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AHEPA Radio | Service Dogs for Warriors The latest AHEPA Radio podcast features AHEPA's Service Dogs for Warriors program. Through the program, AHEPA raises funds to help acquire service dogs for veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The cost to train a service dog is $15,000. Download the audio podcast from AHEPA Radio on iTunes or podbean (Android). Veterans Committee Preps for Veterans Day As Veterans Day approaches, the AHEPA Veterans Committee is committed to helping AHEPA chapters recognize veterans and active-duty service members. Please visit ahepaveterans.org to register veterans from your community and to order the AHEPA Medal for Military Service. The committee also encourages chapters to submit photographs from events honoring veterans via email, webmaster@ahepaveterans.org.  History of Veterans Day Hometown Chapter Honors Supreme President AHEPA Chapter 209, Middletown, Ohio, hosted a celebratory reception for one its own, Supreme President Carl R. Hollister, Oct. 1, 2017. Proclamations recognizing Supreme President Hollister for his service to country as a retired U.S. Army Major in the Special Forces and for his service to AHEPA were read. More than 100 persons attended from Buckeye District 11 (Ohio) and surrounding chapters.  Take Action! | AHEPA Emergency Relief Fund Open AHEPA has opened its Emergency Relief Fund to provide assistance to hurricane victims. read more  donate online

Upcoming Events & Deadlines October  16 | AHEPA/AHI Dinner in honor of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Willard InterContinental, Washington, D.C. 20-22 | Archon Weekend in New York City 25 | Deadline: Winter Issue of The Ahepan Join AHEPA Today! In Our Own Words. What AHEPA means to us. Join AHEPA Now Greek American 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.   Erdogan's Escalating Feud With U.S. Hammers Turkish Markets Bloomberg (Oct. 9)  Markets in Istanbul tumbled after the U.S. and Turkey stopped issuing visas for each other's citizens in a spat related to last year's failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, deepening divisions between NATO members already at odds over the war in Syria.  read more and more reporting here.   Greece's Battered Banks Start the Return to Bond Markets The Wall Street Journal (Oct. 10)  Greece's National Bank launched a bond Tuesday, the first time a Greek lender has tapped international credit markets in three years, when the country came close to exiting the eurozone.  Other local banks are planning to issue their own bonds, and in July the Greek government returned to debt markets after its own three-year hiatus. read more Greek airline Aegean to add new routes, fleet decision by year-end Reuters (Oct. 9)  Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines will add 11 new routes in 2018 and choose between Airbus and Boeing planes by the end of this year to renew its fleet, executives said on Monday.  read more   Political parties condemn attack on migrant workers in Aspropyrgos Ekathimerini (Oct. 8)  Ruling SYRIZA on Sunday condemned a brutal attack on two migrant workers in the industrial zone of Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, on Saturday.