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2008 Press Releases

Press Release Archives

August 2008

PR 55 What About Turkey’s War Criminals?

PR 54 The Washington Times Prints AHI Letter Regarding Cyprus AMENDED

July 2008

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

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

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

PR 50 Cyprus Solution, Please, Kathryn Cameron Porter, Washington Times

PR 49 AHEPA ENDORSES 2008 GREEK AMERICAN POLICY STATEMENTS

PR 48 AHI Honors Congressman Zack Space of Ohio

PR 47 Snow to Rice Letter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

June 2008

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

06-03-08 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 American Hellenic Institute Expresses Its Deep Sorrow on the Passing of Charles Moskos

May 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 2008

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

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

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

03-21-08 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 Congress Honors Greek Independence Day

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

February 2008

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

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

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

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

January 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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