Entrepreneur of the Year honors ambitious entrepreneurs building a bolder future Minneapolis, MN – April 28, 2023 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year award.® 2023 Heartland Awards. The Heartland Program celebrates entrepreneurs from the Dakotas, Iowa, Kansas (excluding the greater Wichita area), Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. The Entrepreneur of the Year Award, now in its 37th year, is one of the most prestigious business awards given to transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who are building a fairer, more sustainable world and more prosperous for all. These 30…
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Endy Zemenides, executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to analyze Thursday’s Senate debate on the F-16 deal with Turkey initiated by Senator Rand Paul, the message it sends on US-Turkey ties, and more.
ALBANY, NY – Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrw Gounardes, Senator James Skoufis, Assembly Member Michael Tannousis and Assembly Member John Lemondes honored Greek independence at the US Capitol. State on Wednesday, welcoming His Eminence the Archbishop. Elpidophoros, who offered invocations before both houses of the state legislature. The anniversary of Greek independence was also celebrated with the adoption of a resolution (J.580) proclaiming March Greek History Month in the State of New York. “As the son of Greek immigrants, the Greek-American experience is very close to my heart,” said Michael Gianaris, Deputy Leader of the Senate. “This is…
The Greek Orthodox Ministry of Folk Dances and Choral Festivals of Metropolitan San Francisco is dedicated, through the Orthodox Christian community and committed leadership, to promoting, encouraging and perpetuating the Orthodox faith, Greek heritage and culture among the individuals, families and communities express it through folk dance, folk art, music and language. Following the success of the first two folk dance festivals in 1976 and 1978, on February 10, 1979, a small group of dedicated Greek Orthodox Christians became the first signatories to the original Constitution and Bylaws of the Greek Orthodox Folk Dance and Choir Festival. (DFF) and its…
Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks is the president and CEO of ECOS, one of the most innovative, diversified and socially responsible companies on the planet. She leads the strategy and production of environmentally friendly cleaning products across the company’s four geographic locations in the United States, as well as a European manufacturing platform. Kelly earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and an EMBA from the Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics. She is a proud alumna who currently serves on the ASBE Board of Governors and Council of Advisors, and she was the first recipient of ASBE’s Distinguished Alumni Award, alongside…
News10NBC investigates: RG&E attempts to charge Greek family nearly $13,000ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Greek family has been paying their monthly RG&E bill automatically for years, but the week of Christmas, RG&E tapped into their account for a nearly $13,000 December payment. Alicia Latomasi has paid her RG&E bill on time, every month since she and her husband moved into their Greek home in July 2019.“We put it on autopay, just to make it easier for us,” she told News10NBC.It was easy until last week.“Everything went well, no problems until we received a letter from our bank stating that RG&E had…
Melting glaciers, rising sea levels and intense heat waves: the list of dangers caused by climate change continue on and on, all well documented by researchers. Global climate change This threat looms over the future of our world, but it is also beginning to threaten our record of the past. The Acropolis, photograph courtesy of UNESCO. The acropolis is one of most visited archaeological sites in the world, attracting millions of visitors each year. It is also one of the best preserved, with a trained by experts working group dedicated to its maintenance. However, recently the effects of global climate…
THE Elevate Greece National Startup Entrepreneurship Awards 2022 were awarded this year for the 2nd consecutive year, during an event organized on Friday, December 2 at the National Center for Scientific Research (NCSR) “Demokritos”, under the auspices of the Ministry of Development and Investment. 10 startups and members of the Elevate Greece National Startup Registry were awarded during the event, having obtained the highest score after evaluation by members of the prestigious national and international innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. The Elevate Greece Awards have become a respected institution that recognizes startups, innovation and creativity in general. The “Startup of the…
Incidents broke out Thursday afternoon between students and police at the Unknown Soldier Monument in Syntagma Square during a rally against a proposed law on private universities, ANA reports. The students clashed with police, who pushed them back with their shields and made limited use of chemicals. The tension quickly calmed and the students left. 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, Greek Tourism Report Photo source: Wikimedia Commons License: CC-BY-SA Copyright:: Jebulon
Signing of the agreement between the Chinese Minister of Tourism and Culture, Hu Heping, and the Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, Photo source: Ministry of Culture. Greece And China are committed to strengthening their cultural collaboration with the renewal and expansion of a Cooperation agreement connected to underwater cultural heritage. The renewal agreement, which encourages scientific cooperation and underwater cooperation archaeological researchwas signed during a meeting between the Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni and Chinese Minister of Tourism and Culture Hu Hepingas part of the latter’s official visit to Greece. During their meeting, the ministers also discussed the…