May 8th, 202101020
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-founder and co-chair of Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, and Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, introduced on Thursday the bipartisan Turkey and Ecumenical Patriarchate Religious Freedom Act of 2021. The...
March 24th, 202101968
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of his bipartisan resolution commemorating the 200th anniversary of Greek Independence Day, March 25, 2021. Cosponsored by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the...
March 19th, 202101570
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 37 of his Senate colleagues in requesting the Biden administration join the U.S. Congress in officially recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people. To date, no U.S. president has made it U.S. policy to...
March 13th, 202103139
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis/CNA
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American diplomacy will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue, while testifying on Wednesday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Responding to a question by Congressman David Cicilline, Blinken, from the Democratic Party, referred...
December 13th, 202001157
We mourn the recent passing of our dear friend and fellow justice-for-Cyprus advocate former US Senator Paul Sarbanes. His role with Cyprusis historic and his impact on the well-being of the country and its people extraordinary.
Ever since the immediate aftermath of Turkey’s illegal invasion of Cyprus, the wisdom of Paul...
October 31st, 202001379
At first glance, it seems that Greek-Americans are in an enviable position during this Presidential election: a pro-Hellenic agenda has taken hold in both parties, both President Trump and Vice President Biden have a hand in the drastically improved bilateral relations between Greece and the U.S. and Cyprus and the US, and that these...
April 28th, 202002582
Weston,
Ma. (GreekNewsOnLine)
Chris
Zannetos, a first generation Cypriot-American, is running for US Congress in
Massachusetts in the 4th Congressional district, southwest of Boston. This is an open seat previously held by
Congressman Joe Kennedy who is running for the US Senate and there are 10 more contestants
in the...
September 13th, 201802418New York.- A joint House and Senate Conference Committee maintained restrictions on the sale of F-35s to Turkey in its Conference Report regarding the Department of Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019. According to Bloomberg, “transfers to Turkey of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 would be barred temporarily under a...
June 17th, 201803056The Executive Director of HALC explains that with the agreement accomplished by the Greek government on the name issue the goals set by the Greek American Community with U.S. Congress are met
Chicago, IL.- By Endy Zemenides
In 2008, in a video sent around the world by the Pan Macedonian Association of America, then President Nina...
May 8th, 201803524Washington, DC.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
A group of 100 HALC (Hellenic American Leadership Council) and AJC (American Jewish Committee) activists from all the United States gathered on Monday in Washington for a two day conference on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of the Congressional Hellenic Israeli Alliance (CHIA) - a...