Pillar, Was 58
BROOKLYN – Parents, students, teachers, Chairman Basil Danas and other Board members of the Greek afternoon school Plato (in Brooklyn), colleagues, patients, relatives, and friends gathered on the...
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Pontians Converge in West Milford
WEST MILFORD, NJ – With the magnificence and splendor of a bygone imperial Byzantine era, the Pontians of America honored and venerated the Virgin Mary at the Panagia Soumela Greek Orthodox Church in...
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“Greeks Never Pay Taxes!” Judge Rants
MEDIA, PA – Michael Coll, a Judge in Delaware Country, PA went into a rant about Greeks during a child support hearing involving Gus Hartas, a Greek-American, NBC10, the network’s local affiliate...
View ArticleSkyGreece Makes Toronto Passengers Wait Three Days for Flight, Little Info
TORONTO – The one-plane carrier SkyGreece didn’t make any friends this week when it made passengers wait three days – days – for a flight to take off and gave no real explanation why. The...
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Rouman: a Dr. Who Believes in Miracles
HARTFORD, CT – The National Herald’s recent article “Greek-Americans and Miracles over the Decades” (Aug. 8) prompted Dr. James Rouman, a retired anesthesiologist and the author of two novels, to share...
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Three U.S. Soldiers, one a Greek-American, Subdue Terrorist in France
PARIS — A Greek-American from Oregon was one of two U.S. Servicemen and an American friend who likely prevented a massacre on a French train when they tackled and subdued a heavily-armed man police...
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Father of Hero Soldier Alek Skarlatos Tells TNH about Son’s Brave Act
ROSEBURG, OR – On August 21, Alex Skarlatos, a 22 year-old National Guardsman who had just completed a tour of duty in Afghanistan, along with fellow U.S. soldiers Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler,...
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