AHEPA E-News! | Vol. 11 Issue 22
May 31, 2017
This Week: AHEPA honors America's fallen heroes; House Foreign Affairs Committee's action applauded; AHEPA conveys its condolences to Greece; Washington Update; and Catch all the latest in the News Digest!
Editor's Note: Editorials, Commentaries, and Opinion pieces are shared for information purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the Order of AHEPA, its affiliated organizations, and members.
Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies
Associated Press (May 29)
Constantine Mitsotakis, a former conservative prime minister remembered for fierce confrontations with Greece’s liberal and socialist parties as well as early free-market reforms during a 60-year political career, died early Monday. He was 98. read more
Former Greek PM Papademos recovering well after booby-trap blast
CNBC via Reuters (May 26)
Former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos was recovering well from injuries caused by a booby-trapped package exploding in his car on Thursday, with doctors saying he would stay in hospital for two more days. read more
Opinion: U.S. Veterans Use Greek Tragedy to Tell Us About War
New York Times (May 26)
The ancient Greeks didn’t go to the theater just to be entertained. Aristotle believed that audiences saw themselves reflected in tragic characters and that the very act of watching a character’s downfall helped purge them of emotions like pity and fear, a process he called catharsis or, roughly, “purification.” read more
ExxonMobil plans to invest 5 billion in Greek fossil fuels
Ekathimerini (May 27)
US oil major ExxonMobil plans to invest around 5 billion euros in the development of hydrocarbon deposits off Greek shores, Kathimerini understands.The company, whose former chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson was appointed US Secretary of State by President Donald Trump, will join the consortium between France’s Total and Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE) for the development of a 20,000-square-kilometer maritime area stretching from south of the Peloponnese to Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos. read more
Turkey must show it means business on Cyprus talks, President says
Famagusta Gazette (May 29)
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has said that the time has come for Turkey to show whether it means its rhetoric on wanting a solution of the Cyprus problem or whether, the parties would travel to Geneva for a Conference on Cyprus, merely to have an excursion. read more
Lanthimos, Philippou win joint Best Screenplay at Cannes festival
Ekathimerini (May 28)
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou won their first distinction at the international film festival of Cannes, earning the Best Screenplay Award for the film “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” on Sunday. read more
