Hon. Paul Lillios; Jean Hilaris; Constantinos Zografopoulos; Hon. Jeffery Chronicles; United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic and Archon George Tsunis; Regional Commander Archon John G. Manos; AHEPA Supreme President and Archon Demetrios Kokotas; John Gountanis; Dr. George Bovis. On Sunday, March 26, 2023, the Archons of Metropolitan Chicago participated in the Greek Heritage Parade in the heart of Greektown Chicago. The United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, George J. Tsunis, Archon Hypomnematografos, served as grand marshal of the parade. The Illinois Federation of American Hellenic Organizations (ENOSIS) presented the parade; its sponsor was Greektown Special Service Area #16,…
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Today, Chobani is a global player and holds more than 20% of the U.S. yogurt market. But it was a long, difficult journey (which began in an outdated, abandoned yogurt factory in upstate New York) to get there. CEO and Founder Hamdi Ulukaya shares his thoughts on becoming a successful entrepreneur. He always did things his way. He wrote an article for HBR nine years ago in which he said he was proud of the fact that Chobani had no outside investors and therefore could run the company however he saw fit. Chobani is now on track for an IPO,…
Lower prices will appear on supermarket shelves from the beginning of March, following the government’s new measures, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Skai radio on Wednesday, ANA reports. Skrekas said the new measures would be voted on this week or next week and businesses would have a few days to correct their price lists. Sales prices before and after the reductions will also be made public, he noted. Commenting on the rise in food prices, the minister said the government has taken measures and expects prices to fall. RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, The Greek…
Editor’s note – December 1, 2021 – This version has been updated to mention A_DA. OLYMPIA, Greece — November 10, 2021 — The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday Ancient Olympia: Common Grounds, a new collaboration to digitally preserve and restore ancient Olympia, the original home of the Olympic Games, using AI. This digital renaissance project allows viewers around the world to explore ancient Olympia as it was over 2,000 years ago through an immersive experience via an interactive mobile app, web-based desktop experience or a Microsoft HoloLens 2 exhibition at the Athens Olympic Museum.…
Ten years after leaving her previous media job in Caracas to return to her hometown of Ciudad Bolivar to teach at the local university, Venezuelan journalist Albor Rodriguez used a crowdfunding campaign to launch her own digital media outlet. Launch The lives of our In 2016, Rodriguez not only renewed his position as a journalist. It also inspired her to transform the reporting workshop she was teaching at the Andrés Bello Catholic University into a media entrepreneurship course, for which she would prioritize discussion and analysis on the transformation of the media industry. “My way of thinking, precisely because I…
The Pardee Alumni Council (PGC), the official graduate student organization of the Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies met with Ifigenia Kanara, the Greek Consul General in Boston, on November 16, 2016 for an in-depth discussion on topics including diplomatic careers. Over coffee, the students and Kanara discussed current topics, including the refugee crisis and Greek-American relations as well as Kanara’s experience as a diplomat. PGC’s visit to Kanara is the latest event this year in which the Pardee School graduate student community came together outside of the academic setting to socialize and build an upper-class identity.…
What happens when a large part of your country’s archaeological treasures “belongs” to another country that stole them? This is the situation that non-Western countries around the world find themselves in, with most of their cultural heritage residing in European and American museums, but particularly in London’s museums. British Museum.Take Nigeria, for example. In 1897, British troops stole some 4,000 sculptures after invading the Kingdom of Benin (now southwest Nigeria). More than a century later, the surviving bronzes are on display in museums in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and the United States, but not in Nigeria, their country of…
The massive earthworks join a list of famous sites including the Greek Acropolis, Machu Picchu in Peru and the Great Wall of China. COLUMBUS, Ohio — A network of ancient Native American ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio described as “part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory” was added to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites. Preservation advocates, led by the Ohio History Connection, and native tribes, many of whom have ancestral ties to the state, have pushed to recognize the Hopewell ceremonial earthworks for their good condition, distinct style and their cultural significance – describing them as…
Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidophoros leads a St. Nicholas Day celebration inside the National Shrine of St. Nicholas at the World Trade Center in New York, in a December 6, 2019 file photo. (PA) Efforts are underway to address growing tensions in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, centered on Archbishop Elpidophros, although some circles speak of imminent developments in the coming days. In Athens, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul and the United States, behind-the-scenes discussions and initiatives have been frenetic over the past fortnight, although ultimately it will come down to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who is keeping his…
Ambassador Pyatt delivers opening remarks at the 2018 Museum Conference (State Department photo) Benaki Museum – Piraeus 138November 29, 2018-Delivered to the Podium Kalimera sas,Minister Zorba, Mr. Manginis, Deputy Mayor Zepou, friends, it is a great pleasure to be here again and to join representatives of so many great museums and cultural organizations in Greece. I also want to particularly welcome what I believe to be the Greek Foreign Ministry’s entry class who are here as part of their cultural diplomacy educational stream, and I will just say to all of you that I hope you will have as much…