A dynamic presentation headed by the Pan-Macedonian Association Supreme President Mrs. Nina Gatzoulis during presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign gathering in New Hampshire
The exhibition ‘Tribute to the Greek Resistance, 1940-1944' will be presented in Memorial Leclerc - Museum Jean Moulin in Paris (October 1 - November 2 2008). The exhibition is organized by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture and the National Gallery - Museum Alexandros Soutzos.
With the aim of giving the Greeks of America the opportunity to participate in cultural and athletic events, the Annual Hellenic Soccer Tournament was held once again this year.The tournament was participated by 22 omogeneia soccer teams from ten cities of the US and Canada.
Distinguished scientists from the United States and Greece attended the Minoan World: Exploring the Land of the Labyrinth conference held at the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation "Onassis Cultural Center" in Manhattan, New York.
The Cypriot Federation of America, in cooperation with PSEKA, the entire Cypriot community and the Greek-Americans of New York, are preparing to welcome Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias to the city. Christofias is scheduled to arrive in New York on Saturday, September 20, in order to participate in sessions of the 63rd meeting of the UN General Assembly.
Sep052008
Ike Pappas dies
Γράφει ο/η Θεόφιλος Δουμάνης
05.09.08
Greek-American, Ike Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who was a few feet from presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald when he was fatally shot and reported the chaotic scene live on the air, has died at 75.
Pappas, who
also covered major events like the Vietnam War and anti-war
demonstrations at home, died Sunday in an Arlington, Va., hospital of
complications from heart disease, his family said.
A New York City native, Pappas was in Dallas after John F. Kennedy's
Nov. 22, 1963, assassination, reporting for New York radio station
WNEW, when police brought the manacled Oswald into the police station
basement two days later to be transferred to the jail.
Born April 16, 1933, Icarus N. Pappas served in the U.S. Army, joined
CBS News as a radio writer in 1964 and became a network correspondent
in 1967. Besides the Vietnam War, he covered the 1967 Six Day War in
Israel, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, the Kent
State shootings in 1970, and coups in Greece, Bolivia and Chile,
according to records provided by CBS.
Based in Washington, he was assigned to cover the Pentagon, the CIA,
labor and other beats. One of 200 CBS News employees laid off by the
network in 1987, he formed his own video production company, known as
Ike Inc., writing and producing TV documentaries for PBS and other
outlets.
In 1988 he made his film debut, portraying a reporter in the Paul
Mazursky-directed comedy "Moon Over Parador" that starred Richard
Dreyfuss.
Pappas lived in McLean, Va. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn; two
sons, Theodore and Alexander; a daughter, Sarah Thomason; and two
grandchildren.