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Samaras and Erdogan Meet to Seek New Way to Further Discussion Money Laundering Charge Obstacle for Cyprus Amb.'S Dinner Heral 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. 16, ISSUE 804 March 9-15, 2013 $1.50 Samaras and Erdogan Money Laundering Charge Obstacle for Cyprus Meet to Seek New Way Anastasiades Seeks to Secure $17 Billion To Further Discussion From Wary Eurozone ISTANBUL (AP) — Regional ri - odds over a broad range of is - TNH Staff vals Greece and Turkey want to sues, including war-divided overcome long-standing differ - Cyprus, Aegean Sea boundaries, NICOSIA, Cyprus – The top ences through dialogue and can and illegal immigration. Greece agenda item for Nicos Anastasi - resolve Cyprus's division if they is a main transit point for illegal ades, the newly-elected presi - show the will, Turkish Prime immigrants entering the Euro - dent of the Republic of Cyprus, Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pean Union, with most crossing is securing a a 17 billion euro said Monday. into the country through Turkey. bailout from the members of the Erdogan was speaking along - "We may have different opin - Eurozone. One of the main ob - side his Greek counterpart, An - ions but we want to solve these stacles is the island nation’s rep - tonis Samaras, following the by launching new channels of utation as a haven for money- second joint ministerial council dialogue," Erdogan said. "I hope laundering, meeting between Turkey and we will overcome the Cyprus is - Cyprus partners also have Greece aimed at building trust sue through our common will... purely economic concerns. The and strengthening economic ties It's time to bury this problem in Associated Press (AP) reported between the two countries, history." that “Eurogroup chairman which have nearly gone to war Cyprus was divided into an Jeroen Dijsselbloem declined to three times between 1974 and internationally recognized answer questions on whether 1996. Ministers from both coun - Greek speaking south and a Cypriot bank bondholders — tries signed more than two breakaway Turkish speaking and possibly even depositors – dozen cooperation deals, includ - north in 1974 when Turkey in - should be forced to pay a share ing in health, tourism and fight - vaded after a coup by supporters of the cost of the bailout, saying ing illegal migration. of union with Greece. the negotiations with Cyprus' Relations between the un - "This is a good day for Turk - new government were only easy NATO allies have improved ish-Greek ties," Samaras said, starting. Dijsselbloem reiterated greatly since the late 1990s, but adding: "There have been ups that the eurozone seeks to final - Athens and Ankara remain at and down in our ties, we cannot ize the bailout by the end of the ignore this fact. But we want the month.” history that we shall be writing The AP explained, however from now on to be recalled by that “the idea of making bond - chapters entitled 'peace' and 'de - Anthony S. Papadimitriou, President of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, re - velopment.'" ceived the Award of Excellence for the promotion of the world’s shared Hellenic heritage by the Continued on page 11 The leaders did not directly National Hellenic Museum boards chairman John Calamos, Sr. address the contentious issue of determining each neighbors' rights for exploring and exploit - ing potential mineral and fossil $350,000 for Nat’l Hellenic Museum Catsimatidis fuel deposits, but the Greek leader said the question of the delineation of the continental By Anthe Mitrakos Hellenic heritage was Dr. An - Major benefactors included Is on Jewish shelf was being discussed by of - thony Papadimitriou, President the families of Mary and ficials during regular lower-level CHICAGO, IL – A carnival spirit and Treasurer of the Vaduz, Michael Jaharis, Dean and Mar - discussions. was in the air at the National Liechtenstein-established ianne Metropoulos, and the Ha - Radio Show Also, Greece has offered its Hellenic Museum’s second an - Alexander S. Onassis Founda - likias Family. Notable guests in support to regional rival nual Ambrosia Ball on March tion. attendance were former Ambas - Turkey's bid to host the 2020 2nd. Held at the Hilton Palmer The evening was hosted by sador of Greece to the United TNH Staff Olympics. House, the Museum’s the Fox News Chicago anchor States Loukas Tsilas, Director of The prime ministers of both fundraiser, which raised over Anna Davlantes. George Cultural Affairs at Onassis Foun - NEW YORK – John Catsima - countries signed an agreement $350,000, brought together Stephanopoulos, co-anchor of dation USA Amalia Cosmetatou, tidis, who has made a name for pledging to cooperate on Istan - some 300 of the Greek-Ameri - “Good Morning America,” who Consul-General of Greece in himself as a tirelessly productive AP PHOTO bul's latest bid for the games. can community’s leaders in ed - could not be in attendance, Chicago Ioanna Efthymiadou, businessman and philanthropist, Greek PM Antonis Samaras The accord was