AHEPA Honors America's Fallen Heroes

AHEPA Honors America's Fallen Heroes


AHEPA paid its respects on behalf of the American Hellenic community to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom, democracy, and liberty at Arlington National Cemetery this week. Ahepans placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on May 24 (a tradition since 1924) and AHEPA family members from the metro Washington, DC area placed wreaths at nearly 600 gravesites on May 26 (a ceremony performed since 1949). read press release


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Media Share | Ethnikos Kyrix Editorial Lauds AHEPA

We are pleased to share an editorial published in Ethnikos Kyrix, May 11, 2018 that is complimentary of AHEPA's recent overseas Leadership Excursion and the relationships the Order has forged over recent years in addition to commenting on the Order's relevance.

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Godly giants in kilts: Meet Greece's best known soldiers
Associated Press (May 23)




It might be the short, pleated kilts, tasseled black garters and pompom-tipped shoes, but there's something more endearing than intimidating about Greece's best-known military unit, the Presidential Guard. Which helps explain why they are one of Athens' most popular tourist attractions, vying for camera clicks with the millennia-old ruins of Greece's Golden Age. read more

Kotzias and Dimitrov conclude their mission; final agreement in the hands of the Prime Ministers
ANA-MPA News (May 28)




Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias stated on Monday, on the negotiations on the FYROM name issue, that the two countries' foreign ministers have concluded their negotiations, while leaving EU's Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels.
"Possibly today or tomorrow, the negotiation will continue on technical and legal issues which must be clarified." Kotzias also said that "when the technical and legal issues have been solved, then the texts made at Foreign Ministers' level will be given to the two Prime Ministers that will discuss and reach the final agreement." read more

The Legend of the Marble King and Other Facts and Stories about The Fall of Constantinople
The Pappas Post (May 29)


May 29, 1453 is known throughout the Greek world as a black anniversary - the day the Byzantine capital city of Constantinople fell to the invading Ottoman Turks. A turning point in Western history, the fall of Constantinople was devastating to the Greek world and the beginning of centuries of occupation and enslavement. read more

Top Greek court grants Turkish soldier asylum, rejects government appeal
Reuters (May 23)

A Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to Greece after a failed coup attempt against President Tayyip Erdogan in 2016 should be granted asylum, a Greek court ruled on Wednesday, prompting an angry response from Ankara. read more

'People just have less time now': is the Mediterranean diet dying out?
The Guardian (May 25)



Possible suspects in the demise of the Mediterranean diet are not hard to find in the food court of Plenilunio, a giant mall not far from Madrid airport that offers customers 138 shops, a multiscreen cinema and dozens of restaurants. If visitors are not in the mood for a McDonald's, Burger King or Subway, there's a KFC, a kebab restaurant, a noodle place, a sandwich bar, a tex-mex joint, a US-style diner or two Italian chains. read more


Why are US drones being based in Greece for the first time?
Defense News (May 24)



For the first time, American military drones are operating from a Greek airfield. But don't expect a permanent stay. The U.S. Air Force has begun using MQ-9 Reaper drones out of Larisa Air Force Base, located halfway down Greece's eastern side, near the Aegean Sea. read more

Commentary | How Greece saved Europe in the aftermath of WWII
Ekathimerini (May 28)



Greece could have become a communist country in 1947 and stayed that way until at least 1989, even though many believe that on October 9, 1944, at the Moscow Conference, Winston Churchill gave Joseph Stalin a napkin saying that Great Britain wanted 90 percent of Greece and we all - including the Americans - lived happily ever after. read more

Europarliament event on press freedom commemorates death of CBS journalist George Polk

ANA-MPA News (May 25)

An event focusing on the unsolved murder of CBS journalist George Polk in Thessaloniki in 1948 was held at the European Parliament office in Athens on Friday. Office director Leonidas Antonakopoulos said that "George Polk represents investigative journalism. He came to Greece to cover the civil war and ended up floating in the Thermaikos Gulf with a bullet in his head." read more