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Mommy, I Promise We Will Never Be Hungry Again!
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris “Mommy, take us home and we will never ask for food again!” With this heartbreaking cry, a girl residing at a nursery in the Kallithea area of Athens tugs on her mother’s skirt and begs her to take her and her two siblings back home. The mother, visiting to cuddle and play […]
AJC Condemns Fatal Attack at Golden Dawn Athens Office
New York, November 2, 2013 — AJC condemned the killing of two members of the Golden Dawn Party, and the wounding of a third, in a drive-by shooting outside the party’s office in northern Athens last night.
Note to Correspondents on the Secretary-General’s meeting with his Special Adviser on Cyprus
The Secretary-General was briefed today by his Special Adviser on Cyprus, Mr. Alexander Downer, on efforts undertaken in Cyprus towards a resumption of negotiations since the Secretary-General met with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in New York in September.
A Negative Press for Greece
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris In 2010, amid fears of an imminent default on the country’s bond payments and the potential for this contagion to spread to other European countries, Greece’s fellow eurozone members agreed to an unprecedented 110-billion euro rescue package. In the following year, an even larger bailout of 130 billion euros was arranged in […]
Rebutting Rector Attalides’s Position: “The Cyprus Problem in 2004″…
By Aris Petasis* In his article “The Cyprus Problem in 2004: Three Differences from 2004 and One Similarity” appearing in the September, 2013 issue of In Depth Rector Attalides of the University of Nicosia writes, “In 2004 one of the issues impeding a solution was that the economically overconfident Greek Cypriot community was convinced by […]
AJC Praises Cut-off of Golden Dawn Funding
October 23, 2013 – New York – AJC praised the latest Greek action against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party. The Greek Parliament overwhelmingly voted today, 235 to zero, to suspend state funding for Golden Dawn, which currently holds 18 of the legislature’s 300 seats.
To “Roam” Ancient Greek Drama to the Ends of the World
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris What a thrill it is to take your seat in the ancient Roman theater of Herodes Atticus, located right in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon perched immediately above, and experience a live classical performance.
Charter of Quebec Values or a Change in Immigration Policy?
By Justine Frangouli-Argyris A major controversy has erupted in Quebec as a result of Premier Pauline Marois’ proposed “Charter of Quebec Values,” which aim to prohibit public sector employees from wearing or displaying any overt religious symbols.
Readout of the President’s Meeting with the House Democratic Caucus
Today, the President met with the House Democratic Caucus at the White House. The meeting lasted over an hour. The President thanked the House Democrats for their support of the clean, short-term continuing resolution that would re-open the government and end the unnecessary pain this shutdown is causing families across the country.
A different strategy for Cyprus
By Mihalis Ignatiou In our country, the island of Cyprus, which our politicians consider the center of the earth, we outdo each other with the use of adjectives and labels. Words such as “treason” and “traitor” are tossed about daily