All posts by NEO Magazine
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Cyprus still Has the Edge in Attracting International Businessby Aristos Constantine The world corporate map is beginning to be redrawn in ways that offer us an opportunity to present Cyprus as an advantageous and effective jurisdiction for global corporations. On the one hand, concern is...
- Posted November 14, 2014
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Gene Rossides Awarded Cypriot Parliament’s Highest HonorAmerican Hellenic Institute Founder Eugene T. Rossides received the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the Republic of Cyprus House of Representatives. President of the House Yiannakis Omirou presented a medal to Rossides as a token...
- Posted November 14, 2014
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“Song of My Life, A Memoir” Harry Mark PetrakisIn what he calls his coda the quintessential Greek American storyteller revisits his family, faith, home, and heritage With the discipline of a surgeon performing a critical operation, acclaimed storyteller Harry Mark Petrakis strips away layers of his...
- Posted November 14, 2014
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KOUROUNIA Portrait of a Greek VillageThe village of Kourounia in Chios, Greece captured in stunning photographs by native son George Michalakis shows the lost world of the Greek countryside both haunting and beautiful George Michalakis is a software engineer who grew up in...
- Posted November 14, 2014
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Journey of Hope: Vaccinating Children in GreeceOn April 2014, the Hellenic Medical Society’s Executive Committee headed by its President, Dr. Nicholas Mezitis, approved the mission of vaccinating underprivileged Greek children in Athens, Greece. Dr. Demetrios Markouizos was assigned by the committee the supervision...
- Posted November 14, 2014
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Tribute Concert for Legendary Stelios Kazantzidis in AstoriaΑ tribute concert to the legendary singer Stelios Kazantzidis will take place on Friday, December 12 , at the Stathakion Cultural Center (22-51 29th Street, Astoria, NY), featuring vocalists Eleni Andreou and Elias Makrynos with a special...
- Posted November 14, 2014
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A self-proclaimed “daddy’s girl” storms the construction industry and dreams big: Baltimore’s Eleni Marketisby Cindy Klimek When you picture the owner of a contracting company, a petite, blonde, former Miss USA semi-finalist isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But Eleni Marketis, owner of Marketi Enterprises, is all that...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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James Pedas Communication Center at Thiel CollegeThe Coordinated Effort of Hellenes congratulated one of the Greek-American community’s most generous members, Jim Pedas, on the recent inauguration of the James Pedas Communication Center at his alma mater, Thiel College in Greenwood, Pennsylvania. This state-of-the-art...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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The American Hellenic Council of California Celebrates its 40th Anniversaryby Cindy Klimek This year marks the 40th anniversary of the American Hellenic Council of California. The organization was founded in 1974 as a Save Cyprus group after the Turks invaded the Mediterranean island nation. To honor...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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Students Gain Life Changing Experiences at AHIF’s Foreign Policy Trip to Greece and CyprusThe American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) Foreign Policy Trip to Greece and Cyprus completed its sixth year as nine students from across the United States participated in the two-week program held earlier this summer. The participants received...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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Seven Greeks Make Forbes ‘400 Wealthiest People in the USA’ Listby Daphne Tsagari Seven billionaires of Greek origin are among the 400 wealthiest people in the USA, according to Forbes Magazine’s 2014 list. Candidates for the honor were required to have more than 1.55 billion dollars in...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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Greek Film Festival in New Yorkby Nikoleta Kalmouki The 8th New York Greek Film Festival is set to deliver American audiences a taste of memories and pictures, past and present, from the world of Greece. The festival includes the screening of several...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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A Time to Weep, a Time to Remember, a Time to Honor: Survivors and their Descendants at the Holocaust Sitesby Asher J. Matathias* Yom HaShoa (the Holocaust) is so total, devastating, unique in the annals of Jewish martyrdom through the ages, it merits two annual commemorations: a universal observance mandated by the United Nations on January...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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The Majesty of Sea, Surf and Montauk in the Photos of James Katsipisby Ellen Tashie Frisina* Photographer James Katsipis, 31, lives in Montauk – the very eastern tip of Long Island’s south shore, a small beach community whose population swells in the summer when tourists come for the sand,...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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The acting “whimsy” of the Zane familyShortly after Titanic premiered all four members of the theatrical Zane clan did their favorite thing: they gathered in London as they always have to watch a three-day whirl of matinee and evening performances at some of...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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“The Greek Monsters” at the National Hellenic MuseumA new exhibition titled “The Greek Monsters” is now open at the National Hellenic Museum (NHM). The oversized, colorful creatures are engaging for children and adults alike and tell classic mythological tales in a modern way. The...
- Posted October 19, 2014
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Heritage Greece Program – Changing LivesThe National Hellenic Society (NHS) is a newcomer on the Greek American scene and despite rumblings about NHS being a country club of the Greek American elite the characterization is inaccurate. NHS is indeed selective of about...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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The Hellenic Times Scholarship Turns 23by Markos Papadatos This year’s, 23rd Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund (HTSF) Anniversary Gala was held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square and honored 35 scholarship recipients, as well as three dignitaries for their philanthropic efforts....
- Posted September 13, 2014
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Petrocheilos’ ‘Friendraiser’ at Melissaratos’ Greenmount Farmby Maria Ioannides On Friday, September 5th, George Petrocheilos, a Towne Park business development executive, hosted his 3rd ‘’Friendraiser’’ at the Greenmount Farm in Glyndon, MD – home of Aris Melissaratos, the former Secretary of Business &...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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Veteran journalist George Giokas’ novel on growing up Greek in NICKEL ICE‘You take the endless ride on the bus to Greek school in the Bronx, but then again on the bus you meet the girl who likes you, you’ve got teachers who whack you for minor “infractions,” but...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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The 2014 Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation Awards GalaWith close to 500 supporters in attendance, the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation (PHSF) recognized the outstanding academic accomplishments of 40 exceptional Greek American undergraduates at the 2014 Gala held in the International Ballroom of the Hilton Chicago on...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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Top US Policymakers Call For End To 40 Year Division of CyprusOn the eve of the 40th commemoration of the July 20 invasion, occupation and division of Cyprus, the foreign policy leadership of the US Congress and a large block of its most influential members called on Turkey...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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Cyprus Problem: War Crime not just an Inter-Communal Disputeby Dr. Costi Sofocleous* The recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision against Turkey vis a vis the 40 year long Northern Cyprus Occupation and control by the Turkish military poses important questions regarding the credibility...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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The Cypriot Young Professionals Celebrate 1-Year Anniversaryby Laura Neroulias* This past June, in conjunction with the Cypriot Young Professionals (“CYP”) of the CYPRUS-U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 1-year anniversary event, young professionals and friends gathered for a night at KOPIASTE Taverna in Astoria, New...
- Posted September 13, 2014
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The Hellenic Relief Foundation: Helping Greek Families to Overcome the CrisisThis past July the Hellenic Relief Foundation distributed seventy Aid Packages to families and individuals in Gytheio, a town close to Sparta, Greece. The distribution took place at the CulturalCenter under the guidance of volunteers of the...
- Posted September 13, 2014
