The Greek Orthodox Community of the Holy Cross in Whitestone, Queens is gearing up for the four-day Greek Festival, which will begin on the evening of Thursday, June 6, 2024 with the consecration to be performed by Fr. Nikolaos Paros and will conclude on the evening of Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is visiting New York next week, as Greece claims its third participation, with the status of a non-permanent member state, in the UN Security Council for the period 2025-2026 in the vote that will take place on Thursday June 6 in the General Assembly.

LAMDA Development, responsible for the iconic The Ellinikon project, was named one of the 100 most influential companies in the world by Time magazine for 2024, the only Greek company on the list.

The annual inflation rate in Greece is expected to shrink to 2.3 percent in May, down from 3.2 percent in April and 4.1% in May 2023, according to a flash estimate released by Eurostat on Friday.
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.6 percent in May 2024, up from 2.4 percent in April, according to Eurostat's report.