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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ETHNIKOS KYRIX, AND THE 18 YEAR

SUCCESS OF THE NATIONAL HERALD, ITS ENGLISH LANGUAGE WEEKLY EDITION

     Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Paiva Weed, P Fogarty, Ciccone, and Algiere

     Date Introduced: March 25, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Ethnikos Kyrix is a 100 year old newspaper and the only daily Greek

newspaper in North America. It was founded on April 2, 1915, by Greek businessman Petros

Tatanis. The company was run for its first eighty-two years by a succession of talented and

distinguished publishers including Babis Marketos, Eugene Rossides, who also served the United

States as the Undersecretary of the United States Treasury Department, and Antonis H.

Diamataris; and

     WHEREAS, Ethnikos Kyrix relocated from Manhattan to Long Island City where it

opened new headquarters. The newspaper also has offices in Boston, Athens, and Nicosia. In

1984, it obtained its own state-of-the-art, high-speed presses; and

     WHEREAS, The need for an English language edition became obvious by 1997, and thus

was launched its weekly edition of the National Herald. The National Herald was an immediate

success and quickly attained considerable circulation numbers. Since then, the National Herald

has successively initiated home delivery in New York and surrounding states, expanded its

delivery reach into New England, launched its own website, and relocated to its new and modern

location on Long Island; and

     WHEREAS, The National Herald has and continues to serve as an important link to the

Hellenic American community of Rhode Island. It closely covers current events, education issues,

the cultural scene, and has helped to forge a deep bond between the people of Rhode Island and

Greece; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Ethnikos Kyrix, and the 18 year success of the

National Herald, its English language weekly edition; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Antonis H. Diamataris, Editor and Publisher of

the National Herald.

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