The National Herald

a momentary respite

May 03, 2012, 03:00 PM

A week from now, the campaign pledges being made by the parties in Greece will have been forgotten. Even the results of the elections will have been forgotten. All eyes will be on the formation of the...

prophets of better leaders

May 03, 2012, 03:00 PM

A void exists, in some area, long before most people even become aware of it. By the time that it is realized, valuable time has already been wasted. But given time, the void will be filled. That is a...

why delta stops athens flights

May 03, 2012, 03:00 PM

First it was the charters. Then Olympic followed for the reasons we all know. Next came Continental. Now Delta is stopping its flights to Greece on October 26 to resume them next March, they say. Th...

“my big fat greek wedding” star appears in new film

May 03, 2012, 02:44 PM

After making an American Girl movie in Winnipeg last year, actress Nia Vardalos will be returning to her hometown to make a romantic comedy about four suburban friends who resort to starting up a phon...

california yacht hits mexico rocks, gps suggests

May 03, 2012, 02:41 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An American yacht destroyed while racing from California to Mexico ended up on the rocky shore of an island just past the border, according to a website that tracks boats by GPS, pote...

can a fable of pan-orthodoxy in america become reality?

May 03, 2012, 03:03 PM

By Ronald Andrei Muresan My fable begins with four babies being born to four families, all Orthodox. Two live on one block, the others one block over. In fact, two were born on the same day, in th...

lecture on cycladic and early greek art at met

May 03, 2012, 02:44 PM

A lecture by Nicholas Stampolidis, Professor of Archaeology, University of Crete, and Director, Museum of Cycladic Art —the inaugural program in The Metropolitan Museum’s annual series “Lectures in Cy...

samaras emphasizes ties to community in us

Theodore Kalmoukos
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May 03, 2012, 02:35 PM

ATHENS – The New Democracy Party (ND) president Antonis Samaras, just days prior to the most important and critical national elections in Greece, granted an exclusive interview to TNH, praising the et...

delta to suspend jfk- athens flights in october: expect to resume in march

Demetris Tsakas
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May 03, 2012, 02:35 PM

NEW YORK – Delta Airlines, the only airline with daily direct flights from JFK International Airport in New York to Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens has decided to suspend those flights after O...

elections of risk …and opportunities

Alison Gendar and Jonathan Lemire - NY Daily News
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May 03, 2012, 03:04 PM

By Alexis Giannoulis This Sunday’s Greek and French elections may mark the beginning of the end of the current political and partisan status quo in respective countries and gradually in Europe. The...

hellenic american professional women host 2012 career forum in nyc

Constantine S. Sirigos
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May 03, 2012, 02:38 PM

NEW YORK – Hellenic Professional Women Inc. (HPW) hosted its 2012 Annual Career Forum at the Cornell Club in New York City on April 28. Subtitled “Careers in Challenging Times,” the event featured a p...

carnival of love: a philanthropic “journey to morocco” that is fueled by fun

Constantine S. Sirigos
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May 03, 2012, 02:41 PM

NEW YORK – The Carnival of Love Foundation, Inc. nonprofit organization, dedicated to raising awareness and funds to support the health and well-being of children, held its fifth annual fundraiser in ...

greek america foundation focuses on new greece and 40 under 40

Constantine S. Sirigos
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May 03, 2012, 02:41 PM

NEW YORK – The National Innovation Conference – NIC 2012 – and Greek America's Forty Under 40 are endeavors of the Chicago-based Greek America Foundation. Over the weekend of April 27-29 they demonstr...

peter economides plans path to the new greece

Constantine S. Sirigos
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May 03, 2012, 02:38 PM

NEW YORK – Bad perceptions and stereotypes are deadly because by the time one becomes aware of them they have already taken root. Fortunately, good ones are powerful, too. Peter Economides, a renowned...

iocc celebrates its 20th anniversary, in dc

Constantine S. Sirigos
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May 03, 2012, 02:38 PM

NEW YORK – Established in 1992 as the international humanitarian organization of the community of Orthodox Churches in North America, the Baltimore-based organization International Orthodox Christian ...

htsf honors box king dennis mehiel

Constantine S. Sirigos
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May 03, 2012, 02:35 PM

NEW YORK – Analytical ability and intuition run in his family; and leadership, and giving back to one’s community. As the Chairman and CEO of box manufacturer US Corrugated, Inc., which was sold for $...

new huffington center opens at st. sophia in la

TNH staff
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May 03, 2012, 02:44 PM

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral opened the $16 million Huffington Center at Saint Sophia on February 5th despite the economic downturn, thanks to numerous donors. The 53,...

rainy days

Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos
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May 03, 2012, 02:44 PM

Rumor had it that Yiannis was working. No one at Dixon’s Cafeteria believed it, of course. Not Dimos, or John, or Kipreos, or George. “Who’d take care of Barbara?” asked Dimos, recalling Yiannis’ exc...

priest steps down as miami church is in dire financial straits

By Theodore Karantsalis and Theodore Kalmoukos
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May 03, 2012, 02:35 PM

MIAMI, FL – Archimandrite Stavroforos Mamaies, of Miami’s Saint Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, caught Church members by surprise on April 30 when he abruptly announced he was leaving. “If I hav...

the greek orthodox church of the hamptons

John Mindala kimisishamptons.org
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May 03, 2012, 02:38 PM

By John Mindala kimisishamptons.org SOUTHAMPTON, NY – On Sunday, April 29th, three hundred members of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons gathered to celebrate a major milestone in the constru...

johns hopkins hellenic association hosts its third annual greek night

Mary Smith
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May 03, 2012, 02:41 PM

