The National Herald

benefactors contribute to tnh’s fund for the neediest

February 02, 2012, 02:47 PM

Back on Dec. 15 we had called on readers of the Greek edition to support TNH's Fund for the Neediest, which has been helping the less fortunate for the past 20 years. In that commentary, entitled "H...

what patriotism demands

February 02, 2012, 02:47 PM

A recent New York Times Magazine article about whether Israel will attack Iran proclaims that “there is... the fierce conviction, right or wrong, that only the Israelis can ultimately defend themselve...

after being stricken by drought, istanbul yields ancient treasure

Jenny DeHuff - Philadelphia Bulletin
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February 02, 2012, 02:50 PM

ISTANBUL, TURKEY – For 1,600 years, this city — Turkey’s largest — has been built and destroyed, erected and erased, as layer upon layer of life has thrived on its seven hills. Today, Istanbul is a c...

annual leadership 100 conference to feature concert, business forum

February 02, 2012, 02:42 PM

PALM BEACH, FL – The 21st Annual Leadership 100 Conference will highlight a concert performance by internationally-acclaimed Greek tenor, Mario Frangoulis, on Friday, February 10, arranged by Conferen...

greek letters are alive and well in lowell massachusetts

Theodore Kalmoukos
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February 02, 2012, 02:42 PM

BOSTON, MA – More than 700 parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and other relatives of the Day Hellenic American School students of the historic Holy Trinity parish of Lowell, MA attended the ...

onassis exhibit complements three hierarchs and greek letters days

Constantine S. Sirigos
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February 02, 2012, 02:42 PM

NEW YORK – The current exhibition of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th Century AD, provided the perfect backdrop for t...

un international holocaust commemoration day marked in new york

Constantine S. Sirigos
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February 02, 2012, 02:44 PM

NEW YORK – Thirty three countries were represented by 63 diplomats at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on January 21, and although they were only a fraction of the UN’s membership of nearly 200 co...

tnh names sophia stavrakis the 2011 teacher of the year

Constantine S. Sirigos
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February 02, 2012, 02:44 PM

NEW YORK – For the19th straight year, The National Herald-Ethnikos Kyrix celebrated the devotion and energy of the Community’s teachers. Sophia Stavrakis, Director of the Greek School of the Church of...

the greek culture has retained its ubiquity

Zoe Kosmidou
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February 02, 2012, 02:35 PM

“In this world, which is increasingly narrowing, everyone needs everyone else. We must seek the human being, anywhere." George Seferis, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1963 The economic crisis that...

calotychos, greek lit prof at columbia, talks about modern greek reality

Constantine S. Sirigos
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February 02, 2012, 02:35 PM

NEW YORK – To grasp what is happening in Greece today, one can turn to economists and political scientists. It might be more illuminating, however, to consult Greek literature. Contemporary Greek nove...

fl pancyprians honor andy and mike manatos

Stavros Marmarinos
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February 02, 2012, 02:35 PM

TAMPA, FL – The Pancyprian Association of Florida honored the prominent lobbyists Andy Manatos and his son Mike with the “Kyrineia II” award during the Association’s annual Dinner-Dance at the “Ruth E...

nyc mayor visits church in corona

Constantine S. Sirigos
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February 02, 2012, 02:35 PM

CORONA – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg chose the Church of the Transfiguration in Queens’ Corona neighborhood to announce the success of one of his major anti-poverty initiatives. SaveUSA is a federal pr...

limberakis honored in athens

By Vasilis Koutsilas
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February 02, 2012, 02:42 PM

ATHENS – Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis and the Hon. Vasilios Bornovas were honored on January 29th by the historic Association of Constantinopolitans of Athens at their traditional vasilopita cutting. T...

searching for little egypt: the “nonexistent” performer’s existence

Steve Frangos
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February 02, 2012, 02:44 PM

If we accept the fact Little Egypt, the fabled belly-dancer, never existed, then it makes it all that much easier to find her. The area in which the figure of Little Egypt danced is between the perfor...

retired teacher proposes a trust to rescue greece

February 02, 2012, 02:47 PM

To the Editor: Thank you for your consistent and continuous support for what is best for Greece and its people. As the situation in our homeland has reached a critical stage for the survival and inte...

measuring happiness by general well being, not gdp

Samuel Brittan Financial Times
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February 02, 2012, 02:47 PM

The Greek philosopher Diogenes is said to have lived in a tub. But far from being dismissed as a crank, he was the only thinker whom Alexander the Great went to see – the others had to come to him. ...

is the country that invented the olympics now too broke to field olympians?

