December 2006
12-26-06 AHI Executive Director Completes Annual Trip to Greece
12-22-06 Op-Ed on “Financial Times’ Bias—Arm
of British Foreign Office”
12-18-06 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Regarding the Mistreatment of American Citizens by Turkish Officials During
the Meeting of Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew
12-13-06 International Herald
Tribune Commentary Article “What
happened when I criticized Ataturk”
12-07-06 Op-Ed on “The European Union Report on Turkey and
Turkey’s Negotiating Tactics”
12-07-06 AHI Noon Forum on “Turkey—Neither
Bridge nor Barrier: Towards a New Paradigm of U.S. Turkish Relations”
November 2006
11-27-06 The Washington Times Prints
AHI Letter to Editor on Op-Ed “Turkey’s
EU Accession”
11-21-06 Op-Ed on “The Impact
of the 2006 Elections”
11-15-06 AHIF Hosts Successful
5th Annual Conference on the Future of Hellenism in America in San Francisco
11-10-06 AHI Foundation Board Member Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Elected a Trustee
of Columbia University
11-09-06 Op-Ed on “A Democrat
or Republican Congress does it make a difference?”
11-08-06 AHI Commemorates OXI
Day “Reflections on the Significance
of October 28, 1940”
11-06-06 AHI Hosts Farewell Luncheon for the Ambassador of Cyprus
to the U.S. Euripides L. Evriviades
October 2006
10-31-06 The Washington Times Prints
AHI Letter to Editor on Editorial “Turkey’s
political future”
10-26-06 Op-Ed on “The State Department’s
Continuing Appeasement of Turkey”
10-19-06 AHI Hosts Third Annual Golf Tournament
10-17-06 AHI Hosts Farewell Luncheon for Greek Press Counselor Achilles
Paparsenos
10-04-06 Op-Ed on “The
New York Times Appeasement of Turkey”
10-03-06 Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis Dedicates New Chancery
Building of the Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.
September 2006
09-29-06 Speeches Given By Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis While
in Washington, D.C.
09-26-06 AHI Executive Director Visits Souda Bay Crete
09-18-06 Op-Ed on “2006
Questionnaire for Congressional Candidates”
09-15-06 AHI Noon Forum In Commemoration of the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922
09-13-06 AHI Noon Forum In Commemoration of the 1955 Pogrom Against
the Greeks of Istanbul
August 2006
08-30-06 Op-Ed on “Turkish
Aggression Plans in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the Aegean”
08-15-06 Op-Ed on "Turkey-Ataturk
and U.S. Policy-Fundamental Reexamination Is Needed"
08-14-06 AHI Letter to the New York Times opposes Turkish troops as a part
of an international security force between Lebanon and Israel
08-03-06 Op-Ed on “Cyprus
History: Turkish Aggression and Occupation, British Colonialism and State
Department Illegalities”
08-02-06 AHI Briefing and Luncheon on Capitol Hill
July 2006
07-31-06 AHI Letter to President Bush Re: why it is not in the interests
of the U.S. to have Turkish troops as part of a multinational peacekeeping
force between Israel and Lebanon
07-28-06 U.S. Government Expresses
Appreciation for Cyprus’ Support—Congressman
Frank Pallone Praises Cyprus for Help in Lebanon Evacuation
07-27-06 AHI Advisory Committee Member Kostas Alexakis Seeking Congressional
Office in Maryland
07-26-06 USA Today’s Christine
Brennan to be “Celebrity
Golfer” at AHI 3rd Annual Golf Tournament
07-24-06 Op-Ed on “Cyprus:
Does the State Department really want a settlement?”
07-11-06 AHI Delegation Completes
Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus—Hosts
2nd Annual Athens Dinner
June 2006
06-22-06 AHI Letter Responds to Washington Times Article
06-22-06 Senators Olympia J.
Snowe (R-ME) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Introduce Senate Version of “American-Owned
Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act”
06-02-06 AHI Noon Forum Commemorates
the Anniversary of the “Battle
of Crete”
06-01-06 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Regarding the Fatal Incident Between Greek and Turkish F-16 Jets Over the
Aegean Sea
06-01-06 Professor Charles Moskos Appointed AHIF Senior Fellow of
Greek American Studies
May 2006
05-30-06 AHI Noon Forum on “Memory: The Soul of History—The
Greek Pontian Genocide by Turkey” with Thea Halo
05-30-06 The AHI Annual Delegation Trip to Greece and Cyprus Scheduled for
Early June
05-25-06 AHI Transmits 2006 Greek American Policy Statements to President
George W. Bush
05-19-06 AHI Statement on the Commemoration of the 92nd Anniversary of the
Greek Pontian Genocide by Turkey
05-18-06 Op-Ed on “Greek
Americans and the 2006 Congressional Elections”
05-17-06 AHI Letter to Representatives
Ed Whitfield and Robert Wexler Expresses Extreme Disappointment on their
Decision to Host Commemoration of Ataturk’s
125th Birthday
05-16-06 AHI Hosts Noon Forum
on “Aegean Sea Treaty Regimes and U.S.
