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Reps Bilirakis, Pappas Lead Call for Turkey to Stop Supporting Hamas

Congressmen Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) led a bipartisan group of 45 lawmakers in asking the U.S. Department of State to hold Turkey accountable for its role in supporting and facilitating the operations of Hamas. “The longstanding political,...

Greek Court Hands Former SYRIZA Minister Pappas 2 Years in Prison

A Greek special court convicted ex-minister of SYRIZA Nikos Pappas to a maximum two-year sentence with a three-year probation Friday over the handling of a 2016 television licence tender under the former government. Pappas, who served as minister of digital...

Erdogan, Putin, Raisi Holding Hands “A Picture Worth 1,000 Words”

Greek-American Representatives Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) slammed the trilateral meeting between Erdogan, Putin, and Raisi earlier in the week in Tehran. In a bipartisan statement, the two Greek-American politicians noted that "one picture is worth 1,000 words." They...

Battle for the Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey Heating Up in US Congress

Battle lines are being drawn in the US Congress for the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey as Greek-American lawmakers are mobilizing to ensure that the Biden administration does not proceed with the sale and the upgrade...

US Congress Prepares for Battle Over Sale of F-16 Fighters to Turkey

On Thursday, Greek-American members of Congress expressed strong opposition to President Joe Biden's expressed support for the sale of F-16 jets to Turkey. “We should sell them the F-16 jets and modernize those jets as well,” Biden said at the...

Neo-Nazi Convict Finds Refuge in Migrant’s Home

A woman who harbored neo-Nazi Golden Dawn member Christos Pappas in her home was sentenced to 30 months in jail by a Greek court on Friday.

Hellenic Caucus Congressmen Worried About Erdogan’s Behavior in Occupied Cyprus

With Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan embarking on another spate of provocative actions in the Mediterranean of late, including taking a tour of Varosha in occupied northern Cyprus, members of the US Congress' Hellenic Caucus have grown increasingly alarmed,...

Greek Government Complies With CoS Decision: State Minister Submits TV License Amendment

The government submitted an amendment transferring all powers relating to the issuing of broadcasting licenses and the relevant tender to the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) to Greek Parliament on Monday. As part of an effort...

Foreign Media Views CoS TV License Decision as Blow to Greek Government

The international media focused on the blow received by Greece’s media after the Council of State, a top court in Greece, annulled the auction of broadcasting licenses that was held in September. The law that the SYRIZA government had...

Avramopoulos on Hagia Sophia's Renovation

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring both the developments concerning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul and the reversal of the Turkish Government’s politics against Christian monuments in its dominion," reported the Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos in a document forwarded...