Ken Maguire The New York Times
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February 02, 2012, 02:45 PM

ATHENS – What happens if the country that invented the Olympics cannot afford to produce Olympic athletes? As this summer’s London Games approach, that notion is causing great angst in Greece, where ...

unemployment rate in greece has soared to 19.2 percent

Andy Dabilis
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February 02, 2012, 02:35 PM

ATHENS – Austerity measures demanded by international lenders to keep Greece from defaulting – it is already technically broke – have created a deep recession that now has left nearly one in five Gree...

cyprus’ jobless rate climbs, bond ratings sink, but deficit much better

TNH staff
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February 02, 2012, 02:45 PM

NEW YORK – The Unemployment rate in Cyprus soared to 9.3 percent in December. According to the <>, the island nation experienced one of the highest increases in the Eurozone last year, wi...

death notices

February 02, 2012, 02:45 PM

n DRAKOPOULOS, ANNE NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI (From Fosters, published on Jan. 11) – Anne C. Drakopoulos, 63, died Sunday Jan. 8, 2012 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, Rhode Island. Sh...

actress dimitra arliss passes away at 79

February 02, 2012, 02:45 PM

NEW YORK – Dimitra Arliss, a Greek-American actress whose many television and movie credits included roles on “Dallas”, “Rich Man, Poor Man”, and “Quincy”, and who was best known for her black widow s...

goings on

February 02, 2012, 02:42 PM

n FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 17 ATHENS – An exhibition of the art of Zoe Keramea: Enfolded paper, sculptures, and cut-outs. Solo presentation at the Hilton Hotel Athens. n FEBRUARY 6 WASHINGTON, DC – Th...

the greeks of danforth: a journey into canada’s hellenism

February 02, 2012, 02:44 PM

A recently released book titled The Greeks of Danforth, the Greek Town written by author Xeni Muhimoglou takes us on a journey into the heart of Hellenism in Canada. Τhe book reveals the Hellenic ...

maria menounos for new book: the everygirl’s guide to life

February 02, 2012, 02:44 PM

CHICAGO, IL – Celebrities rarely are as multi-faceted as Maria Menounos. The Greek American ex-beauty queen is the current co-host – with Mario Lopez – of “Extra,” the popular entertainment news pro...

ahepa expands: opens england and bulgaria chapters

TNH staff
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February 02, 2012, 02:45 PM

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), a leading membership-based association for the nation's three million American citizens of Greek heritage and Philhe...

where have you gone, archbishop christodoulos?

Theodore Kalmoukos
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February 02, 2012, 02:47 PM

BOSTON, MA – It is unbelievable but true that January 28 marked four years since the charismatic Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and all of Greece passed away and the question that has been asked e...

poof! houdini papandreou makes pasok disappear

Andy Dabilis
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February 02, 2012, 02:49 PM

Stand aside Criss Angel (Christopher Sarantakos) and David Copperfield, and let the real maestro of magic on the stage. Criss made a Lamborghini disappear? Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disap...

rendezvous with defeat: milquetoast mitt is too bland

Constantinos E. Scaros
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February 02, 2012, 02:49 PM

This is an appeal to the “establishment” wing of the Republican Party, who are planning to anoint Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate, and to the rest of the folks who actually think that’s a ...

2012 presidential race - update

Constantinos E. Scaros
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February 02, 2012, 02:49 PM

Mitt Romney verbally pounced upon Newt Gingrich, who was caught off guard by his opponent’s newfound aggression. Gingrich later said, quoting Lincoln, that he stopped responding because Romney was mak...

greece can learn from nyc’s crimefighting model

By A.H. Diamataris
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February 02, 2012, 02:49 PM

When a New York City police officer gets injured, or worse, in the line of duty, it is a very serious but common occurrence. On Tuesday night, for instance, an undercover officer was shot in the head...

the acropolis is for rent – is george seferis’ nightmare becoming a reality?

Christopher Tripoulas
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February 02, 2012, 02:49 PM

In its latest act of madness, the Greek Government has decided that in addition to mortgaging the country’s future and sentencing the citizenry to perennial poverty and hunger, it would be expedient t...

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