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2007 Press Releases

Press Release Archives

December 2007

12-28-07 Op-Ed on “Executive Branch Appeasement of Turkey Continues”

12-28-07 Op-Ed on “The Presidential Primaries and Caucuses Are Upon Us”

12-14-07 AHI Executive Director Completes Annual Trip to Greece

12-14-07 AHIF Hosts 6th Annual Conference on the Future of Hellenism in America

12-13-07 AHI Noon Forum on “Educational Reform and Prospects for Private, Non-Profit Higher Education Under the New Greek Government”

November 2007

11-29-07 AHI Hosts Fourth Annual Golf Tournament

11-27-07 AHI's Marketos, Rossides and Larigakis Receive Awards from Hellenic National Defense General Staff

11-26-07 AHI Noon Forum “Collision Course: The Troubled U.S. Relationship with Turkey”

11-16-07 AHI Noon Forum in Commemoration of the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922

11-15-07 New U.S. Ambassador to Greece Visits AHI

11-08-07 AHI President Gene Rossides Elected Visiting Member of the Academy of Athens

11-08-07 His Beatitude Theophilos III Patriarch of Jerusalem Visits Hellenic House

11-05-07 AHI Noon Forum on “The Recent Campaign Undertaken by the Citizens of Famagusta for the Return of their Town and the Need for More Aggressive Diplomany for the Implementation of the Rule of Law in Cyprus”

October 2007

10-30-07 AHI and ANCA Issue Joint Statement on Senate Resolution Regarding U.S.-Turkey Relations

10-23-07 Op-Ed on “Congressman Gus Bilirakis Is Being Targeted”

10-18-07 AHI Noon Forum on “The Tragedy of Greek Politics: 50 Years Since Nikos Kazantzakis’ Death”

10-17-07 Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Enters Excerpts of Ambassador Alexandros Mallias’ Article Regarding the Name Issue of FYROM in the Congressional Record

10-11-07 U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Adopts Armenian Genocide Resolution

10-11-07 Bilirakis Resolution on Reunification of Cyprus Passes the House of Representatives Unanimously

10-11-07 Op-Ed on “Turkey’s Negotiating Tactics and George Orwell’s 1984”

10-10-07 AHI Hosts Toronto Blue Jays for Business Networking Breakfast

10-09-07 The Washington Times Prints AHI Commentary Article

10-04-07 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Sends Letter to Chairman Tom Lantos to Support the Armenian Genocide Legislation, H. Res. 106

10-03-07 Statement Regarding U.N. General Assembly Incident on FYROM

10-02-07 AHI Supports “Plant Your Roots In Greece” Fire Relief Campaign for Greece

10-01-07 Op-Ed on “Congressman Zack Space Is Being Targeted”

September 2007

09-28-07 U.S. House of Representatives Pass Resolution H. Res. 629 on Greek Wildfires

09-28-07 Op-Ed on “Documentary Proof of Kissinger’s Complicity in Turkey’s Aggression Against Cyprus”

09-28-07 Op-Ed on “Turkey’s Aggression, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid Policy in Cyprus with Kissinger’s Complicity”

09-27-07 Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) Introduces Resolution on the Unification of Cyprus

09-24-07 College Students Intern at AHI in Washington, DC

August 2007

08-13-07 AHI Afternoon Briefing on Capitol Hill in Commemoration of the 33 Year Anniversary of the Cyprus Problem

08-03-07 Op-Ed on “The Presidential Nomination Campaigns Staff and Finances”

July 2007

07-27-07 The Pan-Macedonian Association in cooperation with AHI Host Conference on “A Search for a Roadmap to Peace in the Balkans”

07-26-07 The Washington Times Prints Two Articles by AHI Members

07-19-07 Op-Ed on “The CIA’s Release of Documents”

07-16-07 Admiral Stanley R. Arthur Award for Logistics Excellence for the Evacuation of U.S. Citizens from Lebanon Through Cyprus

07-16-07 AHI Luncheon and Briefing on the Hill “Cyprus: Latest Efforts in Pursuit of a Settlement” Presented by Ambassador Andreas Kakouris

07-16-07 Professor Speros Vryonis, Jr. Appointed AHIF Senior Fellow for Hellenism and for Greek and Turkish Studies

07-09-07 Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson Responds to AHI Questionnaire Issues Policy Statement on Cyprus

07-09-07 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Reaches Out to Greek American Community for Support of Legislation in Congress

07-06-07 AHI Delegation Completes Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus—Hosts 3rd Annual Athens Dinner

June 2007

06-29-07 Op-Ed on “Turkey, the Kurds and the U.S.”

