AHEPA Receives $35,000 Gift for Wildfires Campaign

AHEPA Receives $35,000 Gift for Wildfires Campaign The Order of AHEPA is proud to be the recipient of a $35,000 gift from the Peter and Stella Yiannos Family Trust, of Wilmington, Delaware, that will go toward AHEPA's Greece wildfires relief campaign, announced Supreme President George E. Loucas. Received in December 2018, the donation is made in memory of Angeliki Yiannopoulos, a relative of the Yiannos family who died in the wildfires that devastated Mati in July. read entire announcement AHEPA, IOCC Team-up to Provide More Public Health Aid to Greece In December, a tenth AHEPA-sponsored shipping container of medical supplies arrived at Thessaloniki and was delivered to the AHEPA Hospital in Thessaloniki. Supplies from the container were also delivered to the University Hospital of Alexandroupolis for delivery to medical facilities throughout Thrace. Ahepans from Alexander the Great Chapter HJ-3, Thessaloniki were on-hand to receive the delivery. AHEPA plans to secure a second container for shipment in fall 2019. Each container is secured with a $15,000 donation. Since 2012, AHEPA has teamed-up with International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) to deliver ten containers of medical supplies to various hospitals throughout Greece, providing invaluable public health assistance to the people of Greece.  Each container possesses medical supplies totaling an estimated value between $650,000 and $850,000.   Program Announcement | National Scholarship, Journey to Greece Applications Available The AHEPA National Educational Foundation has posted applications for its National Scholarship program and Journey to Greece program.  Deadline: to apply for a National Educational Foundation scholarship is March 31, 2019. (apply now) (promo video) Deadline: to apply for the Journey to Greece program is April 20, 2019. (apply now) (promo video) Hot Off The Electronic Press: The Ahepan The winter edition of The Ahepan is out! Read about the Birthplace of Hellas; how Odyssey Charter School is addressing the Greek language teacher shortage; and get caught-up on all the great service work our chapters provide to their communities. check it out Don't forget to follow AHEPA on social media:

Join AHEPA Today! In Our Own Words. What AHEPA means to us. Join AHEPA Now Upcoming Events & Deadlines   January 19 | Western Regional Banquet, Long Beach, California   February  1 | Deadline for the spring 2019 issue of The Ahepan  (submit online) 2 | Regional Banquet, Wilmington, Delaware February - March 25 - 2 | Monte Kofos Memorial Golf Tournament, Amelia Island, Florida Greek American News Digest   Editor's Note: Editorials, Commentaries, and Opinion pieces are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members.     Greek PM Tsipras expected to survive confidence vote on Wednesday Reuters (Jan. 14)  Greece's leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to survive a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday after his right-wing coalition partner quit in disagreement over a deal that aims to end a years-long name dispute with Macedonia. The coalition governing Greece for the past four years crumbled on Sunday after Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, head of the Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, left the government, leaving Tsipras short of an outright majority in parliament and raising the possibility of a snap election.  read more    Greece's New-Found Stability Put to Test as Tsipras on Brink  Bloomberg (Jan. 13)   Greece's political class is about to test investors' confidence that the country's years of turbulence are a thing of the past.  Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's political future is on the line this week after a coalition breakdown prompted him to call a confidence vote in parliament set for Wednesday, raising the risk of an early election. read more     Opinion | Greece's Great Hemorrhaging   New York Times (Jan. 10) Greece's government, a coalition of a radical left-wing movement and a nationalist right-wing party in power since 2015, celebrated the end of the country's third bailout agreement last August as a "return to normalcy." Our European Union partners and creditors, who disbursed 288.7 billion euros in loans over the previous years, also rushed to declare victory in the crisis that began in 2010.  read more Tesla's Powerpacks Could Modernize Greece's Electric Grid Futurism (Jan. 14) Greece is made up of thousands of islands, hundreds of them inhabited. That makes building a reliable electric grid in the European country a major challenge. But advanced energy storage and solar panel technology could make it a lot easier to ensure that every Greek citizen has a dependable source of energy - especially with the help of Elon Musk's electric vehicle and infrastructure company Tesla, which has reportedly met with the Greek Minister of Environment and Energy George Stathakis to discuss ways Greece could use its Powerpack technology.  read more Eastern Mediterranean countries to form regional gas market Reuters (Jan. 14) Eastern Mediterranean countries meeting in Cairo agreed to set up a forum to create a regional gas market, cut infrastructure costs and offer competitive prices, Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Monday.  read more Cyprus No Longer Mediterranean Haven for Russian Businesses Bloomberg (Jan. 9)   For Russian businesses, Cyprus just isn't what it used to be.  New Cypriot anti-money laundering rules are compounding the effects of U.S. sanctions against Russia and its high-profile citizens, driving money away from the one-time haven.  read more    Tsitsipas Makes History, Becomes First Greek Male to Win an Australian Open Match The National Herald (Jan. 14)   No.14-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first Greek male to ever win a main draw match at the Australian Open with a 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory over Italy's Matteo Berrettini in front of a rowdy crowd on Court No.3, tennisnow.com reports.  read more