Achilleas Kouremenos

1 week ago | thenationalherald.com | Daniella Matar |Achilleas Kouremenos

SPORTS Milan (AP) — Former Bayern Munich defender Benjamin Pavard scored against his old club to help Inter Milan to a 2-2 draw against the German team on Wednesday, sending the Nerazzurri through to the Champions League semifinals 4-3 on aggregate. It was Pavard’s first goal for Inter, after the France international joined from Bayern in 2023.

1 week ago | thenationalherald.com | Isaac Scharf |Wafaa Shurafa |Achilleas Kouremenos

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, remarks that could further complicate talks with Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage release. Israeli forces have taken over more than half of Gaza in a renewed campaign to pressure Hamas to release hostages after Israel ended their ceasefire last month.

1 week ago | thenationalherald.com | Christodoulos Athanasatos |Achilleas Kouremenos

NEW YORK – Determined to go as far as needed, including reaching the proper authorities, in order to prevent the creation of a bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria – from Newtown Avenue up to 36th Avenue – Greek-American business owners active in the area spoke to The National Herald about the problems it will create.

1 week ago | thenationalherald.com | Gonzalo Solano |Regina Garcia Cano |Achilleas Kouremenos

WORLD QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian voters weary of crime reelected President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred crimefighting record, by a wide margin Sunday, but his opponent vowed to seek a recount over what she described as “grotesque” electoral fraud.

2 weeks ago | thenationalherald.com | Theodore Kalmoukos |Achilleas Kouremenos

Thursday, April 10th, is a significant day for our Church and our Greek-American community in America because on this day, twenty years ago, Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America passed away. That means he left the realm of time, but not of existence. Iakovos continues to exist, but ‘in another form’, having left a lasting mark for many decades on the heart and course of the Archdiocese and our Community. Twenty years have gone by as if it were yesterday.