2013 VOA

[Anna Karagiannopoulou]: The American Secretary of State, John Kerry, is undertaking his sixth trip to the Middle East, which will focus on the latest developments in Egypt as well as efforts to find a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Mr. Kerry returns to the Middle East after talks in the region last month, […]

[Dimitris Manis]: The recent protest rallies in Turkey have brought together many groups of the Turkish opposition, some of which have entirely different political positions. These groups united to demand the end of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s eleven-year leadership. However, the Turkish leader has shown no signs of backing down. The Kaptaan-Pasha neighborhood in

[Zoi Leoudaki]: The recent revelation of a secret program monitoring telephone conversations in the USA raises questions about the limits of personal privacy and state intervention. Experts say that the Department of Justice crossed the permissible boundaries when it secretly obtained telephone conversation records of Associated Press journalists regarding an Al-Qaeda investigation in Yemen. Frank

[Dimitris Manis]: Since last Tuesday, the young man responsible for leaking information about the highly classified surveillance programs implemented by American government agencies has disappeared. Officials in Washington insist that the suspect must be arrested and extradited to the United States immediately. Edward Snowden left the hotel he was staying at in Hong Kong on

[Anna Karagiannopoulou]: The Greek Foreign Minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, made a brief visit to the United States, during which he was the keynote speaker at the annual forum of the American Jewish Committee here in Washington. [Dimitris Avramopoulos]: I am here tonight representing a nation that shares the same values and principles with the Jewish people.

[Dimitris Manis]: Monday, May 13th, was the last day in service for the Greek-origin NATO military commander, James Stavridis. Before departing from his duties, Admiral Stavridis granted an interview to the Voice of America, in which he stated that the biggest challenge that the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance will face in the

[Zoi Leoudaki]: Mr. President, you mentioned a new approach to addressing the crisis in the Eurozone and the process of integration into Europe, and you talked about a kind of broader dialogue, including beyond the borders of Europe and from both sides of the Atlantic, involving international economic organizations and the academic community. Do you

[Secretary Kerry]: It’s my great pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Katsalidis of Cyprus, especially at such an important time. Cyprus is a very good friend of the United States, and we understand the deep economic challenges you’ve been facing. We want to be helpful in any way we can. We also look forward to working

[Zoe Leoudaki]:Greek cuisine is going through a period of renaissance in the United States. Many restaurants have been created inspired by Greek recipes, and we are in one of them. Here in the center of Washington, we are at Zaytinya. April is dedicated to Greek Easter and Greek cuisine. For this purpose, Aglaia Kremezi has

[Anna Karagianopoulou]: Unemployment in the United States has fallen to its lowest levels in the last 4 years, reaching 7.6%. But this doesn’t mean that most Americans found jobs. After six months of significant hiring, American employers put the brakes on in March, resulting in the addition of only 88,000 new jobs to the economy