MILAN, Italy — Several U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have found a new home at Greece’s newly renovated Larissa Air Base, as U.S. military officials monitor NATO’s southern and eastern borders.Work on the base near the eastern shores of the Aegean Sea continued through much of 2022. It was to include new maintenance shelters, ramps and taxiway extensions, with a local construction contract of an amount of 21 million dollars which should be completed in recent weeks.This modernization was accompanied by the arrival of several Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles at the Greek airfield, as well as reported by the Greek journalist…
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Students perform at ASIA Night at Shine Underground, featuring talent from across campus and the AAPI community, which featured dancing, singing and more. (Photo by Angela Ryan) Syracuse University hosted the annual conference Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in April so everyone on campus can join in honoring the history, cultural diversity, identities and contributions of AAPI communities rather than in May, when it is celebrated nationally. Organized by the AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committeewith the support of Multicultural Affairs, the Center for International Services and Student Life, this year’s calendar included a full schedule of…
Special to Hellenic News of America When you learn a language, you learn about the people who speak it. Language is a tool to connect with others, says Valentinos Filippou, founder of the association Online Greek tutor. For those with Greek heritage, language is a connection to the homeland. “I’m not one to say it’s very important (the Greek language) because it comes from ancient Greece and it’s the mother of Western civilization.” “Our mission is to connect as many people as possible with their loved ones, friends, and Greek culture and history through the Greek language.” Thanks for reading…
Leadership 100 invited three exceptional young members of the Greek-American community to share their experiences as successful entrepreneurs and innovators in important sectors of the business world on 29th Annual Leadership 100 Conference, Saturday, February 22, 2020, according to Argyris Vassiliou, president, who expressed his gratitude to the speakers for this important addition to the program. Board Member and Audit Committee Chairman Michael Bapis will moderate a panel at Brunch on Saturday, February 22, 2020, featuring George Bousis, Founder and Executive Chairman of Raise and Owner and President of Riot Squad Esports. ; Doretta Mistras, managing director of Citigroup’s Healthcare…
The Hellenic American Academy held its annual Christmas celebration on December 21. The program included students singing traditional Greek Christmas carols and performing a Nativity scene. Video of the students singing is available online: https://shorturl.at/chCIU. The Academy also shared its best wishes for the holiday season in the following statement: As we begin winter break, we want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has generously supported the Hellenic American Academy in 2023! RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, The Greek Islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations, Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics,…
The town of Aigai is the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia and was discovered in the 19th century near Vergina in northern Greece. The most significant remains are the monumental palace, richly decorated with mosaics and painted stucco, and the cemetery with more than 300 burial mounds, some of which date from the 11th century BC. One of the royal tombs at the Great Tumulus is identified as that of Philip II, who conquered all the Greek cities, paving the way for his son Alexander the Great and the expansion of the Hellenistic world. Virginia In the…
Karachi: July 6-9, 2022: US Special Representative (S/R) for Trade Affairs Dilawar Syed visited Karachi from July 6-9 as part of a visit to Pakistan that also included stops in Islamabad, Lahore and Sialkot. In Karachi, S/R Syed met with government officials, industry leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and economic journalists to further strengthen the economic partnership and bilateral trade between Pakistan and the United States. “I am happy to be in Karachi, a vibrant and diverse financial and trade hub,” said S/R Syed. “I am in Pakistan to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to strengthening our economic ties and exploring ways…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called to congratulate him on his election victory, ANA reports. During the meeting, according to government sources, the two leaders confirmed their intention to further strengthen bilateral relations, while agreeing to meet soon. In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the two leaders stressed that “an Israel-Greece-Cyprus trilateral meeting should take place as soon as possible and stressed that it would address, among other topics, of the energy question. The Greek and Israeli leaders also agreed to “continue to strengthen bilateral…
If you find yourself in Athens around Christmas and wonder about the many English-speaking American “tourists” of Greek appearance, chances are they are not visitors, but have, like this writer, moved to the increasingly cosmopolitan capital of Athens. Greece – there are a lot of them, and they keep coming. One of the first and most interesting and delightful experiences of these Greek American expats is to compare and contrast Christmas in the United States and “Patrida”. Of course, as is the case in many contexts of the Hellenic homeland, Western mores and practices now permeate society, including festivals. As…
On October 7, 1885, Friedrich Trump, a 16-year-old German barber, purchased a one-way ticket to America, thereby escaping three years of mandatory military service in Germany. He had been a sick child, unfit for hard labor and feared the effects of conscription. It may have been illegal, but America didn’t care about this lawbreaking – at the time, Germans were considered highly desirable migrants – and Trump was welcomed with open arms. Less than two weeks later, he arrived in New York, where he would eventually make a small fortune. More than a century later, his grandson, Donald Trumpbecomes the…