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Demetrios Pomp and Circumstance at Greek-American Schools PM Takes of Sevasteia Greece’s Has Forthright Talk with TNH ERT TV Off the Air By Theodore Kalmoukos TNH Staff Writer BOSTON, MA – Metropolitan Samaras Calls it Demetrios of Sevasteia, among the more erudite hierarchs of Wasteful, Will Lay the Ecumenical Patriarchate, fa - miliar to the Greek community Off Public Workers in America through his many, visits and commissions here, By Andy Dabilis spoke openheartedly to TNH TNH Staff Writer about the Greek community, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and ATHENS – The instant closure the Greeks in Constantinople, as on June 11 of Greece’s national well as about the succession of broadcaster ERT – which stayed Demetrios and Bartholomew. on the air during World War II He also spoke about the late and through the 1967-74 junta Patriarch Dimitrios and admit - years – has broken the country’s ted that “he is missing from the already uneasy power-sharing Phanar today,” while comment - government and sparked fears it ing about his discharge by Pa - could lead to early elections. triarch Bartholomew some years Prime Minister and New ago from his position as director Democracy Conservative leader of the personal Patriarchal Of - Antonis Samaras, in a high-stakes fice after 18 years of devoted political gamble, said that ERT and qualitative contribution. was a wasteful patronage haven The interview is as follows: and needed to be closed to meet TNH: Your Eminence, how do demands from international you see our Greek community? lenders to shed 2,500 jobs by the What do we mean to you? end of June. MD: For us, namely for the The government fired all Ecumenical Patriarchate, you are 2,656 workers at the station, like the youngest members of an which went dark but continued elderly family. The Throne, in its broadcasting on the Internet and protective supervision, bestows TNH/COSTAS BEJ the Communist channel as defi - on you an historical honor, some - ABOVE : At the St. ant employees stayed on the air, thing also recognized and hon - Demetrios High School accusing Samaras of packing ERT ored in various ways by all Amer - graduation ceremony: with highly-paid consultants who ican political authorities, and in (L-R) Nick Andriotis, never showed up, and forcing the turn it receives your love and all chairman of the school station to give a program to the possible supportive intervention board; Parish Council daughter of a government min - of your dynamic world, which it President Gary Sideris; ister at three times the pay of a needs. Past Valedictorian top editor. TNH: Explain to the Greek- Evangelia Podaras; ERT has also been viewed as American of the first, second, 2013 Valedictorian a favorite spot to place political Christina Tsangouri; favorites by alternating adminis - Continued on page 5 Past Salutatorian trations of New Democracy and Konstantinos Belesis; its rival, the PASOK Socialists, Father Nektarios over the last 40 years amid Papazafiropoulos, charges not a single person was Cathedral Dean; and hired on merit or in a transparent Calatrava is Anastasios way. Koularmanis, Principal. ERT employee Kaity Potha, St. Demetrios, located 55, said the government was Unconfirmed in Astoria, is the only blaming the broadcaster’s staff Greek high school in for its own incompetence “Our the United States. salaries have been cut 45 percent As Architect LEFT : The sanctuary of in the past three years,” she told the Church of St. the Associated Press. “Every Nicholas in Flushing clown who governed Greece in TNH Staff was filled with the recent decades dumped us not friends, families, only with their own governing NEW YORK – As one of the final graduates, and staff of board but also with 200-300 new components of the Ground Zero The William staff - their salaries have not been rebuilding, the Church of St. Spyropoulos Greek- cut.” Nicholas naturally attracts at - American School. tention outside the community. Continued on page 9 TNH reprints a June 11 article, It’s All Greek To Calatrava, from New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo, who reports on build - ing activity in New York. Big Fat Greek Book: Vardalos Writes Instant Mom AstraZeneca TNH was previously in - formed that ground breaking is not expected until 2014 but the By Eleni Kalogeras Buying Pearl, project is on track for the St. TNH Staff Writer Nicholas community’s 2016 cen - tennial. Whomever is chosen to NEW ROCHELLE, NY – Award- Jaharis Led be the design architect, it is ex - winning screenwriter, actress, pected that parishioners and the and writer Nia Vardalos pre - Greek-American community will sented her new book Instant Negotiations be able to review and comment Mom at the community center on the final design options. of the Church of the Holy Trinity Cuozzo’s piece as follows: Church in New Rochelle, NY. New York billionaire busi - Now, this couldn’t possibly She evoked side-splitting nessman Michael Jaharis’ Vatera laughter and feelings of joy, Healthcare Partners led negoti - Continued on page 3 hope, and love in the many ations that helped complete the Greek-American parishioners acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics and visitors who came out early of Redwood City, California by to make sure they had a seat. British drugmaker Astra Zeneca, Her eight year-old daughter said to be worth $560 million. Chairman of has filled her with happiness Vatera is the largest share - ever since Vardalos adopted her holder in Pearl, a company in - Piraeus Bank five years ago, but with Instant volved in therapies for asthma Mom, published by HarperOne, and chronic obstructive pul - number one on the New York monary disease (COPD), one of Reaches Top Times bestseller list, she has the leading causes of death again experienced the success around the world. By Landon Thomas, Jr. that came her way through the The deal – which could in - The New York Times hilarious film My Big Fat Greek volve further payments of up to Wedding. TNH/COSTAS BEJ $590 million if sales and drug ATHENS – Not long ago, Nia Vardalos’ charismatic presence filled the packed Community Center of Holy Trinity of New development targets are met – Michalis G. Sallas, the chairman Continued on page 3 Rochelle. The beloved actress and author is on her Instant Mom book tour. gives AstraZeneca access to new of Piraeus Bank in Greece, had treatments for respiratory dis - a dream: to make his bank too eases. big to fail. Savvas Neophytou, an ana - But now that he has man - lyst with Panmure Gordon & Co, aged to turn his bank into Congressman Michael Grimm Commends Greeks told the Associated Press that Greece’s largest, ensuring that the acquisition could give As - Piraeus will be eligible for a traZeneca access to “the Holy bailout from the European By Lena Argiri of the situation in Greece but Greece back on track. So what I helped by the United States in Grail” of respiratory medicine: Union, Mr. Sallas runs the risk TNH Staff Writer not to the extent that they am hoping is that the tremen - order to overcome the prob - triple agent therapy for respira - that some of the steps he has should, they don’t know exactly dous energy findings in Cyprus lems, is through investments. tory disease. taken along the way may come [The following is a TNH how bad the situation is, be - will certainly help boost the Tourism is a big factor as well, Pearl’s lead product is PT003 back to haunt him. Those moves interview conducted with Michael cause there are so many prob - economies of both Greece and how can we persuade Ameri - and is used in treating COPD, a include borrowing more than Grimm, who is serving his second lems here in the United States Cyprus, especially if they can be cans to visit our country? progressive disease associated 100 million euros ($132 mil - term in the U.S. House of Repre - as well. So many economic exported throughout Europe. MG: I think that the energy mainly with tobacco smoking, lion) from a friendly banker in sentatives, representing New York problems, we have been We know that there are Ameri - findings is a huge opportunity air pollution or occupational ex - a bid to prop up the falling State’s 11th Congres sional dis - through very difficult economic can companies involved there. not only for both Greece and posure. It can cause debilitating trict (which comprises Staten times. In my district, for exam - The other thing that will happen Cyprus but for the whole region bouts of breathlessness. Continued on page 8 Island and parts of Brooklyn), ple, there was recently the su - is that investments from the as well. I see it as a unique op - This transaction is one of the and is a member of the Congres - perstorm Sandy, people lost United States will go to Greece, portunity for American dollars largest venture-backed private sional Caucus on Hellenic Issues.] their homes. So, I think that something that Greece desper - to flow to Greece and invest - biotech deals in the history of when there are difficult times, ately needs. Although I think ments to be attracted. The other the industry and represents a For subscription: TNH: Congressman, Greece people tend to focus on their that members of Congress here thing is that Greeks are resilient major milestone for Vatera, 718.784.5255 has suffered a lot the last years own problems.