AHEPA E-News

Volume 16, Issue 42 | Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Supreme President Visits United Arab Emirates

Photo Courtesy of Greek Embassy of UAE

Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas, accompanied by members of the Greek Diaspora in the United Arab Emirates, had the opportunity to visit the Greek Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Supreme President had a fruitful discussion with the Greek Ambassador to Abu Dhabi, His Excellency Antonis Alexandridis, about future cooperation between AHEPA and the Greeks in the UAE.

AHEPA Hosts Successful Region 10 Centennial Banquet

On November 15, 2022, AHEPA hosted a banquet at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens, Greece in honor of our of our 100th Anniversary.

Supreme President Jimmy Kokotas presented several awards on AHEPA’s behalf at the event that honored the military of both Greece and Cyprus. We were honored to have the commanding officers of each of the Greek Armed Forces present and awarded them the newly created AHEPA Vanguard Award, which was created to highlight impressive and dedicated military service in Greece and Cyprus. The Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros, gave a formal response in which he highlighted the many ways in which the AHEPA has supported the armed services of Greece.

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AHEPA Sponsors Capital Link Forum

Once again, the Order of AHEPA is a sponsor of the Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum. This event is an International Summit about Greece hosted in New York, organized in cooperation with the New York Stock Exchange, Athens Stock Exchange and major global investment banks. It is organized under the Auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in New York and is the longest running investment forum about Greece abroad, engaged in a systematic effort to promote Greece as a business and investment destination to a global audience

For more information on the event, including a list of speakers and special guests, please see the official invitation HERE.

To register for the forums, please click HERE. Registration is complimentary.

“Smyrna” – The 6-time Hellenic Academy-Award winning epic war drama based on the true catastrophic events that changed the course of our Greek history is officially hitting the big screen across the U.S on Thursday, December 8th in select theatres nationwide! One night only!  Get your tickets now! 

Join Us! AHEPA Chapter 3 Centennial Celebration

While It Lasts! Get Your AHEPA Centennial Merch

Get it while it lasts!

AHEPA centennial commemorative merchandise is available that includes a commemorative coin and stand and decanter set.

Years of service and chapter officer pins, award plaques, and AHEPA t-shirts, watches, patches, and more! 

Check it all out in the AHEPA Marketplace catalog.

December

8 | Smyrna film in theaters for one night only – buy tickets!

9 | 24th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum – register!

17 | AHEPA Chapter 3 Centennial Anniversary Banquet, Birmingham, Alabama

Greek American News Digest

Editor’s Note: Editorials, commentaries, opinion pieces, and articles are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members

George Lois, Visionary Art Director, Is Dead at 91

New York Times (Nov. 19)

George Lois, Madison Avenue’s best-known 20th-century art director, who put the counterculture of the 1960s and ’70s into postwar advertising and created stunning covers for Esquire magazine that rebuked American racism and involvement in the Vietnam War, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. read more

Athens mayor calls for a city tax on tourism

Ekathimerini (Nov. 22)

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on Tuesday called for the introduction of a city tax that will be paid by visitors towards the municipal authority to help it respond to increased pressure on services from the influx of tourists. read more

NYC Digital Entrepreneur Athan Stephanopoulos CNN’s New Chief Digital Officer

The Pappas Post (Nov. 21)

Athan Stephanopoulos, a New York City-based digital entrepreneur who had previously been president of NowThis News, a news and media company that targeted millennials, will take over as CNN’s chief digital officer. read more

Greece: Boat with hundreds of migrants safely towed to port

ABC News (Nov. 22)

Greek authorities say a dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port. read more

EU Says Greece Met Targets, Paves Way for More Debt-Relief

Bloomberg (Nov. 22)

Greece has taken the necessary actions to fulfill its commitments following the post-bailout era, the European Union said Tuesday, paving the way for the disbursement of the final debt-relief measures agreed for the country in 2018.  read more

Greek, Israeli defense ministers stress importance of ties

Associated Press (Nov. 18)

The defense ministers of Israel and Greece on Friday stressed the importance of maintaining strong alliances to tackle global and regional threats, citing challenges such as the war in Ukraine and ongoing tension in the eastern Mediterranean. read more