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2009 Press Releases

Press Release Archives

December 2009

12-28-09 PR 86 Op-Ed: The Importance of Increased US Investment in Greece and Cyprus

12-28-09 PR 85 AHI Executive Director Works to Strengthen Ties with Greece, Cyprus

12-17-09 PR 84 Op-Ed: Obama and Erdogan

12-17-09 PR 83 American Hellenic Institute Expresses Its Deep Sorrow on the Passing of Dr. Nicholas D. Matsakis

12-12-09 PR 82 Eighth Annual Future of Hellenism in America Conference Hosted by AHIF

12-03-09 PR 81 AHI Releases Progress Report on Cyprus Talks

November 2009

11-30-09 PR 80  AHI Sends Letter to President Barack Obama Regarding His Forthcoming Meeting with the Prime Minister of Turkey

11-16-09 PR 79 AHI is Now Accepting Applications for the “Summer 2010 AHI Internship Program” in Washington, DC

11-16-09 PR 78 Op-Ed: The Patriarch Goes to Washington

11-04-09 PR 77 Op-Ed: The Importance of Raising Awareness of “OXI Day”

11-04-09 PR 76 AHI Hosts Noon Forum to Commemorate the Anniversary of OXI Day

October 2009

10-23-09 PR 75 Op-Ed: Obama Needs to Change U.S.—Turkey Relations

10-20-09 PR 74 AHI Congratulates George Apostolakis and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis on their Nomination by President Obama for Key Administration Posts

10-20-09 PR 73 “Letter to the Editor” of the New York Times Online from Ambassador Andreas Jacovides

10-20-09 PR 72 AHI Hosts Sixth Annual Golf Classic

10-09-09 PR 71 The Newly Appointed Ambassador of Greece to the United States, Vassilis Kaskarelis, Makes First Visit to AHI

10-06-09 PR 70  Department of Defense Responds to Congressman Sarbanes’s Letter Regarding Inaccuracies of Turkey’s Role in WWII

10-05-09 PR 69 “Letter to the Editor” of the National Herald Regarding the AHIF College Student Trip to Greece and Cyprus

10-05-09 PR 68 Op-Ed: What is the Greek Lobby?

10-02-09 PR 67 Greek Military Delegation Visits AHI

September 2009

09-30-09 PR 66 AHI Hosts Noon Forum to Commemorate the 87th Anniversary of the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922

09-14-09 PR 65 College Students Complete Inaugural AHIF Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus

09-09-09 PR 64  AHI statement on the 54th anniversary of Turkey’s destruction of the110,000 Greek Orthodox Christian community of Istanbul and AHI’s call for a compensation for its victims

09-09-09 PR 63  Op-Ed: Our Problem is Indifference

August 2009

08-28-09 PR 62 American Hellenic Institute Statement on the Passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy

08-10-09 PR 61  Op-Ed: Education by Visitation: AHIF Sponsors Student Trips to Greece & Cyprus

08-07-09 PR 60  AHI Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post

08-03-09 PR 59  Congress Should Investigate the State Department’s Violations of the Rule of Law

July 2009

07-28-09 PR 58  AHI Letter to the Editor Published in the Washington Times

07-24-09 PR 57  AHI Hosts Seminar, Luncheon Speech to Mark 35th Anniversary of Cyprus Invasion

07-24-09 PR 56  AHIF Launches It’s First Issue of the AHIF Online Policy Journal

07-21-09 PR 55  AHI Delegation Completes Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus

07-21-09 PR 54  AHI-Athens Fifth Annual Awards Dinner Honors Joanna Despotopoulou and Lavrentis Lavrentiadis

07-17-09 PR 53  Congressman John Sarbanes Sends Letter to State and Defense Department Officials to Correct Inaccuracies Regarding Turkey’s Involvement in WWII

June 2009

06-25-09 PR 52  Op-Ed: The Need To Engage Turkey With Pressure

06-24-09 PR 51  College Students to Depart for Inaugural AHIF Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus

06-17-09 PR 50   Op-Ed: If the U.S. can say it to Israel, They can certainly say it to Turkey

06-17-09 PR 49  AHI Sends Letter to President Barack Obama Regarding Additional IMF Loans to Turkey

06-05-09 PR 48 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Speaks at the Inaugural Installment of The Symposium Series, Sponsored by the Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center in Chicago

06-05-09 PR 47 AHI Founder Gene Rossides Honored with the Peter N. Derzis Award for Hellenism at the 40th Anniversary Gala of AHEPA Chapter 438

06-05-09 PR 46 AHI Noon Forum Commemorates the Battle of Crete with Guest Speaker Brigadier General Ilias Leontaris, Defense Attaché of the Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.

