Austerity in Greece Led to 551 Suicides Tax Lien Issue on Old St. Nicholas Property Is Reportedly Resolved Spanakos Bros. In
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S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 17, ISSUE 863 April 26 - May 2, 2014 $1.50 Austerity Tax Lien Issue on Old In Greece St. Nicholas Property Led to 551 Is Reportedly Resolved Suicides By Constantine S. Sirigos triggered by City not getting a TNH Staff Writer response to the notices it had been sending to 155 Cedar Researchers: NEW YORK – The New York Street. “The post office should Post, which has closely followed have returned them but didn’t,” Average Rate the effort to rebuild the Church he said. One Per Day of St. Nicholas at the World Demos informed TNH that Trade Center, reported during the rebuilding project is on Holy Week that “we’ve discov - track. It had been hoped that TNH Staff ered the vacant site at 155 the new church would be com - Cedar Street, which is being pleted by 2016, which is the Deep spending cuts, tax used to stage World Trade Cen - parish’s 100th anniversary, but hikes, and slashed pensions in ter construction, is now on the he said that a grand opening by Greece were so severe that it led city’s lien sale list as owing more Pascha 2017, which falls on to 551 people killing themselves than $82,000.” The National April 16, “is doable.” out of despair in only two years, Herald has been informed, how - “They are thinking late July a report from the University of ever, that the issue has been re - or August, 2014” for the com - Portmouth in England has solved. mencement of construction, he claimed. TNH contacted Emmanuel said. The research was conducted Demos, General Counsel of the TNH contacted the PA seek - by Greek economics lecturer Archdiocese, who put the tax is - ing a more precise timetable, Nikolaos Antonakakis and a col - sue into perspective and pro - but was told by an official that league, Alan Collins, and found vided additional details about “all inquiries are referred to the that for every 1 percent cut in the project to which Greek- Greek Orthodox Church.” government spending there was Americans across the country TNH also asked about the es - a 0.43 percent hike in suicides TNH/COSTAS BEJ have been paying attention. timated completion date for the among men, even after taking Greek Community Celebrates Pascha Across USA and Canada Demos told TNH that the cer - Vehicle Security Center (VSC), into account other reasons why tiorari specialist retained by the on top of which St. Nicholas people kill themselves. Michael Jaharis, Vice Chairman of the Archdiocesan Council, with his wife Mary Jaharis, and Archdiocese informed him on would stand. The official could Antonakakis said that was Dean Poll, President of the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity April 21 that the property was not provide a timeframe, but conclusive enough to convince in Manhattan, receive the Holy Light from Archbishop Demetrios of America after Midnight on no longer on the lied sale list. him that the suicides were Holy Saturday (related stories on page 4). He believes the situation was Continued on page 9 "solely because of fiscal auster - ity," he told the British newspa - per the Guardian. He said the survey was for the years 2009- 10 although Greece didn't begin Greek Film Miss Violence Debut in US to impose austerity on orders of international lenders until later in 2010. TNH Staff Writer are seeing is simply the portrait gravity. Only then does someone He said the numbers were of a dysfunctional family under ask “where’s Angeliki?” surprising. "That is almost one ASTORIA – Miss Violence, a stress. Through the well-drawn do - person per day. Given that in shattering 2013 Greek film The family is introduced in mestic scenes of the everyday 2010 there were around two about evil lurking in modern ur - its habitat, a pleasant if cramped and of coping with a sudden suicides in Greece per day, it ap - ban life, directed, written and Athens apartment, while it cel - tragedy, viewers are sucked into pears 50% were due to auster - produced by Alexander Avranas, ebrates the birthday of 11 year- believing the party line – per - ity," he said. made its U.S. premier at old Angeliki. haps this is also social and po - Antonakakis said he had Panorama Europe – A Festival Viewers are immediately litical commentary on crisis-rid - been prompted to look into a of New European Films of the struck by lack of joy in the den Greece – that a terrible potential link between austerity Museum of the Moving Image child’s face, and the complete accident had occurred. and suicide rates after media in Astoria on April 12. absence