BALTIMORE, MD – April 20 the Johns Hopkins Hellenic Association hosted its 3rd Annual Greek Night at the Charles Commons Ballroom of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The Association’s Presid...

orthodox resurrection health centre in tanzania

Emily Walker ocmc.org
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May 03, 2012, 02:44 PM

On March 19, 2012, the Orthodox Resurrection Health Centre became a registered health center in Bukoba, Tanzania. Originally opened as a hospital, the government shut it down in November of 2010, a mo...

benefactors, please come forth to rebuild st. nicholas church

Evan C. Lambrou
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May 03, 2012, 02:53 PM

To the Editor: Kudos to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) for hosting a town hall meeting in Astoria on April 22nd, and for helping to make Patrick Foye, the new executive director of the Port Aut...

like other english words, “ego” is greek in origin

May 03, 2012, 03:00 PM

To the Editor: It is known that the origin of Western Democracy is Greece. The Greek language is part of that, as many English words are of Greek origin, including the word, ego. The Latin language ...

a tale of two rangavises

Steve Frangos
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May 03, 2012, 02:35 PM

In 1870, during a politically sensitive moment at a European-wide conference on the Eastern Question in Paris, Alexandros Rangavis, Greek Minister to the United States, was directed to attend that con...

greek elections: be worried, be very worried

May 03, 2012, 02:53 PM

UBS Investment Research The Greek elections are important. A central risk factor is the political landscape after the Greek general elections this Sunday. According to recent opinion polls, party p...

world’s oldest democracy modernizes its politics as new parties thrive online

May 03, 2012, 02:48 PM

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — From his tiny, windowless office, George Palamarizis tirelessly chips away at Greece's political establishment. The web designer creates content for the Democratic Left — one of...

greece arrests 17 hiv-positive women in brothels

May 03, 2012, 02:53 PM

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities announced the arrest Wednesday of 17 HIV-positive women who allegedly worked illegally as prostitutes, accusing them of intentionally causing serious bodily har...

the greek debt crisis: rhyming history

Basil Zafiriou
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May 03, 2012, 03:03 PM

The financial crisis that shook the global economy to its foundations began on Wall Street, then spread across the ocean to Europe and the rest of the developed world. Greece, being on the periphery o...

greek elections 2012: a practical guide

Matina Stevis The Wall Street Journal
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May 03, 2012, 02:53 PM

ATHENS - A key part of following an election is knowing the rules. Here’s our guide to following the Greek elections. Times are in GMT and parts of this post are taken from the official Greek Interior...

after greece’s 'most critical' elections, country faces more reforms

Andy Dabilis
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May 03, 2012, 02:48 PM

ATHENS – Following a curious campaign in which rafts of splinter parties – ranging from mutineers to pirates to anti-capitalists to Nazis – opposed to austerity measures and the longstanding status qu...

greeks reveal euro or no in first election since economic downturn

Maria Petrakis
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May 03, 2012, 02:53 PM

Alexandra Paschia’s toddler runs among the shoes marked down to 5 euros ($6.63) from 50 euros in their family-run store in Athens. The demise of Greece’s economy has spanned the life of the 2 1/2-ye...

death notices

May 03, 2012, 02:48 PM

n ARAKAS, TOMMY MYRTLE BEACH, SC (From The Sun News, published on Apr. 27) – Tommy Arakas 78, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. He was born February 15, 1...

chian community bereft over sgouros’ sudden death

Demetris Tsakas
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May 03, 2012, 02:48 PM

NEW YORK – Pantelis Sgouros passed away at the age of 74 on Saturday afternoon, April 28. After struggling with pneumonia, his death plunged family and friends into grief, and many others mourned the ...

goings on

May 03, 2012, 02:38 PM

n MAY 4 MANHATTAN — The Cyprus-US Chamber of Commerce Inc. is holding their ninth annual awards dinner at which they will honor Noble Energy and their Chairman and CEO Charles D. Davidson. The dinner...

gary carter: continuing our goodbye to a baseball legend

Constantinos E. Scaros
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May 03, 2012, 03:03 PM

My columns rarely address sports or are written in the first person, but special circumstances warrant special conditions. Such is the case now because the sports world lost one of its most beloved le...

2012 presidential race - update

Constantinos E. Scaros
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May 03, 2012, 02:41 PM

Get this – the Democrats are trying to become the party of military might – a status they haven’t held since John Kennedy out-anticommunisted Richard Nixon in the 1960 campaign. As President Obama cel...

in meaningless election greeks will get fooled again

Andy Dabilis
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May 03, 2012, 03:03 PM

After three weeks of non-campaigning in which most politicians, fearful of being harangued or assaulted with eggs, yogurt, or having their own words thrown back at them, were in hiding – speaking only...

greece is in need of a peaceful political and socioeconomic revolution

Dr. John Psarouthakis The Business Thinker
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May 03, 2012, 03:03 PM

1. INTRODUCTION Greece is in great need for a peaceful revolutionary change in her political and socioeconomic structure and culture. All the current programs for austerity and such like are based on...

what should greece do about illegal immigrants? join the debate!

Antonis H. Diamataris and Constantinos E. Scaros
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May 03, 2012, 03:00 PM

From time to time, an issue emerges and inspires various minds to converge, often at odds with one another, to discuss it. Hopefully, collective enlightenment will result from such conversations. The ...

tired of all the bad news? author diamandis writes about a better tomorrow

Jon Gertner The New York Times
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May 03, 2012, 02:48 PM

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler 386 pp. Free Press. $26.99 The past few years have been trying ones for the world’s optimists. In rapid suc...

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