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Greece: A Volatile Situation
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris It was around springtime that the Samaras-Venizelos coalition government was flying high given that, after a long absence, Greece was able to return to the financial markets and float a new bond issue that was ten times oversubscribed and at an attractively low interest rate. This optimism, amid a general sense that […]
Ground Blessing for Saint Nicholas WTC
NEW YORK – More than 2,000 people gathered yesterday Oct. 18, 2014 at 130 Liberty Street, the new site for Saint Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center, for the historic event of the Blessing of the Ground and the symbolic “laying of the corner stone.”
Saint Nicholas, an Ecumenical Saint
By Nick Stamatakis “An endless fountain of divine gifts”, as the Orthodox Hymn to Saint Nicholas poetically says, may the new Church and Shrine at the hollowed space of Ground Zero be.
Britain behind all the ills and suffering in Cyprus
By MICHAIL IGNATIOU The British PM, David Cameron, was last Thursday in Acrotiri, Cyprus. .. This is the British Sovereign Military Base that the British got by fiat and blackmail, during the end of the anti-colonial struggle of EOKA (1, 2). Instead of departing defeated and humiliated, as they should have, they obtained dictatorial privileges […]
A Monument of Hope in Amphipolis
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris Since mid-August, Greece has been living the discovery of the tomb of Amphipolis as if following a daily soap-opera, with the public at large mesmerized by the constantly updating developments of the excavation. The chief archaeologist at the site, Katerina Peristeri, and her team have managed to even pique the interest of […]
Kissinger: “I think we are going to have to smash Castro”
By National Security Archive, George Washington University Washington, DC, October 1, 2014 –Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ordered a series of secret contingency plans that included airstrikes and mining of Cuban harbors in the aftermath of Fidel Castro’s decision to send Cuban forces into Angola in late 1975, according to declassified documents made public today […]
Eve Condakes: A Hellene of the World
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris Evanthia Condakes left a few days ago to journey to her beloved husband, Leo, with whom she lived a life centered on Orthodoxy, Hellenism and family and together with whom she left a lasting mark on the Greek Diaspora of America.
James Foley – a journalist’s journalist
By Robert Mahoney/CPJ Deputy Director Amid the tributes and war stories that followed the brutal beheading of James Foley this week, one memory from a fellow hostage shone a light on a side of his character that his audience might not have seen: his empathy not only for the people he covered but also for […]
The Reopening of Halki Seminary: A Great Opportunity for Turkey’s Image!
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris In one of the beautiful islands located in the Sea of Marmara there lies a legend. The name of the idyllic island is Halki and there-in sits a majestic school that began operating in 1844 teaching the Greek-Orthodox religion and its rituals. The famous Seminary of Halki that has had many a […]
What about Turkey and Cyprus?
By Uzay Bulut On July 20, two important incidents were reported by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, the country’s national public broadcaster.