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Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, a short statement released by his office said. He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour...

The American Hellenic Council and other community organizations expressed their outrage and condemned the violence by Turkish security staff against American citizens demonstrating against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington DC. Erdogan's security men and other armed individuals attacked...

Arizona senator and former US presidential candidate John McCain, as well as Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, on Tuesday evening arrived on the Dodecanese holiday island of Rhodes for a short visit. On Wednesday the...

*Translated in English by Maria Stenos Name: John Catsimatidis Company :Red Apple Group Resides: in Upper East Side, the best and most expensive part of Manhattan Smokes: his beloved Cuban cigars Owns: a private jet, which he uses to visit Greece when he has...

George J. Tsunis, a New York attorney who is personal friend of President Joe Biden, faced confirmation hearings on Wednesday as part of his nomination as the United States Ambassador to Greece. As part of the hearings, philhellene Senator Bob...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for George Tsunis the US Ambassador nominee to Greece on Wednesday, January 12. The Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Robert Menendez, will be called to decide whether Tsunis meets...

George Tsunis is President Biden's top choice as the new ambassador to Greece as of Friday afternoon. Tsunis is a personal friend of the US President. Once proposed by former President Obama to be an ambassador to Norway, the businessman,...

Who exactly is Senator Kamala Harris, who was chosen by Vice President Joe Biden to be his running mate in the 2020 presidential elections? Perhaps remembered best for her pugnacious debate style in the primary debates of last year, she...

7th annual Oxi Courage Awards with North Korean defector and human rights activist Ji Seong-ho (middle) Two prominent advocates of freedom and human rights were honored on Thursday at the 8th annual Oxi Day Courage Awards, held at the U.S. Institute of...

U.S. President elect Donald Trump on Thursday appointed Greek-American George Gigicos Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance. Gigicos, a prominent member of the Greek-American community, was one of the first people to sign on with Trump's presidential campaign,...

The fifth Annual Concordia Summit convened some of the world’s preeminent thought leaders and decision makers to address today’s most pressing, global challenges and highlighted the potential for effective collaboration between businesses, governments, and nonprofits. It was the 5th year...

Concordia will host the 5th Annual Concordia Summit on October 1-2 in New York City. The conference will convene over 600 leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to discuss the power of public and private sector cooperation...

The United States pledged Wednesday to accept more refugees fleeing from wars in Syria and elsewhere, even as Europe unveiled a mandatory country-by-country quota plan to resettle 160,000 migrants. After meeting with lawmakers in Congress, U.S. Secretary of State John...

The Libra Group, an international business group comprising 30 subsidiaries active across six continents, has announced that it is a founding sponsor of the My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Alliance, launched today by President Obama in the Bronx, New York. The...

The 4th Annual Concordia Summit attracted a record number of government, business and non-profit leaders from all around the world to promote public-private partnerships. The event entitled "Scaling Proven Solutions Through Collaboration" took place on September 29th and 30th...