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2008 Press Releases

Press Release Archives

December 2008

12-22-08 PR 82 AHI Executive Director Completes Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus

12-19-08 PR 81 AHIF Hosts 7th Annual Conference on the Future of Hellenism in America

12-11-08 PR 80 AHI Mourns the Passing of the former President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos

12-11-08 PR 79 Cyprus News Agency Interview with AHI Executive Director

12-08-08 PR 78 Op-Ed: Obama/Biden and Turkey

November 2008

11-19-08 PR 77 U.S. Ambassador Designated to Turkey, James Jeffrey, Visits Hellenic House

11-18-08 PR 76 AHI Sends a Letter to Chairman Gene Taylor of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Regarding Two OSPREY Mine Hunter Ships

11-18-08 PR 75 Op-Ed: Setting the Record Straight

11-12-08 PR 74 D-Day and OXI Day

11-11-08 PR 73 AHI Noon Forum Commemorates the Anniversary of OXI Day with Guest Speaker Gregory C. Pappas, Publisher of Greek America Magazine

October 2008

10-28-08 PR 72 Greece’s Deputy Minister of National Defense Visits Hellenic House

10-23-08 PR 71 Op-Ed: Does Turkey want a Cyprus Settlement?

10-21-08 PR 70 AHI Hosts Fifth Annual Golf Tournament

10-16-08 PR 69 Obama/Biden Release Statement on Greek American Issues

09-30-08 PR 68 Op-Ed: Support Our Greek American Candidates for Congress

09-09-08 PR 67 Op-Ed: State’s Blunders on Georgia and Cyprus Damage U.S. Interests

10-08-08 PR 66 The Institute on Religion and Public Policy Lists Turkey for Potential Designation as a Country of Particular Concern in 2009

10-08-08 PR 65 AHI Hosts Capitol Hill Event in Commemoration of the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922 with Featured Guest Giles Milton Presenting His Recently Published Book Paradise Lost, Smyrna 1922

10-07-08 PR 64 The American Hellenic Institute Urges Restriction of Turkish Government Involvement in UN-Backed Reunification Talks Between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots

September 2008

09-30-08 PR 63 Greece's Chief of the General Staff Visits Hellenic House

09-26-08 PR 62 Newly Employed AHI Staff Members

09-26-08 PR 61 Congressional Hopeful from Maine Sends Position Paper to AHI on Issues Relating to U.S. Relations with Greece and Cyprus

09-26-08 PR 60 Sen. McCain’s Letter to President Bush Regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate

09-20-08 PR 59 Greece’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Visits AHI’s Hellenic House

09-20-08 PR 58 AHI Reaches Out to Presidential Candidates

09-15-08 PR 57 Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte Meets with AHI Leadership

August 2008

08-20-08 PR 56 AHI Sends Letter to President Bush Regarding Russia/Georgia and Turkey/Cyprus

08-18-08 PR 55 What About Turkey’s War Criminals?

08-06-08 PR 54 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter Regarding Cyprus AMENDED

July 2008

07-29-08 PR 53 Op-Ed: Obama—Sudan, Zimbabwe, Turkey and the Rule of Law

07-28-08 PR 52 U.S. Congress Commemorates 34 year Turkish Illegal Invasion and Occupation of Cyprus

07-25-08 PR 51 Newly Appointed U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Athens Embassy Visits AHI

07-25-08 PR 50 Cyprus Solution, Please, Kathryn Cameron Porter, Washington Times

07-25-08 PR 49 AHEPA ENDORSES 2008 GREEK AMERICAN POLICY STATEMENTS

07-24-08 PR 48 AHI Honors Congressman Zack Space of Ohio

07-24-08 PR 47 Snow to Rice Letter

07-24-08 PR 46 American Hellenic Institute Praises Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) For His Stance on Macedonian Naming Issue

07-23-08 PR45 AHI Hosts Timely Forum on Cyprus 34 Years After Invasion and Occupation—Experts Agree that Key to Solution Remains in Ankara

07-18-08 PR44 Op-Ed: Obama – McCain and a State Department Shakeup

07-15-08 PR43 U.S. Ambassador Designate to Cyprus Visits AHI

07-14-08 PR42 AHI Supports AHEPAcademy Washington Summer Program for Second Year in a Row

07-14-08 PR41 American Hellenic Institute Draws Attention to Continuing Restrictions on Religious Freedom in Turkey

07-10-08 PR40 AHI-Athens Gala Dinner Honors World-Renowned Composer Vangelis and Female Entrepreneur Kitty Kyriacopoulos

