WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden — surrounded by Greek-American politicians and community leaders — marked Greek Independence Day at the White House on Wednesday. One of the featured guests included the actress Rita Wilson, who is of Greek descent and performed four songs at the reception in the East Room.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros is expected to request Washington’s support for the key issues concerning the course of Hellenism during the meeting that he will have today, Wednesday (29 March), with the US President Joe Biden.
Legislation was introduced in the US Senate and US House of Representatives commemorating the 202nd anniversary of Greece’s independence and celebrating democracy in Greece and the US.
The US President Joe Biden sent the message that the Greek-US alliance has never been stronger in the annual proclamation of March 25th as Greek Independence Day.
Recently a growing number of countries in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific have banned the popular video-sharing Chinese app TikTok from government devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns increase. Some of them prohibited the app altogether.
Authorities in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles are ramping up their law enforcement presence. A Manhattan prosecutor may charge Donald Trump over how he declared a payment to a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair. It would be the first criminal case brought against a former US president.
Lately authorities have been uncovering the parallel lives and fake identities of Russian spies across the European continent; including Sweden, Poland, Austria and Greece.