signed by ucation, business, and philan - served as honorary chair, while and Cook County Treasurer is working hard to present him - speaks to the media with his Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip thropy. Dr. George Korkos, president at Maria Pappas. self as the person best qualified Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan and Greek Prime Min - Honored that night with an Plastic Surgery Associates, and “On a more personal note, I to carry the mayoral baton after Tayyip Erdogan, not pictured, award of excellence for his pro - Mrs. Penny Korkos, served as the combined 20-year run of after talks in Istanbul, Turkey. Continued on page 11 motion of the world’s shared chairs of the night. Continued on page 4 Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. Vowing to spend the neces - sary money to fund his campaign, he is making his case directly to The Fall of Amb.’s Dinner Heralds Hellenic-Israeli Alliance the New York’s numerous ethnic and social groups, and through their media outlets. Const/ople: TNH Staff On February 28 he appeared on Michael Fragin’s program The WASHINGTON, DC – The Israeli Is a Lesson Ambassador to the United States, Continued on page 6 Michael Oren, and his wife Sally, hosted a dinner at the Ambas - For Greece sador's residence on the evening of February 27 in honor of a new By Constantine S. Sirigos congressional grouping called the AGAPW and TNH Staff Writer Congressional Hellenic-Israel Al - liance, which is dedicated to im - NEW YORK – An entertaining proving Israeli-Greek-Cypriot John Jay’s and informative lecture by the ties. author of the new book Queen The co-chairmen of the newly of Cities: A Historical Novel on established caucus, Reps. Gus Forum about The Fall of Constantinople not Bilirakis (R-FL) and Ted Deutch only illuminated a seminal mo - (D-FL), as well as lawmakers in - ment in the history of the Greek cluding Reps. John Sarbanes (D- Trafficking nation for a standing room only MD) and Eliot Engel (D-NY), audience at the Holy Trinity who is the senior Democrat on Cathedral Ballroom, but was also the U.S. House of Representa - By Constantine S. Sirigos a humbling reminder that civi - tives Foreign Affairs Committee, TNH Staff Writer lizations that endure for millen - and special guests from across nia by virtue of their genius can the United States, attended the NEW YORK – The Association also be brought low by ignoble reception at Ambassador Oren's of Greek American Professional qualities that lurk in the shadows residence. Also present were Women (AGAPW) and the Cen - of their glory days. Christos Panagopoulos, the Am - ter for International Human The author and presenter, bassador of Greece to the United Rights of John Jay College pre - Professor Andrew Novo of the States, and Olympia Neocleous, sented a Forum on Human Traf - National Defense University, the charge d'affaires at the ficking on February 24. opened by noting parallels with Cypriot embassy in Washington. It was a night for celebrating the many things Greeks and Jews have in common and appreciate The forum featured a panel the current Greek crisis. Infight - about one another’s cultures, but the musicians stole the show at the residence of Ambassador discussion that was preceded by ing among Greeks, massive tax Continued on page 2 Oren, who joined them on percussion. the United Nations Children’s evasion and incompetence that Fund (UNICEF) film Not My Life crippled the state, and depen - which “depicts the scourge of dence on European partners ei - human trafficking on a global ther reluctant to help or clueless scale.” Filmed on five continents about what needs to be done are WIN Honors C ommunity Bids Adieu to Peter Kikis in a dozen countries, Not My characteristic of 1453 and 2013. Life takes viewers into a world The event on March 5 was a where millions of children are presentation of the Cyprus Fed - Fox Anchor NEW YORK – Entrepreneur, a man of deep personal faith, exploited through practices in - eration of America in cooperation philanthropist, and stalwart of passionate commitment to Or - cluding forced labor, domestic with Investors Bank (which re - the Greek Orthodox Church, Pe - thodoxy and Hellenism, and a servitude, begging, sex tourism cently acquired Marathon Bank Petallides ter T. Kikis has fallen asleep in leading personage of enterprise. and child soldiering, according of New York) and Piraeus Bank. the Lord at the age of 90. Arch - He was an elegant and eloquent to UNICEF. Natalie Nicolaou, a Princeton By Constantine S. Sirigos bishop Demetrios of America man who took very seriously his The purpose of such events graduate who works for Investors TNH Staff Writer presided over the funeral which responsibility for the dual lega - is to provide people with infor - Bank and who is married to Pro - was held at the Archdiocesan cies of Hellenism and Ortho - mation that will enable them to fessor Novo, was the MC and FLUSHING – The Pancyprian Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in doxy.
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