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2006 Press Releases

Press Release Archives

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