Two hundred and fifty teenagers and young people from various states in the USA and Canada participated in the 16th Youth Festival hosted by the Pontian Association “Akrites” of Philadelphia. The festival took place from June 20 to 22, 2025 at the St. Demetrius Community Center in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, in the courtyard of which the first monument to the Genocide of Pontian Hellenism is kept.

Nicole Kidman is in Greece for her summer vacation and has chosen one of the most beautiful islands in the Ionian Sea to spend some relaxing moments.

In a statement to German Bild newspaper, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis refers to the measures the government is taking to reduce illegal migrants from Libya, saying that “Greece is not an open transit route”.