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EMBCA presented the informative Doing Business in Greece Panel Discussion Webinar on January 10. Photo: TNH Staff 5/26/2021 The National Herald
NEW YORK – The East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance (EMBCA) presents Doing Business in Greece - Part 2 Panel Discussion Webinar on Thursday, May 27, 12 PM EDT/ 11 AM PDT/ 7 PM Athens. The panel discussion is in Association with AHEPA’s Hellenic Cultural Commission and HANC.
The event will be introduced by Lou Katsos, EMBCA s President/Founder and AHEPA’s Hellenic Cultural Commission, and moderated by Konstantine Drougos the Managing Director of Agro Marketing and EMBCA Vice President. The distinguished panel will include George Konstantopoulos Egnatia Odos President, President of the Association of Exporters of Northern Greece (SEVE) and President of Olymp Olives; Rhode Island State Senator Lou Raptakis; Peter Vlitas, Sr. Vice President at Internova Travel Group; and Yiannis Koukouras, Presid
“Anastero ta Palia: I remember the past“. The opening words of a traditional Pontian song of mourning summarises the annual Greek Genocide Commemoration at the Marana Hall in Hurstville, southern Sydney, led by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and attended by about 400 representatives of the Hellenic, Armenian, Assyrian, Jewish and Australian communities.
The Commemoration was organised by the Hellenic Genocide Commemoration Committee, the united effort of NSW’s three Pontian associations – Pontoxeniteas (President Maria Anthony), Panayia Soumela Sydney (President Peter Papoulidis) and Diogenes Wollongong (President Nick Chrissostomidis), together with the Federation of Pontian Associations of Australia. Other members are Helen Macris, Helene Flame, Nena Lambousis, Dimitrios Kouklidis, Chris Klazidis and Dr Panayiotis Diamadis.
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The Organisational Council for Greek National Day is made up of representatives from all of Victoria’s major Greek Organisations and has been busy planning and programming the events to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the 1821 Greek Revolution.
The 25 March 1821 commemoration is of religious and national importance for Hellenism. Greeks around the globe celebrate the Annunciation of Our Lady (Evangelismos) as well as the proclamation of the Modern Hellenic State 200 years ago – a very important milestone.
This Commemoration of the Bicentenary of Modern Greece gives the Greek Australian community of Victoria, the Paroikia, the opportunity to promote, educate and enhance the knowledge and understanding of what happened in 1821 to our third, fourth and subsequent generations of Greek Australians. In this way, we can ensure the significance of the important historical event is not lost.