The visit of the Greek Prime Minister to Chicago and Washington bears with it strong political, economic and diplomatic symbolism, and on Fridayy Alexis Tsipras leaves with the Greek mission for the United States.

Over 50 percent of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Greece (276km) has been placed in the ground and backfilled, while more than 95 percent of the line-pipes for the Greek section have been delivered to the ports of Kavala, Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis, TAP Country Manager for Greece, Katerina Papalexandri, said at the 2nd Thessaloniki Summit.

$5 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will enable UCLA to create the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture.