December 2005

12-27-05 Op-Ed by AHI President Published in the Greek News and The National Herald

12-22-05 AHI Executive Director Completes Annual Trip to Greece

12-21-05 Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs Representative Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Send Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding Cyprus

12-19-05 AHIF 4th Annual Conference on the Future of Hellenism in America

12-09-05 Op-Ed by AHI President Published in The National Herald and the Greek News

12-09-05 New U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Visits AHI

November 2005

11-28-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter

11-17-05 Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) Voices Her Disapproval of the State Department Meeting with Mehmet Ali Talat

11-11-05 Op-Ed by AHI President Published in The National Herald

11-09-05 AHI Sends Letter to Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Regarding Today’s Confirmation Hearing for the New U.S. Ambassador to Turkey

11-08-05 AHI Sends Letter to Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Regarding the Forthcoming Confirmation Hearing for the New U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus

11-03-05 AHI Commemorates “OXI Day: The Historical Meaning of the Epic of October 28, 1940-41”

October 2005

10-26-05 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding her Forthcoming Meeting with Turkish Cypriot Leader Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat

10-25-05 AHI Sends Letter to President George W. Bush Regarding his Forthcoming Meeting with FYROM Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski

10-24-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Chairman James Marketos’ Letter

10-12-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter

10-11-05 New Greek Ambassador to U.S. Visits AHI

10-10-05 Op-Ed by AHI President Published in The National Herald

10-07-05 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Interviewed by Odyssey Magazine

10-05-05 AHI Hosts Second Annual Golf Tournament

September 2005

09-30-05 The National Herald Prints AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis’ Letter

09-30-05 The Washington Times Commentary Article Highlights Why Europe Should Not Accept Turkey Into The EU

09-28-05 Greek Minister of Economy and Finance George Alogoskoufis Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

09-28-05 The American College of Greece Awards AHI President Gene Rossides Honorary Degree

09-27-05 AHI Letter Responds to Washington Times Editorial

09-23-05 AHI Sends Letter to Editor of National Geographic Magazine Regarding their Identification of FYROM as "Macedonia"

09-14-05 AHI Hosts Noon Forum on the 50th Commemoration of Turkey’s Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955 and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul

09-13-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter

09-09-05 AHI Hosts Noon Forum on "American Higher Education in Greece: Challenges and Long-Lasting Benefits" with John S. Bailey

August 2005

08-24-05 Op-Ed on Turkey's Illegal Settlements In Cyprus

08-23-05 Charles W. McCaskill, Sr.

08-16-05 Kissinger—An Accessory to Turkey’s War Crimes

08-11-05 Op-Ed on Turkey’s War Crimes

08-08-05 Book Review by Gregory R. Copley on An International Relation Debacle: The UN Secretary-General’s Mission of Good Offices in Cyprus 1999-2004 by Claire Palley

July 2005

07-29-05 Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) Voices Her Concern Regarding Congressional Travel to the Illegally Occupied Area of Cyprus

07-28-05 "Cyprus: An Assessment of the Annan Plan—Prospects for a Solution" by Professor Van Coufoudakis

07-22-05 AHI Hosts Briefing on the Hill for Staffers "Cyprus and Washington’s Hypocrisy" by Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter

07-20-05 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice Calling for an Apology from the State Department for Its Unlawful and Other Conduct in 1974 which led to the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey

07-18-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter

07-15-05 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice Regarding the State’s Web on Cyprus as False and Misleading

07-05-05 Two Fundraising Receptions Hosted in support of AHI

07-01-05 AHI Confirms Misinformation in TRNC Daily Newspaper Article

07-01-05 AHI Delegation Completes Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus

June 2005

06-27-05 AHI Hosts a Book Signing with Eleni Gage

06-24-05 AHI Hosts Business Noon Forum on "Housing and Economic Outlook" with Dr. Andreas Pericli

06-14-05 The American Hellenic Institute Foundation Elects Kyriakos Tsakopoulos to the Board of Directors

May 2005

05-31-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter

05-27-05 AHI Hosts Briefing on the Hill "Cyprus in the EU: One Year Later—Prospects for Reunification" with Ambassador Evriviades

05-27-05 2005 Greek American Policy Statements Available Online

05-27-05 AHI Delegation Departs on its Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus

05-26-05 AHI Sends Letter to Congressman Edward Whitfield (R-KY) Regarding his Forthcoming Trip to the Illegally Occupied Part of Cyprus

05-26-05 AHI Sends Letter to President Bush Regarding Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s Visit to the White House on June 8, 2005

05-25-05 Greek American Organizations’ Statement on Legislative Priorities

05-25-05 AHI Noon Forum Commemorates the Anniversary of the "Battle of Crete"

05-24-05 AHI Welcomes New Staff Member

05-24-05 Greek American Organizations’ Statement on Policy Themes

05-23-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on Armenia

05-20-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on Albania

05-19-05 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice Regarding the Forthcoming Trip by Members of Congress to the Illegally Occupied Part of Cyprus

05-19-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on Compensation to Turkey’s Victims

05-18-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on Critical Review of U.S. Policy Toward Turkey Needed

05-17-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on Turkey’s Suppression of the Religious Freedom of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

05-16-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

05-13-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on the Aegean Sea Boundary

05-12-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on the Cyprus Problem

05-10-05 Legislation Introduced Regarding the Maritime Borders Between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean

05-10-05 Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement Calls on the U.S. to Establish a "Special Relationship" with Greece

05-09-05 AHI and Pan-Macedonian Association Host Capitol Hill Conference on "FYROM: The Need for Reassessment of U.S. Policy in the Balkans"

05-03-05 AHI Statement on Annan Plan-5 The Annan-5’s political and economic corruption provisions

April 2005

04-27-05 Greek Minister of Defense Spilios Spiliotopoulos Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

04-26-05 AHI Hosts a Luncheon on the Occasion of the 30-Person Visiting Greek Business Delegation to Washington, D.C.

04-25-05 AHI Executive Director and Advisory Board Members Participate in 2005 Hermes Expo International

04-21-05 AHI Hosts Noon Forum on "Current Challenges for the Greek Economy" with Dr. Plutarchos Sakellaris

04-21-05 AHI Hosts Noon Forum on "Cyprus: One Year After EU Accession- Prospects for a Solution" with Dr. Van Coufoudakis

04-20-05 Greek Minister of Public Order Georgios Voulgarakis Honored at AHI Dinner

04-19-05 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice Regarding Turkey’s Violation of U.S. Law by its Recent Transfer of U.S.-origin Tanks to Cyprus

04-15-05 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Testifies Opposing $10 Million in Aid to Turkey and $20 Million in Aid to Cyprus as not in the best interest of the U.S.

04-12-05 AHI Hosts Congressional Salute to Greek Independence Day

04-12-05 The American Hellenic Institute Expresses Its Deepest Sorrow on the Passing of Archbishop Iakovos

04-05-05 AHI Hosts Briefing for Four Greek Law School Students from the University of Athens

March 2005

03-31-05 Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in a letter to President Bush calls the Annan Plan "not a viable solution to the Cyprus problem."

03-30-05 AHI President and Executive Director Among White House Guests for Celebration of Greek Independence Day

03-25-05 Statement of Gene Rossides on The 184th Anniversary of The Greek War of Independence of 1821

03-24-05 Syria Out of Lebanon—Turkey Out of Cyprus

03-17-05 AHI Hosts 30th Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner

03-15-05 AHI Executive Director Attends Swearing in Ceremony of the New President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias

03-11-05 AHI Sends Letter to President George W. Bush Regarding The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and Turkey

03-11-05 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter

03-07-05 Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Honoree at AHI Annual Dinner, Calls for removal of the Turkish troops on Cyprus and supports the Greek Cypriots "no" vote on the Annan Plan

03-01-05 Bidding for the AHI Silent Auction to Begin On-line

February 2005

02-25-05 AHI Letter Congratulates The Wall Street Journal and Senior Editorial Page Writer Robert L. Pollock

02-21-05 AHI Hosts Business Network Luncheon on "How the SBA Helps America’s Small Businesses" with Guest Speaker Michael J. Pappas

02-18-05 AHI Confirms that Additional Companies Did Not Participate in the Delegation Trip to the Occupied Northern Part of Cyprus

02-17-05 Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation—the American Owned Property In Occupied Cyprus Claims Act;

02-17-05 The Wall Street Journal Piece Highlights Turkey’s Promotion of Anti-American Attitudes

02-16-05 AHI Confirms that American Express Bank Ltd. was “Inadvertently Included” on the List of U.S. Companies who are Scheduled to Visit the Northern Occupied Part of Cyprus

02-16-05 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding the U.S. Delegation Trip to the Northern Occupied Part of Cyprus

02-16-05 Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Sends Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding U.S. Business Delegation Triop to the Northern Occupied Part of Cyprus

02-14-05 AHI Sends Letter to 8 U.S. Companies Urging Them to Reconsider Their Delegation Trip to Occupied Northern Cyprus

02-11-05 AHI to Host 30th Anniversary Hellenic Heritage and National Public Service Awards Dinner

02-02-05 Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Bush’s Inaugural Speech

January 2005

01-21-05 The Washington Post diplomatic column cites speech given by Greek Parliament Member Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous at AHI

01-14-05 Op-Ed by AHI President Published in The National Herald

01-13-05 AHI Hosts Noon Forum on "An Exchange of Ideas between Greece and the United States" with Member of Greek Parliament Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous

01-05-05 Op-Ed by AHI President Published in The National Herald