US President Barack Obama held a celebration in honor of Greek Independence Day at the White House on April 4. In his speech, he welcomed the Greeks and Americans present at the event and spoke about the relations between two friends, the United States and Greece, while praising the Greeks for their strength. The US president also stressed that Greek-American relations go back a long way in history and that Greece is a very important ally for the United States. Mr. Obama concluded his speech by saying ‘Zito Hellas’, that is to say Long live Greece in Greek. The event,…
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Melbourne-based Greek community newspaper Neos Kosmos celebrated its 60th anniversary with a special anniversary edition published on December 7, illustrating its enduring appeal despite the challenges of the digital age. “There is a personal relationship between readers and the newspaper,” editor-in-chief Sotiris Hatzimanolis told Kathimerini before the anniversary edition was printed. Readers of Neos Kosmos – which appears every Monday, Thursday and Saturday – are generally over the age of 50 and continue to send letters to the editor or call its offices to comment on articles. The most recent controversial issue was November’s referendum on same-sex marriage. “They called…
By Henry Zeffman, Harrison Jones and Chris MasonBBC NewsNovember 28, 2023Image source, Getty ImagesRishi Sunak has canceled his meeting with the Greek prime minister after he felt a promise not to publicly discuss the Parthenon sculptures had been broken, Downing Street said. Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the BBC on Sunday he wanted the objects – also known as the Elgin Marbles – to return from the British Museum in Greece.The meeting was canceled Monday with late notice.A Greek government source denied assurances had been given to the UK.They said preparatory discussions for Tuesday’s meeting with the British prime minister had gone…
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Greece announced on Tuesday the reopening of a five-year bond issue maturing on June 15, 2028 and bearing a fixed interest of 3.875%. The Public Debt Management Authority is considering this reopening to satisfy investment demand and facilitate operations on the second bond market. The amount awarded will be 250 million euros and the settlement date will be Wednesday January 24. The auction will be done with the main dealers on the market. On the domestic electronic secondary bond market, the yield on the 10-year Greek bond was 3.30%, that on the 10-year German Bund was 2.22% and the yield…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly upheld the centuries-old tradition of offering prayers at the opening of government meetings, even though the prayers are overwhelmingly Christian and citizens are encouraged to participate.The 5-4 decision, supported by the Court’s conservative justices and opposed by liberals, draws heavily on the history of legislative prayer dating back to the framers of the Constitution.Defending a practice used by the town of Greece, New York, the majority held that opening local government meetings with sectarian prayers did not violate the Establishment Clause as long as no religion was promoted or denigrated and that…
Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch/ January 17, 2024 / The phrase “everything is Greek to me” is often used to refer to complicated things that people cannot understand. Yet for the award-winning columnist and former Chicago Tribune According to editor Georgia Garvey, her identity as a first-generation Greek immigrant not only influences her writing, but also helps her connect with readers across differences and allows them to better understand her point of view. Inside Garvey’s incredibly insightful, personal, and sometimes hilarious new book Everything will be fine (until it isn’t)her columns are compiled for the first time in a collection that covers…
Saiid Saiidi pioneered and revolutionized bridge construction – notably through the use of innovative materials – not only to make bridges safer, but also to make them usable after a major earthquake. For this, the College of Engineering civil engineering professor was honored by the American Society of Civil for his work with the Washington State Department of Transportation in the design, preparation of specifications and implementation of its technology as part of their State Route 99 exit ramp. Bridge in Seattle, Washington. The technology, using nickel-titanium shape memory alloy materials and custom composite concrete, allows the bridge’s columns to…
The term democracy, meaning “rule by the people”, was coined by the Greeks of ancient Athens to describe the system of self-rule of their city-state, which reached its golden age around 430 BC under the talented orator and politician Pericles. It is likely that the Athenians were not the first group of people to adopt such a system (a few places in India have traditions of local democracy that claim older origins), but because the Greeks named it, they had good reason to claim to be “democracy first”, even if a large part of Athenian society – notably women and…
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Once upon a time, PepsiCo faced a Greek snack problem: Best Foods, a fast-growing startup founded by entrepreneur Nontas Ohonos. It was in the 1980s when PepsiCo entered the Greek market. The American giant had the size and resources to expand into the market by purchasing Tasty Foods, a local snack company. But she didn’t have the entrepreneurial spirit of Nontas Ohonos, who had already created a strong brand from scratch. “When I started my company, Best Foods, with my brother in the early 1980s, we had very few resources,” he says.…