07-10-08 PR39 AHI Delegation Completes Annual Trip to Greece and Cyprus

07-02-08 PR38 Op-Ed: McCain, Obama & Turkey’s Lobbyists

June 2008

06-03-08 PR37 Op-Ed: British and U.S. Responsibility for Turkey’s Aggression in Cyprus

06-03-08 PR36B Alexis Phylactopoulos, CYA President, Speaks at AHI Noon Forum on “College Year in Athens: 45 Years in the Service of U.S.-Greek Cultural Relations”

06-02-08 PR36 American Hellenic Institute Expresses Its Deep Sorrow on the Passing of Charles Moskos

May 2008

05-23-08 PR35 AHI Sends Letter to The Washington Times Regarding Editorial on “Macedonia”

05-15-08 PR34 The NE Chapter of AHI holds Successful Seminar on Grassroots Lobbying

05-14-08 PR33 Professor Christos P. Ioannides Appointed AHIF Fellow of Greek American and Cyprus Studies

05-13-08 PR32 John Calamos Sr. Speaks at AHI Business Network Event in Philadelphia

05-13-08 PR31 AHI Noon Forum with Van Coufoudakis “International Law and Minority Protection: The Fate of the Greeks of Imbros and Tenedos”

05-01-08 PR30 AHI Meets with Pennsylvania Congressman, Joe Sestak

April 2008

04-28-08 PR29 Doug Bandow Speaks at AHI Noon Forum on “Improving U.S. – Russian Relations: A Key to Balkan Stability"

04-24-08 PR28 Mr. Evangelos Venizelos, Greek Parliament Member Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

04-24-08 PR27 AHI Hosts Annual Congressional Salute to Greek Independence Day

04-17-08 PR26 Op-Ed: Tom Cholakis: A Man for All Seasons

04-11-08 PR25B Response to AHI Director's Letter to Smithsonian

04-11-08 PR25 Greek Deputy Minister of Agriculture Konstantinos Kiltidis Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

04-07-08 PR24 AHI Sends Letter to The New York Times Regarding Editorial on “Macedonia”

04-04-08 PR23 AHI Hosts Weekend Activities to Celebrate 33rd Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement and National Public Service Awards Dinner

04-03-08 PR22 AHI Sends Letter to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

04-02-08 PR21 Greek Minister of Development Christos Folias Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

March 2008

03-28-08 PR20 AHI Sends Letter to Smithsonian Institution Regarding Lecture on “Macedonia”

03-26-08 PR19 The "Argonauts" Association of Magnesia Honors AHI Executive Director

03-25-08 PR18 Op-Ed: State Department Web Info on Greece Needs Improvement

03-21-08 PR17 AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis Submits on behalf of the American Hellenic Institute on the Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations Bill Submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs March 20, 2008

03-19-08 PR16 Congress Honors Greek Independence Day

03-10-08 PR15 Greek Deputy Minister of Development Stavros Kalafatis Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

February 2008

02-27-08 PR14 Oped: State Department’s Web Info on Turkey False and Misleading

02-26-08 PR13 AHI Announces 2008 Greek American Policy Statements

02-15-08 PR12 AHI Joins Other Greek American Organizations In Placing a One Page AD in the Washington Times Featuring an Open Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding FYROM

02-15-08 PR11 Op-Ed: The U.S. Kosovo Policy Needs Change

02-05-08 PR10 Op-Ed: The U.S. and the FYROM Name Dispute

January 2008

01-31-08 PR09 AHI Sends Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding FYROM

01-29-08 PR08 AHI STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ARCHBISHOP CHRISTODOULOS

01-29-08 PR07 Inaugural Meeting of the AHI-New England Chapter

01-24-08 PR06 Secretary General for European Affairs of Greece’s Foreign Ministry Dimitrios Katsoudas Visits AHI

01-24-08 PR05 AHI Business Network Host New York Event The King of “Easy” Tells His Story at the New York City’s Harvard Club

01-24-08 PR04 Op-Ed on “Annual Report on Executive Branch Actions and Inactions Regarding Greece, Cyprus and Turkey”

01-10-08 PR03 AHI Noon Forum on “Washington’s Policy Toward FYROM and the Balkans: Institutionalizing Instability”

01-04-08 PR02 AHI Sends Letter to President Bush Regarding January 8 Meeting with Turkish President Gul

01-04-08 PR01 International Genocide Scholars Association Officially Recognizes Assyrian, Greek Genocides