Alexis Stratakos spoke about the death of His friend Greek American police officer John Bartholomew while on duty in Chicago when he was accompanying 26-year-old Alphonso Talley to the hospital.

Businessman and philanthropist Steve Kontos has been awarded the Medal of Freedom by the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Philadelphia and Greater Delaware. This is the Federation’s highest award and one of the most prestigious awards presented in the Philadelphia tri-state area.

Valuable objects dating to the first half of the 2nd millennium BC, which likely formed parts of a gold necklace or a pendant used as a grave offering, were discovered during an excavation on Kolonna Hill in Aegina.

In the presence of Minister of Justice George Floridis, the first meeting of the committee organising Greece’s Presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2027 was held.