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Inflation Hits 3-Year High on Spike in Prices, Highlighting Affordability Challenges for Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near. Consumer prices rose 4.2% in May from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, up from 3.8% in April and the third straight increase. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.5% last month, after big gains of 0.6% in April and 0.9% in March. Outside energy costs, price increases were not as dramatic, a sign that inflation hasn't yet spread throughout the economy. Should the Iran war end and oi... Read more

Patriarch Theophilos III Meets President Trump at White House

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, where the protection of Christian communities in the Middle East and the safeguarding of freedom of worship in the Holy Land were among the principal topics discussed. According to an announcement issued by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem,...... more

A Sharper Focus: What Voters Will Look for in November’s General Election

Accuracy over speed is California’s purpose when counting ballots, although it appears to be more like a leaky faucet slowly dribbling in the results. We have built a voter-friendly system that begins with the mailing of ballots to every registered voter, about 23 million people. And we provide ample time for the count, up to June 15, with a 30-window to cure signature issues, and provisional and damaged ballots. The painstaking count is just one side of the coin that describes this election. The other is a sense of a civic uncertaint... more

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Greece Returns 48 Antiquities to Cyprus

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, on the occasion of her recent participation in the Informal Council of European Union Ministers of Culture in Nicosia, formally returned 48 Cypriot antiquities that were being repatriated from Greece to Cyprus during a special ceremony at the Cyprus Museum ANA-MPA reported. According to a press release these antiquities come from the collection of the late Greek Ambassador Christos Zacharakis and are outstanding examples of Cypriot civilization, ... more

Bill Gates Tells Lawmakers Meeting Epstein Was a ‘Grave Error in Judgment’ in Closed-Door Hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Gates said Wednesday that he made a “grave error in judgment" by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faced questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier. In an opening statement provided to The Associated Press, Gates said he “should never have met with Epstein in the first place,” but that he “never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct.” The tech billionaire became the latest powerful fi... more

Signatures June 8 For Agreement on Hosting French Forces in Cyprus; Tanks Upgrade on Hold

NICOSIA – A Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the Republic of Cyprus and France will be signed on June 8 in Nicosia by Cyprus’s Minister of Defense, Vasilis Palmas, and his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin, according to information obtained by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). According to CNA sources, the two defense ministers will...

Erdogan Said To Have ‘Positive View’ Regarding Initiatives for New Cyprus Talks’

NICOSIA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly supports a “new initiative” by the United Nations to bringing a resumption of formal negotiations Cyprus problem, the CyprusMail reports. High-level sources have informed the Cyprus Mail that “Erdogan has expressed a positive view regarding the prospect of a ‘new initiative’, and that Turkey is willing to engage in negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem should it believe that there is the ‘requisite will’ for a solution on the part of the Greek Cypriot side.” Erdogan reportedly believes the lack of a solution to the Cyprus problem has “unduly cost Turkey through no fault of its own” according to CyprusMail, which adds: “in recent decades, particularly in light of the fact that Turkish governments led by Erdogan supported both the 2004 Annan plan referendum and the failed negotiations in 2017 at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.”

Annita Demetriou Re-elected Speaker of the Cypriot Parliament

NICOSIA – Annita Demetriou was re-elected Speaker of the Cypriot House of Representatives for a second term by a majority of MPs during the first plenary session held the afternoon of June 4. Her election was secured in the second round of voting, where, with the support of MPs from the Democratic Rally (DISY), the...

Cyprus Police Investigation: Entire ‘Sandy’ Narrative is False and Fabricated

NICOSIA – The Cyprus Police have brought the high-profile ‘Sandy’ saga with its allegations of high level corruption in Cyprus to a close by officially presenting at a press conference the findings of a months-long investigation conducted in cooperation with Europol and the FBI. The Police concluded that the entire narrative publicized by investigative journalist...

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Pope Leo Will Tap Into the Sagrada Familia’s Allure While Honoring Catalonia’s Holy Mountain

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday, visiting a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrating Mass at Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia Basilica. Montserrat, a healthy drive from the city followed by a steep ascent, is dear to many of the Catalan people in northeastern Spain. Annually, 2 million people travel to the complex that includes an 11th-century Benedictine abbey as well as a 16th-century basilica. Its Black Madonna statue, wh... more

U19s Youth Greece Lacrosse Team Secures Second Consecutive Win in Heritage Cup

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – On Memorial Day weekend, the boys Greece Lacrosse Under 19s team successfully secured their second straight win in the annual Heritage Cup Championship. This win highlighted the great achievements of the ever-growing sport amongst Greek-American and Greek-Canadian youth. The Under 19s team won the Heritage Cup in both 2025 and 2026, and the Under 15s team also secured its second championship...... more