Law” with AHI Legal Counsel Nicholas Karambelas
05-15-06 The Union of Greek Shipowners Delegation Visits AHI Hellenic House
Headquarters
05-11-06 AHI Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Dennis
Hastert Opposes Arms Sales to Turkey
05-10-06 The Table of Contents, Preliminary Statement and Exhibits 1-7 of
the 2006 Greek American Policy Statements
05-08-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Statement on
Legislative Priorities Amended
05-05-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Statement on
Legislative Priorities
05-02-06 AHI Statement on Comments Made by Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice While in Athens
05-02-06 AHI Leadership Meets with the Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs Nicholas Burns
05-02-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Policy
Statement on Armenia
April 2006
04-28-06 AHI
Hosts Business Network Luncheon on “Investing in Greek Real Estate:
Opportunities in the Public and Private Sector” with Guest Speaker
Dr. Konstantinos Zacharopoulos
04-28-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Policy Statement
on Albania
04-27-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Policy Statement
on Compensation to Turkey’s Victims
04-26-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Policy Statement
on Critical Review of U.S. Policy Toward Turkey Needed
04-26-06 Op-Ed on “Turkey—Friend
or Foe”
04-25-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Policy Statement
on Turkey’s Suppression of the Religious Freedom of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate
04-24-06 AHI Hosts Congressional Salute to Greek Independence Day
04-18-06 Op-Ed
on “Secretary Rice and
Turkey: Tactical and Strategic Errors”
04-17-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations’ 2006 Policy Statement
on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
04-13-06 Greek
American Membership Organizations’ 2006
Policy Statement on the Aegean Sea Boundary
04-12-06 Greek
American Membership Organizations’ 2006
Policy Statement on the Cyprus Problem
04-11-06 AHI Hosts Weekend
Activities to Celebrate 31st Anniversary
Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner
04-11-06 Greek American Membership
Organizations Endorse the 2006 Policy Statement: The U.S. Should Establish
a “Special Relationship” with
Greece
04-06-06 Greek Minister of National Education
and Religious Affairs Marietta Giannakou Koutsikou Visits AHI Hellenic
House Headquarters
04-03-06 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Submits Testimony
to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing
and Related Programs
March 2006
03-30-06 Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Commemorates 185th Anniversary
of Greek Independence on the House Floor
03-29-06 Op-Ed
on “Turkey—Still
Anti-American and a Problem”
03-29-06 AHI Hosts Noon Forum
to Commemorate Greek Independence Day on “George
Jarvis: An American Fighter for Greek Independence” with AHI Chairman
James Marketos
03-23-06 Greek Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Christos Folias Visits
AHI Hellenic House Headquarters
03-21-06 GreekCircle Magazine Publishes Article
on AHI
03-20-06 Comments
of Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on March 18, 2006 at AHI’s
Annual Awards Dinner:
03-16-06 Odyssey Magazine Publishes Article
on AHI Fourth Annual Future of Hellenism Conference
03-16-06 Senator
Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) Commends President Tassos Papadopoulos on “New
U.N. Initiative for Cypriot Reunification”
03-13-06 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis
Speaks at the American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture Eleventh
Annual Educational Forum
03-06-06 Joseph Parente Featured at AHI Meet and Greet Noon Forum
03-06-06 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter
February 2006
02-28-06 Book Review by Nicholas G. Karambelas Published in The Washington
Lawyer Magazine
02-23-06 Op-Ed
on “British Foreign Secretary
a Mediator? It’s a Joke!”
02-17-06 AHI Noon Forum Panel on the Balkans
02-15-06 Greek NATO Delegation Visits AHI Hellenic
House Headquarters
02-07-06 AHI Reveals State Department's Encouragement of Direct Trade with
Northern Occupied Cyprus
02-06-06 Greek
Parliamentarian Savas K. Tsitouridis Visits AHI
Hellenic House Headquarters
02-03-06 The American Hellenic Institute Honored
for Greek Letters Day by the Three Hierarchs Parish in Brooklyn, New York
02-03-06 Senator
Tim Johnson Featured at AHI “Meet
and Greet”
January 2006
01-27-06 AHI Noon
Forum Highlights Current Crisis Facing Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox
Patriarchate
01-23-06 Op-Ed
on “The Year Ahead”
01-03-06 AHI Business Network Launches New Online
Job/Resume Posting
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