of friends. Pretty and Child welfare officials under - stories and reports of friends of The skill of Avranas, who apparently intelligent, she take their peremptory investiga - friends dying from suicide. won the Silver Lion for Best Di - should have plenty. tion, but their edginess suggests Although there had been rector at the 70th Venice Inter - As members of the “family” they know more about what is studies into the health effects of national Film Festival, goes be - – their backs to Angeliki and the going on than is revealed. “We negative economic growth, yond evoking the traditional camera – gather around the understand what you are going there was a gap when it came suspension of disbelief among cake and light the candles while through; We are here for you,” specifically to spending cuts and his viewers – he makes them singing Greek version of happy they say to the parents. health, he said. complicit in the very mass de - birthday, Nahis chronia polla – Scenes with Angeliki’s teach - TNH/COSTAS BEJ Antonakakis and Collins said nial with which he charges so - live many years, Angeliki is omi - ers make a similar accusation of Media Mogul Tell Friends How to Thrive there was a clear link between ciety at large. Despite one of the nously walking towards the bal - expedience/indifference. austerity and suicides and that most shocking opening scenes cony. Eleni Roussinou hauntingly Arianna Huffington, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Huff - it was singularly connected to in contemporary cinema, the The sad but sweet-looking portrays Eleni, Angeliki’s cata - ington Post Media Group, speaks about her new book Thrive – men, particularly those 48-59 deft script and superb actors girl lifts her legs over the bal - The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of who had suffered pay and pen - persuade viewers that what they cony ledge and surrenders to Continued on page 6 Well-Being, Wisdom and Wonder. Story on page 6. sion cuts and couldn't cope. Their research was published in the journal Social Science and Medicine. "These findings have strong Spanakos Bros. in Golden Gloves Hall of Fame Family of ex implications for policymakers and for health agencies," said Antonakakis. "We often talk By Constantine S. Sirigos Golden Gloves Champion – an were married in 1927 and had Grand Marshal of the Greek Pa - CIA Kiriakou about the fiscal multiplier effect TNH Staff Writer unprecedented feat – and Nikos seven sons who survived child - rade. of austerity, such as what it does won seven times. Pete won a hood, all of whom appreciated GOD WAS IN THE RING to GDP. But what is the health BROOKLYN – Around the time bronze medal at the Pan-Amer - the sacrifices and lessons they America opens wide the Talk to TNH multiplier? that the Dodgers cruelly aban - ican Games in Chicago in 1959 learned from their parents. doors to success and prosperity "We have to consider the doned Brooklyn and left its and Nikos represented the The family’s story was fea - to hard-working talented peo - health multipliers of any fiscal three million residents fearing United States at the 1960 tured in a 1981 B’Nai Brith/PBS ple, but immigrants often don’t TNH Staff Writer consolidation and austerity. The they would never again cele - Olympics in Rome. documentary called “American land in the best of neighbor - brate champions and champi - Those achievements sufficed Story -The Spanakos Family.” hoods. Peter and Nicholas were NEW YORK – This year’s Continued on page 10 onships, two young Greek- to guaranty their induction on Stella didn’t want to be in the the youngest of very bright boys Tribeca Film Festival features American men brought glory to Thursday night, but the brothers film, but Pete said “Mama you – they have the PhDs and law the documentary Silenced, their borough through their box - were also lauded for their char - have to do it. There are a lot of degrees to prove it – but at 14 about the fate of whistleblow - ing prowess. On April 17, iden - acter and lifetime of community Greek women who are not be - they realized that in order to ers, including John Kiriakou, tical twin brothers Petros (Pete) service, showing appreciation ing recognized for what they do survive and realize the Ameri - whose15-year tenure with the Cynthia and Nicholas (Nikos) Spanakos for their God-given gifts by giv - and you have to represent can dream, toughness had to be CIA included accolades for lead - were among the first inductees ing back. Greece.” added to their mix of talent. ing the team that captured al- into the Daily News Golden Nothing in their biographies In 1962 she was honored as They learned to box, a sport Qaeda’s Abu Zubaydah.