After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the time had come for Nick Hados and her husband, Ken Cook, to find an apartment where they could retire. The couple, who live in Little Havana in Miami, had fallen in love with Athens and were vacationing there in a tiny pied-à-terre they had owned since 2016. But by early 2022, they wanted something big enough to live fully. time. The right apartment would also be their ticket to Greek residency. As U.S. citizens, they could not move to a country in the European Union, which limits tourist visas to 90…
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TORONTO — Nia Vardalos, the actress and screenwriter behind “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” can now add a new line to her resume: cultural ambassador. The Greek-Canadian actress was to be honored Monday at a ceremony naming her cultural ambassador for Toronto’s Greek community for 2014-2015. Vardalos, who is in Toronto to star in Theater 20’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” rose to fame in 2002 with her role as a Greek-American travel agent struggling to get her zany family to accept her non-Greek fiancé. The Winnipeg-born star was scheduled to receive a plaque recognizing her commitment to the Greek…
Philip H. KnightCo-founder of Nike Inc.Founded: 1972″Play by the rules. But be fierce”-Philip H. Knight In 1993, the man The Sporting News voted “the most powerful person in sports” wasn’t an athlete, a manager or a team owner. He was Philip H. Knight, the dynamic iconoclast who, for nearly 30 years, has stepped into the shoes of sports legends and “weekend warriors.” In less than a decade, his marketing acumen and uncompromising competitiveness had transformed the athletic footwear industry and made Nike one of the most successful and recognized brands in the world.Knight first came up with the plan for…
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has given an important interview to the Athenian newspaper “Ta Nea” and journalist Michalis Mitsos, addressing a range of topics encompassing the Church and wider current affairs. His presence alongside Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, particularly at a time when the latter publicly stated that he would consider the possibility of the children of same-sex couples being baptized when they decided to do so autonomously at adulthood, has sparked considerable debate over whether Archbishop Elpidophoros aligns with the perspective of the Primate of the Church of Greece. “We cannot examine with a magnifying glass how a child…
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Biden administration approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Ratification by the Turkish government this week of Sweden’s accession to NATO. This decision represents an important step in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken on increased importance since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The State Department notified Congress Friday evening of its approval of the $23 billion sale of F-16s to Turkey, as well as a concurrent $8.6 billion sale of advanced F-16 fighter jets. -35 to Greece. The move comes just hours after Turkey deposited its “instrument of ratification” for…
Find out how to create your business school startup and launch your entrepreneurial journey in this BusinessBecause webinar There are many ways to launch a startup and embark on the entrepreneurial journey, business school is just one of the routes you can take. But enrolling in an MBA or master’s degree in business can have a profound impact on your entrepreneurial prospects. To find out just how big this impact can be, in this BusinessBecause Presents online seminar we spoke with entrepreneurship experts from our partners. Joining BusinessBecause and News Editor Matt Kefford in this webinar were Danielle Vogel, deputy…
Befitting a team loaded with international talent, the VCU basketball Rams will soon be making an international excursion. Coach Ryan Odom’s team will travel to Greece from July 31 to August 9 to play three exhibition games and visit Athens and the surrounding area. VCU’s foreign-born players include Michael Belle and Tobi Lawal of Great Britain, Sean Bairstow of Australia and Max Shulga of Ukraine. Bairstow and Shulga are transfers from Utah State. Lawal, a second-year student, is the only returnee among the group. Belle and Patrick will be in first year. It really is a reward in advance. Only…
On January 24, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens received the Medal of Honor for Achievement in Archeology from the National Arts Club (NAC). The ceremony took place at the historic Tilden Mansion, headquarters of the NAC, at 15 Gramercy Park South, New York. Alexander E. Zagoreos, chairman of the American School Board of Trustees, accepted the award. The evening was hosted by Michele Kidwell Gilbert, chair of the NAC Archeology Committee. The ceremony included presentations from Professor John McK. Camp and Professor Mary R. Lefkowitz are esteemed members of the American School Board of Trustees and leading…
UCLA will create a new center to support the study of Hellenic culture and engage Los Angeles’ Greek community. The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, which the university announced earlier this month, is funded by a $5 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation , a philanthropic organization. The grant is part of the $4.2 billion UCLA Centennial Campaign. The opening date of the center is still unknown. The center will promote multidisciplinary approaches in the study and research of Greek culture and history and serve as a cultural hub for Greek-Americans in the…
“You make us proud as a country,” declared Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, addressing the young Greek “start-ups” winners of the Pan-European Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards, whom he met yesterday. a few days ago, at the Maximos Palace. . The Prime Minister praised the importance of children’s success and stressed that everything can start from an idea, but it requires close cooperation and a lot of work to get to implementation. “We work well together when we want to and when we realize that only through cooperation can we move towards common goals,” he said. I have spoken to many groups…