PSEKA-International Coordinating Committee-Justice for Cyprus welcomed the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by US President Joe Biden and urged him to hold Turkey accountable for its human rights violations against Greek Cypriots.
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Two US-based organizations have reacted to the planned launch of Turkey’s Turksat 5B satellite, saying it will “materially jeopardize US national security and foreign policy interests.”
The government will introduce an amendment abolishing diaspora Greeks’ voting restrictions, Interior Minister Makis Voridis said Monday.
A team of Greek researchers at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto, Canada, have developed an easy-to-use diagnostic test for Covid-19, suitable for testing large numbers of people, such as students, industrial workers and nursing home workers.
The government is preparing an online registry for Greeks living abroad in a bid to strengthen diaspora ties with the homeland as well as enhance public diplomacy and nation branding, Kathimerini has learned.
Athens Food Bank, a member of the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) since 1995, helped many needy families during Greece’s 10-year crisis.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America held its Greek bicentennial celebration at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York on March 25.
On the occasion of Greece’s Independence Day, and this year’s bicentennial anniversary commemorating the beginning of the Greek War of Independence, it is an honor for me as Canada’s ambassador to extend my warmest congratulations and best wishes to the people of the Hellenic Republic.
Father Alex Karloutsos, also known as “Father Alex,” has announced his retirement as Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
A video uploaded Thursday by the US Army Europe and Africa Band & Chorus shows a band of US soldiers playing, and singing, the Zalongo Dance.
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On the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, the White House organized an online get-together with President Joe Biden and prominent members of the Greek-American Community Thursday.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Thursday expressed his gratitude to US President Joe Biden for his remarks honoring the 200th anniversary of the start of the Greek Revolution.
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American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis celebrated the bicentennial of the Greek War for Independence on Thursday noting the common ideals shared by the Greek and American Revolutions.
On the eve of Greece’s 200th anniversary of independence, a resolution highlighting the strong ties between the US and Greece was unanimously passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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The Longfellow Bridge in Boston was lit up in blue and white on Wednesday, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence.
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) is organizing a two-day virtual conference on “The United States and the 1821 Greek War of Independence” held on March 18-19.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Monday expressed confidence that the exterior of the National Shrine at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will be completed before September 11 this year.
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) paid homage to the American support to the Greek War of Independence on March 13 by reenacting the Greek Ball that was held on February 27, 1827.
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (ΑΗΕΡΑ) honored in Annapolis, Maryland, the revolutionary hero John M. Allen, a midshipman of the United States Navy, who fought in the Greek Revolution of 1821.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and his aides have succeeded in maintaining the accreditation of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School Of Theology (HCHC), the Orthodox liberal arts college and theological seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts.
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) expressed its concern about the absence of any mention of Turkey’s malign influences in the region, specifically toward Greece and Cyprus, in a letter signed by two US Senators to President Joe Biden on Turkey’s human rights abuses.
The University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees has named Paul Alivisatos as the institution’s 14th president, the university announced on Friday.
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