06-27-07 Op-Ed on “Questions for the 2008 Presidential Candidates”

06-27-07 Op-Ed on “Presidential Nomination Campaigns in Full Swing”

06-21-07 The Embassy of Greece and The American Hellenic Institute Announce New Internship Exchange Program in Cooperation With The Next Generation Initiative

06-18-07 AHI Noon Forum Commemorates the Anniversary of the “Battle of Crete”

06-01-07 The AHI Annual Delegation Trip to Greece and Cyprus Scheduled for Early June

May 2007

05-31-07 AHI Initiated Letter in Response to Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Special Report on Turkey Was Posted on CFR Website on May 21, 2007

05-31-07 AHI Sends Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Regarding the Administration’s Foreign Aid Requests for FY 2008

05-23-07 AHI Sends Questionnaire For 2008 Presidential Candidates

05-18-07 AHI Sent the 2007 Greek American Policy Statements to the Congress and the Executive Branch

05-17-07 AHI Sends 2007 Greek American Policy Statements to Presidential Candidates

05-11-07 Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) Appointed to Prestigious House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Europe and Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

05-10-07 The AHIF Internship Program Funded for 2007-2008: Interns to Receive Stipend

05-07-07 Cretan Delegation Visits AHI

05-04-07 AHI Receives Letter from Under Secretary R. Nicholas Burns Regarding the Archon Pilgrimage to Turkey

April 2007

04-27-07 AHI Noon Forum on “Greece: The Post-Olympics Era”

04-24-07 AHI Business Network Presented Breakfast and Seminar on “New Investment Opportunities in Greece: Alternative Sources of Energy and Real Estate”

04-23-07 Op-Ed on “Support H. Res. 106 and S. Res. 106 Recognizing the Armenian Genocide”

04-20-07 The 2007 Greek American Policy Statements

04-20-07 AHI Hosts Congressional Salute to Greek Independence Day

04-18-07 The 2007 Greek American Policy Statements Endorsed by Membership Organizations

04-12-07 Op-Ed on “State Department’s Report on Human Rights Practices in Cyprus Deeply Flawed”

04-02-07 AHI Hosts Weekend Activities to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner

March 2007

03-29-07 AHI Noon Forum on “Debalkanizing the Balkans: Is There a Role for Greece?”

03-19-07 Amended/2007: Op-Ed on “Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, a great Senate leader”

03-16-07 Op-Ed on “Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, a great Senate leader”

03-14-07 “American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act” Re-Introduced in Both Senate and House

03-13-07 Turkey’s New Threat to Peace

03-13-07 AHIF Launches 2007 Washington D.C. Internship Program

03-07-07 AHI Noon Forum Presentation on Professor Van Coufoudakis’ New Book Cyprus: A Contemporary Problem in Historical Perspective

03-01-07 AHI Noon Forum on “Energy in South-East Europe”

February 2007

02-28-07 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter to Editor on Editorial “Pelosi’s pandering against Turkey”

02-26-07 AHI to Co-Sponsor AHEPAcademy Program

02-26-07 Amended/2007: The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New Yorker book reviews of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (2006) by exiled Turkish author Taner Akcam

02-26-07 The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New Yorker book reviews of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (2006) by exiled Turkish author Taner Akcam

02-20-07 AHI Business Network Seminar Offers Expert Investment Advice for 2007

02-09-07 AHI Executive Director Meets With U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

January 2007

01-30-07 Representative Zack Space Joins Hellenic Caucus

01-25-07 AHI Hosts Dinner in Honor of the Newly Elected Greek American Members of Congress

01-22-07 Has the New York Times editorial board lost its way?

01-17-07 AHI Congratulates Ted G. Spyropoulos as New SAE U.S. Regional Coordinator

01-16-07 American Hellenic Institute Condemns Attack on U.S. Embassy in Athens

01-15-07 AHI Co-Sponsors Inaugural Hellenic American Career Fair

01-08-07 Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) to Co-Chair Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues