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AHEPA Applauds Hellenic Caucus Leadership for Requesting Hearing on Parthenon Marbles
Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Gus Bilirakis, and Hellenic Caucus Member U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Jr.,
requested the Committee on Foreign Affairs hold a hearing on their
House Resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece.
"We applaud the Hellenic Caucus leadership for requesting a hearing on the topic," Supreme President Carl R. Hollister said. "We echo their request for a hearing on the resolution. The call for the
return of the Marbles is a universal one; a cause to make whole a monument that belongs to all humanity and is part of the world's cultural heritage as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We urge our U.S. representatives to co-sponsor and support the resolution, which has seven co-sponsors."
In their request to Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the Hellenic Caucus Members write, "These sculptures are ancient symbols of Greek heritage, culture, and art. Greeks and visitors should be able to experience and enjoy the entire frieze in Greece in the way it was intended and originally designed around the Temple of Athena."
AHEPA Happenings | Tampa Chapter Hosts Greece's Ambassador to U.S.
AHEPA
Lycurgus Chapter 12, Tampa, Fla., hosted a "Meet & Greet" with Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the U.S. Haris Lalacos and Consul General of Tampa Dimitrios Sparos, at The Floridan Palace Hotel, Jan. 29. AHEPA Family Citrus District 2 Lodge officers and officers from Chapter 12 and George Washington Chapter 16, Tarpon Springs, Fla., attended. The AHEPA family of District 2 appreciated the opportunity to host the "Meet & Greet" with Ambassador Lalacos and Consul General Sparos, affording the community the opportunity to discuss the latest developments in Greece and U.S.-Greece relations.
AHEPA Congratulates President
Anastasiades
Supreme President Carl R. Hollister sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, who was re-elected to the presidency on Feb. 4.
"The challenges that await you in a second term are significant. We wish you the best as you work to address and meet these challenges head-on," Hollister wrote, adding the Order of AHEPA looks forward to working with President Anastasiades to help strengthen U.S.-Cyprus relations, among other policy priorities.
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Program Announcements
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Greek American News Digest
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Greeks rally in Athens to protest use of the name Macedonia
Associated Press (Feb. 5)
Well over 100,000 protesters from across Greece converged Sunday on Athens' main square to protest a potential Greek compromise in a dispute with neighboring Macedonia over the former Yugoslav republic's official name. read more Additional coverage from BBC
Athens welcomes pledge by FYROM's Zaev to move on name
Ekathimerini (Feb. 6)
The prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, said on Tuesday that Skopje is ready to accept a geographical qualifier to its name and that it has already followed through on pledges of good will to Athens.
Zaev said his cabinet decided on Tuesday to rename its capital's airport "Skopje International Airport" from the current "Alexander the Great International Airport" and to rename a key national highway "National Friendship Road" instead of the current "National Road Alexander the Macedonian." read more
Cyprus president Anastasiades wins run-off to land second term
Reuters
(Feb. 4)
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades won a second five-year term on Sunday as voters gave a thumbs-up to his record in containing an economic meltdown in 2013 and his attempts to reconcile with estranged Turkish Cypriots on the ethnically-split island. read more
Major Cypriot offshore gas field discovered - report
Globes (Feb. 4)
The Cypriot media has reported the discovery of a major natural gas field in Cypriot economic waters, 75 kilometers off the island's southern coast. The reservoir reportedly contains 170-230 BMC of gas, 70% as much as the Tamar reservoir in Israel's territorial waters. The reservoir, which is located in bloc 6 and is called Calypso, will be developed by a European consortium composed of Italian company ENI and French company Total SA.
read more
U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt hopeful 2018 will be the year of Greece's full recovery
Greek News via
ANA-MPA
(Feb. 3)
Addressing the annual meeting of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt expressed confidence that 2018 will be the year Greece fully recovers from nearly a decade of economic crisis.
"I have every reason to expect more U.S. investment in Greece this year. Whether it's interest in power sector privatizations, or interest in the Alexandroupoli port, in civil aviation, or in shipyards, big American investors and companies are out there looking for ways to partner with Greek companies and take advantage of the value proposition that Greece represents." read more
Turkey maintains tough stance on Cyprus in Kathimerini interview
Ekathimerini (Feb. 6)
Ankara is "prepared to take all necessary measures" to protect the rights of the Turkish Cypriots and the Turkish continental shelf in the eastern Aegean, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells
Kathimerini in an interview.
Cavusoglu claims that Block 6 of Cyprus's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), where hydrocarbon exploration is already taking place, is within Turkey's continental shelf, while reiterating claims by the country that there is no sea border between Greece and Cyprus. read more
Nikos Kavadias: Life at Sea and Poems Set to Music
The National Herald (Feb. 4) [Subscription Required]
The statue of the poet Nikos Kavadias in Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece. read more
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