May 2009

05-30-09 PR 45 AHI Member Dr. Takey Crist Donates Cypriot Artifacts and Rare Books to Support Greek Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

05-30-09 PR 44 Five Greek Cypriot Mayors from the Occupied Territory of Northern Cyprus Visit AHI

05-30-09 PR 43 Members of the AHI Delaware Chapter Meet with Senator Ted Kaufman

05-30-09 PR 42 The American Hellenic Institute Expresses its Deep Sorrow on the Passing of Lambros Papantoniou

05-30-09 PR 41  Op-Ed: Obama-Turkey, NATO and the EU

05-29-09 PR 40  AHI Announces 2009 Greek American Policy Statements

05-19-09 PR 39  AHI Co-Hosts Farewell Dinner in Honor of Greece’s Ambassador to the U.S.

05-15-09 PR 38  AHI Executive Director Speaks at the Ohio State University

05-11-09 PR 37  Greece’s Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Dimitrios Voulgaris Visits AHI

05-06-09 PR 36  Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis, Deputy Chief of Operations, Hellenic National Defense General Staff Visits AHI

05-14-09 PR 35  Op-Ed: Greece: An Important Partner for Euro-Atlantic Security

05-06-09 PR 34  AHI Hosts Capitol Hill Book Presentation by Professor Van Coufoudakis

05-01-09 PR 33  AHI Nominated Among “Greek America’s Best and Brightest Stars”

05-01-09 PR 32  Op-Ed: Obama Visits Turkey-Pluses and Minuses

05-01-09 PR 31  Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiades Varvitsiotis Visits AHI’s Hellenic House

05-01-09 PR 30  AHI Letter to the Editor Published in the Washington Times

April 2009

04-24-09 PR 29  AHI president, executive director attend ceremony to mark latest delivery of F-16 aircraft to Hellenic Air Force

04-09-09 PR 28  Op-Ed: Greek Independence Day at the White House—Lost Opportunity

04-08-09 PR 27  AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Visits Florida to Take Part in the Greek Independence Day Celebrations

04-07-09 PR 26  The Mayor of Thessaloniki Vassilios Papageorgopoulos Visits AHI

04-06-09 PR 25  AHI Hosts Annual Congressional Salute to Greek Independence Day

04-06-09 PR 24  The American Hellenic Institute Expresses Its Deep Sorrow on the Passing of Drexel University President Dr. Constantine Papadakis

March 2009

03-26-09 PR 23  AHI Sends Letter to President Barack Obama

03-26-09 PR 22  AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Testifies before House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

03-23-09 PR 21  AHI Hosts Weekend Activities to Celebrate 34th Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner

03-20-09 PR 20  Op-Ed: Obama/Biden and Turkey’s Anti-Semitism

03-17-09 PR 19  AHIF Launches College Student Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus

03-10-09 PR 18  AHI, In Response To U.S. Report, Condemns Turkey Treatment Of Ecumenical Patriarchate

03-05-09 PR 17  AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Regarding Her Trip to Turkey

February 2009

02-25-09 PR 16  AHI Set to Honor a Star-Studded List of Greek Americans At its 34th Annual Gala Dinner

02-19-09 PR 15  AHIF Internship Program in Washington D.C.

02-19-09 PR 14  Greece Will Be “Honest Broker” as OSCE Chairman, Ambassador Says

02-19-09 PR 13  AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

02-17-09 PR 12  AHI Sends Letter to President Barack Obama

02-16-09 PR 11  Op-Ed: Let’s Show Support for Senator Robert Menendez

02-04-09 PR 10  AHI Congratulates Congressman Gus Bilirakis

02-04-09 PR 09  Deputy Chief of Mission Jonathan R. Cohen, U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus Visits Hellenic House

02-04-09 PR 08  American Hellenic Institute Foundation Fellows

02-04-09 PR 07  AHIF to Launch Online Policy Journal

January 2009

01-30-09 PR 06  Op-Ed: An Especially Historic Inauguration

01-28-09 PR 05  Alexandros (Aleco) Haralambides Elected New AHI President

01-23-09 PR 04  AHI Hosts Dinner in Honor of the Greek American Delegation of the 111th Congress

01-21-09 PR 03  AHI Executive Director Interview with the Greek News

01-21-09 PR 02  Op-Ed: End the “Special Relationship” with the UK

01-08-09 PR 01   Op-Ed: The Obama/Biden National Security Team