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Latest News
Panelists Confirm Turkey’s Destruction of Cyprus’ Cultural, Religious Heritage
AHIF Seminar Examines the Facts, Law of the Cyprus Case
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) examined the facts and the law surrounding the destruction of Cyprus’ religious and cultural heritage by hosting a seminar that featured a panel of experts on Jan. 20, 2010 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC.
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AHI Condemns Anti-Semitic Attacks in Greece
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) strongly condemns recent anti-Semitic attacks in Greece that have included two cases of arson committed on the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in Hania, Crete and the desecration of monuments in the Ioannina Jewish cemetery.
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AHI Announces Its 35th Anniversary Gala Honorees
Greek American Excellence in Business, Philanthropy, Public Service, and the Arts to be Recognized
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) will honor excellence in a variety of industry sectors at its 35th Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner, Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the Capital Hilton, Washington, DC. Reception begins at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7 p.m.
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AHI Hosts American Envoy to Cyprus
 Ambassador Frank Urbancic Discusses Political, Economic and Cultural Aspects of U.S.-Cyprus Relations
WASHINGTON, DC—American Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus Frank C. Urbancic, Jr. discussed the goals and challenges of the American mission in Cyprus at a luncheon hosted by the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) on Jan. 5, 2010, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC.
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AHI Executive Director Works to Strengthen Ties with Greece, Cyprus
Annual Year-end Trip to Abroad Features Meetings with American Envoys
WASHINGTON, DC—Strengthening ties between the Greek American community and Greece and Cyprus in new and familiar sectors such as government, commerce, and the military was the goal of American Hellenic Institute (AHI) Executive Director Nick Larigakis, who embarked on his annual year-end trip to Greece and Cyprus, Nov. 26 to Dec. 7, 2009.
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American Hellenic Institute Expresses Its Deep Sorrow on the Passing of Dr. Nicholas D. Matsakis
WASHINGTON, DC—Dr. Nicholas D. Matsakis was born to Karpathian immigrant parents in Pittsburgh, PA in 1914. When he was seven, his family returned to Karpathos to help take care of the family’s gardens, fields, goats and sheep. In 1929, he went to Cyprus to attend the seminary that his uncle George Matsakis was running in Larnaca. In 1933, after graduating from the seminary, he returned to the U.S. where he graduated from the Washington University School of Dentistry in 1940. He supported himself by working almost around the clock - teaching Greek school and working in restaurants in Steubenville, Ohio, Lowell, Massachusetts, and in St. Louis, Missouri. During WW II he achieved the rank of Major in the US Army and was active in the Greek War Relief effort. After the war, in 1945, he married Theodora Sakellarides Papageorge of Karpathia.
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Calendar
of Events
Monday, February 8, 2010
AHI-New York Business Networking
2nd Monday of the Month Group.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
AHI 35th Anniversary Dinner.
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Op-eds by Aleco Haralambides
09-09-09 Op-Ed: Our Problem is Indifference
The following Op-Ed by AHI President Aleco Haralambides appeared in The National Herald 8-29-09 and The Hellenic Voice 9-2-09.
Op-eds
by Nick Larigakis
01-24-10 Op-Ed: Making Your Political Contribution Count
WASHINGTON, DC—The following Op-Ed by AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis was published in The National Herald 1-15-10, The Hellenic Voice 1-20-10, and the Greek News 1-18-10.
12-28-09 Op-Ed: The Importance of Increased US Investment in Greece and Cyprus
WASHINGTON, DC—The following Op-Ed by AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis was published in The Hellenic Voice 12-23-09, The National Herald 12-17-09, and the Greek News 12-21-09.
11-16-09 Op-Ed: The Patriarch Goes to Washington
WASHINGTON, DC—The following Op-Ed by AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis was published in The Hellenic Voice 11-11-09, The National Herald 11-07-09, and the Greek News 11-09-09.
Op-eds by Gene Rossides
01-12-10 Op-Ed: Obama, the Rule of Law and the State Department
WASHINGTON, DC—The following Op-Ed by AHI Founder Gene Rossides appeared in The National Herald 12-31-09, The Hellenic Voice 1-6-10, the Greek News 1-4-10, The Greek Star 1-7-10 and neoskosmos.com 12-29-09.
12-17-09 Op-Ed: Obama and Erdogan
WASHINGTON, DC—The following Op-Ed by AHI Founder Gene Rossides appeared in The National Herald 12-03-09, The Hellenic Voice 12-09-09, the Greek News 12-07-09, and The Greek Star 12-10-09.
10-23-09 Op-Ed: Obama Needs to Change U.S.—Turkey Relations
WASHINGTON, DC—The following Op-Ed by AHI Founder Gene Rossides appeared in The National Herald 10-14-09, The Hellenic Voice 10-14-09, and the Greek News 10-18-09. |
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