"It was a dream come true," said the president of the Greek Community of Melbourne, Vassilis Papastergiadis, on Friday, welcoming an initiative by Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias to open a Greek National Tourism Office (GNTO) in Australia.

American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the eve of his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Washington, D.C., to encourage a candid discussion on the state of U.S.-Turkey relations based upon Turkey’s demonstrated actions that undermine the interests of the United States and NATO.