Greece
Culture
Why Many Greek American Women Want to Get Married in Greece
When Greek-American women dream of their wedding day, they often include fantasies of getting married in Greece.
Is it the beautiful backdrop of the country, the dancing and food, or the lavish Greek Orthodox churches that inspire Greek-American women to...
Greece
Greek American Gets Greek Passport to Become An Evzone, Like His Grandfather
A 28-year-old Greek American obtained a Greek passport just to serve the country of his ancestors as an Evzone, a member of the famous Presidential Guard.
Andreas Holevas, born and raised in Pennsylvania, said that he wanted to become an...
Education
President Pavlopoulos Meets With Greek American Students in Athens
Greece's President, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, met with a group of Greek American students in the Presidential Mansion of Athens on Monday.
The group of students from the American-Hellenic Institute was headed by Nick Larigakis, the Chairman and Executive Director of the...
Greece
Greek American Dead, One Missing after Boat Capsizes off Oinousses Island
Α 68-year-old Greek-American man was found dead and his 22-year-old son is missing after a dinghy boat carrying four passengers capsized off Oinousses island.
The man's daughter, 24, and his friend also 68, were rescued.
The 24-year-old woman was spotted in...
Economy
Greek American EXIN Partners Acquire Emblematic Greek Insurer Ethniki Asfalistiki
EXIN Partners, a group consisting by John Calamos and John Koudounis of Calamos Investments, insurance expert Matthew Fairfield, and Pavlos Kanellopoulos together with Nicholaos Adamantiades of AIG have won the bid to acquire "Ethniki Asfalistiki," Greece's biggest insurer.
The Greek American's...
Greece
Greek American Foundation Plants 4,000 Saplings on Thassos
Greek-American "Plant your roots in Greece" is a non-profit foundation which contributes to planting saplings in Greece. Their new goal was to plant trees on Thassos island to help the island forget the wildfires of 1990-1991, which destroyed the...
Greece
The American Slave Who Fought in the Greek War of Independence
Ayios Ioannis Church in Argos was the site of a commemoration of the life of notable former slave and American philhellene James Williams.
Greece
The Greek Soldier Who Became an American Icon in WWII
The unlikely story of the life of Evangelos Klonis reads like a novel of adventure and heroism. It is the story of a Greek man whose photograph became the iconic symbol of the American soldier in WWII.
Yet, he died...
Diaspora
Mitsotakis Talks Greece with Greek-American US Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a meeting on Monday with visiting Greek-American US congressman Gus Bilirakis, in which they discussed Greece's role as a factor of stability in the Mediterranean.
The meeting between the PM and the US representative confirmed...
Diaspora
Hundreds of Fans Mourn at Funeral of Greek-American Rapper Mad Clip
A sea of fans gathered to honor the life of Greek-American rapper Mad Clip, or Peter Anastasopoulos, at his funeral in Greece on Monday.
Mad Clip tragically died in a car crash in the southern Athenian suburb of Vouliagmeni on...
Charity
Greek-American Philanthropist Gives Generous Donation to Prince Charles’ Charity
Greek-born philanthropist Marianne Metropoulos donated $1 million to Prince Charles' charity Prince’s Trust International.
Greece
Republicans in Greece Confident Greek-Americans will Give Thumbs-Up to Trump
"The Greek-American community, either in Greece or in the USA, is voting massively Republican," the Chairman of the Hellenic chapter of the group Republicans Overseas, Jonathan Constantine, tells Greek Reporter just three weeks ahead of the election.
"Greek-Americans in Greece...
Greece
Greek-American Couple Hospitalized for Covid-19 After Arriving in Greece
An elderly Greek-American couple who recently arrived via a transit flight to Greece were rushed to the hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.
The couple was initially cleared of having the coronavirus after undergoing testing at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos International...
Greece
Not a Greek Tragedy, But an American One Written By President Trump
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By Theodore Arapis*
Covid-19 is a crisis of large proportions, so large that World Health Organization (WHO) Director Dr. Tedros Adhanom has called it “an enemy of humanity.” For that reason, governments are called to take extraordinary measures to save...
events
American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce Honors Greek Prime Minister
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AHCC) held an official dinner on Monday in Athens in honor of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The event, part of the 30th annual "Greek Economic Summit" conference organized by AHCC, was held in a full-to-capacity...