Vangelis Marinakis: Pride for the Greeks of the Diaspora who « are all together »

The unity and close ties between the Greeks of the Diaspora focused on Vangelis Marinakis, founder and president of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp, president of PAE Olympiakos and ceremony of the 86th Greek parade on the 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York.

Excited and proud of the honor of being one of the great ceremony of the parade, with the Olympics, which is celebrating 100 years this year, to stand out and be checked by the crowd he watched, he talked about a « a very nice parade ».

« We see all Greeks together united, our brothers in Cyprus, celebrating this great day » for the 204th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek Revolution and the liberation of the country from the Turkish yoke, noted by Mr. Marinakis, he is in a hurry, Grow up. « 

Pride – twice Greeks

Having their own experience, as for business reasons he has lived abroad for many years, Mr Marinakis talked about the deep bond of Greeks of the Greek community with his homeland. « You are doubled for the successes of your country when you are away, » he said, « Yes, the Olympics abroad are twice Olympic. They are extremely proud of the great conquests of Olympiacos, their team, the last two years. « 

The leader of Olympiacos, who is one of the few entrepreneurs in the White House, talked about the « red -white » team that scattered joy to all Greeks of the homogeneity with the conquest of European trophies and emphasized the « positive response ».

Finally, he referred to the grandeur of sport and his contribution to « Greeks who have played successfully and conquer peaks ».

Insisting on the contribution of sport and the decisive role it can play in education and youth progress, a belief that Mr Marinakis has proven in practice by investing in the academies and giving opportunities to young children, the president of PAE Olympiakos has highlighted the prospects.

Important messages for Greece and Cyprus by Vangelis Marinakis

At the brilliant event in which he was honored as the Grand Lastarder at the Parade of the Diaspora for National Independence, Vangelis Marinakis seized the opportunity to talk about Greece, Cyprus, and the importance of giving every person the opportunity to take advantage of their potential.

In a crowded room with prominent and influential personalities among those present, Vangelis Marinakis stressed: « I am very happy to be with you tonight and once again visiting the US and New York. I feel special whenever I visit your beautiful country, because you have the energy, the democracy and why this country helps anyone comes to work here, to make a career, to be able to use its talents, to be useful and to chase the « American dream ». It is indeed, a very nice feeling and especially for the people who like to work, they like to succeed, they like to do things for their society and their countries. « 

Speaking about the largest media group in Greece, the Alter Ego group he founded, and honoring the official guests from Greece, including director and actor Christoforos Papakaliatis, Mr. Marinakis did not leave our way to Maetrou, More international recognition.

Not by accident, Mr Marinakis’ reference to the high standard Famagusta series to Cyprus, sending a message to many recipients that the Cyprus issue should be resolved as soon as possible.

« As for the media, we have the most popular, in recent years, television stations, with productions that make us proud and proud of the country, such as the » Maestro « series. Tonight is the director and screenwriter and one of the best actors in Greece, Mr. Christoforos Papakaliatis, who is with us. Of course, I believe it was our duty to make a great production for the Famagusta series, because we have had many consultations all these years, but unfortunately there has been no solution since 1974 for Cyprus. We believe that it is good to see the whole world what happened in Cyprus at that time and that it should be self -evident, for all politicians, that a solution must be found as soon as possible, « Mr Marinakis said.

Award of the « red -white » leader PAE, Vangelis Marinakis

Yesterday, Saturday, Olympiacos President Vangelis Marinakis gave the « present » to an event in New York, at Melrose Ballroom, for the 100th anniversary of the team.

The « red-white » fan association in the city of the United States awarded the leader of the « red-white » PAE, under the guidance of which Olympiacos won the UEFA Europa Conference League, as well as the UEFA Youth League in the 2023-2024 season!

« We take European and lead across Europe »

The plaques to Vangelis Marinakis were handed over by the President of the Association, George Tsambas, who thanked him for his enormous contribution to Olympiacos, but also for honoring the Festival of the Association with his presence.

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‘We never delivered’

Vangelis Marinakis, who was applauded, said after his award:

« So 100 years and it’s not enough for our team. I am very happy to be near you tonight. The year that passed was probably the most important year in our club’s history. We won two European leagues. We are the first team in Europe to conquer two Europeans during the same period.

We are very happy because the beginning was very difficult, we had a lot of adversity along the way and ups and downs. We never surrendered, we made corrective changes and whatever it needed and in the end we reached the Grand Final and won it.

Also, for our young people, I think it was just as important and this is perhaps more important to win the Champions League in the Youth, Youth League. We have shown that Greece has a talent and can star in Europe.

And not just in Europe. When we went to Brazil and played in Maracana the final, we may have lost but we played very well, ”said Vangelis Marinakis.

‘We are conquerors of peaks’

And he added: « As everyone was saying there we deserved the victory. This is very important for these kids. We see that Olympiacos is one of the few teams, perhaps the only team in Europe to have four key players from the Academy, 17, 18, 22 years old in its eleven.

These players lead in Greece and Europe. I think this is very important for all children, for the children of Piraeus, for the children of Greece.

We decided to go all over Greece, as well as to countries that have a large number of Greeks living there. We did it in Europe and now the cup came to America, in New York, it will go to Chicago. We are very happy about it, because we saw two million people all over Greece celebrating the cup, as well as hundreds of thousands going to be photographed with the cup, kissing it.

And within them we are sure that there were too many who were not Olympians, they were Greeks, they were proud of their homeland.

What we want to do is continue. We are conquerors and see it is not only in football. Olympiacos has another first in Europe, in the volleyball, polo, track and field. All this. We take European and lead across Europe.

This is a great achievement that only Olympiacos does. We want you with us. We where we can be close to the people of Olympiacos. Here in America and Astoria. We all feel like in Greece and even warmer, because we see this great love of the world.

Thank you, be all good, ”concluded Vangelis Marinakis.