A Mosque for Athens, Alhough No Church for Istanbul
- Andy Dabilis
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- June 13, 2013
There is no separation of Church and State in Greece and the lines are fuzzy when it comes to religion impeding on official policy. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras doesn’t have to listen to anyth...
Firsthand View of Golden Dawn’s Thuggery in U.S.
- Spyros D. Orfanos
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- June 13, 2013
A few weeks ago I attended the Astoria screening of the new documentary Greek American Radicals: The Untold Story. The film is a unique historical document meant to cure amnesia over Greek-American wo...
Did Anyone Really Think This Had Not Been Going on?
- Amb. Patrick N. Theros
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- June 13, 2013
Didn’t you see Enemy of the State with Will Smith and Gene Hackman? Or watched any of a half-dozen TV series that demonstrate the ability of even small-to-middling local governments, let alone the Nat...
AGORA – THE ORIGINAL MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS
By Dan Georgakas and
Constantinos E. Scaros
From time to time, an issue emerges and inspires various minds to converge, often at odds with one another, to discuss it. Hopefully, collective enligh...
Here Lies a Greek Whistleblower: May He Rest in Peace
- Andy Dabilis
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- June 06, 2013
Unable and unwilling to stop corruption, bribery, graft, skullduggery and flat-out stealing from the public coffers – apart from a couple of sacrificial lamb scapegoats (can you have both lamb and sca...
In His Own Words: Greek FM Avramopoulos to AJC
The following are excerpts from the speech Greek Foreign Minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos gave at the American Jewish Committee Conference in Washington D.C. on Monday:
Dear friends,
Robert Elman ...
Reflections of Pontian Genocide, Fall of Constantinople
- Christopher Tripoulas
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- June 06, 2013
Last month marked the commemoration of two very solemn events in Greek history – the Pontian Genocide (May 19th) and the Fall of Constantinople (May 29th). Both are important and hold a special place ...
A Greek Pensioner’s Lot is Not a Happy One… Happy One
- Andy Dabilis
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- May 30, 2013
Maria retired nine months ago after working as a teacher in Greece for 33 years. She still hasn’t received her first benefit check, has been told it could be another three months or six months, or who...
Alexis Tsipras’ Moment Reminiscent of Gen. Boulanger
- Dr. Andre Gerolymatos
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- May 30, 2013
In the 1880s, France, like present day Greece, was going through a period of upheaval: financial crisis, corruption, and political malaise. The crisis eroded the morale of the French people and for ma...
AGORA – THE ORIGINAL MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS
By Dan Georgakas and
Constantinos E. Scaros
From time to time, an issue emerges and inspires various minds to converge, often at odds with one another, to discuss it. Hopefully, collective enligh...
Akis Tsochatzopoulos: Arrogant Face of Modern Greece
- Andy Dabilis
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- May 28, 2013
Every so often you come across a man who’s so arrogant – Bobby Bonds being the poster boy as well as a lying cheat – that Mother Theresa would kick him where it hurts and Quakers would line up to slap...
Reflections on the Genocide of the Asia Minor Christians
- Aristide D. Caratzas
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- May 28, 2013
May 19 was designated by the Greek Parliament in 1994 as a day of commemoration of the genocide of the Greeks of the region of the Pontus in Asia Minor. The elimination of the Christian Pontians from ...
Politicians Often Understand Easter’s Meaning the Least
- Christopher Tripoulas
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- May 28, 2013
On the Sunday of Pascha, a deputy from Greece’s main opposition party caught some justifiable flak for a tweet on May 5th comparing Christ’s Resurrection with Marx’s birthday. In addition to proving t...
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