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February 12, 2026
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While Mitsotakis and Erdoğan smile for cameras in Ankara, a Greek Air Force officer faces espionage charges behind closed doors in Athens. This week: a former U.S. ambassador says Washington must never sacrifice Greece to appease Turkey, Greece's new man in DC calls the posting the "Holy Grail" and flips the diplomatic script, and Chevron is days away from signing four energy contracts that could reshape the eastern Mediterranean.
Also on deck: a Hard Rock exec becomes a deacon after a quiet moment alone in a Florida pew, a German Metropolitan warns of "wild boars in the field of the Church," and the Greek-American sheriff leading the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother admits the spotlight has him shaken. Plus, Boston's Cretans trace their roots to immigrants who slept in shifts and passed the handkerchief for burial money, a 64-page gothic novella draws from a Greek-American childhood steeped in myth, and two recipes to eat your way through Apokries before Clean Monday shuts the kitchen down.
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ECONOMIC ESPRESSO
🛢️ Chevron Signs on the Dotted Line this Month
Global and U.S. Market Pulse
Power Play: Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou says four contracts with Chevron are expected by mid-February, with surveys launching late 2026 and ExxonMobil drilling in the Ionian following in 2027. A February 24th sit-down in the U.S. with energy ministers from the Vertical Corridor nations and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright positions Greece as the linchpin of a new transatlantic energy bridge.
CROSS-ATLANTIC CURRENTS
🏢 Greece's New Man in Washington Has a Different Playbook
Insights from Greece, Cyprus and America
Greece in DC: New Greek Ambassador Antonis Alexandridis arrived in Washington from Paris calling the posting the "Holy Grail" of diplomacy, and he's flipping the script on how Greece makes its case, leading with the country's value as a stability anchor rather than framing every conversation around Turkish threats. He presents his credentials to President Trump on February 17th and says his door is wide open to the diaspora.
🔤 4,000 Years of Greek, Now on Display at UNESCO
Insights from Greece, Cyprus and America
Language Lives: Culture Minister Lina Mendoni opened an exhibition at UNESCO headquarters in Paris tracing the unbroken journey of the Greek language, the oldest living language in Europe, through ancient texts, replicas, and visual materials curated with the Epigraphic Museum. The show, timed to World Greek Language Day on February 9th, will tour educational and cultural venues worldwide after its Paris debut.
"We Must Not Sacrifice Reliable Allies to Appease Turkey"
Insights from Greece, Cyprus and America
nt Talk: Former U.S. Ambassador George Tsunis told TA NEA that Greece sits at the top of Washington's list of dependable partners in the region, and didn't mince words about Ankara, citing a 1,000% spike in U.S. semiconductor sales to Turkey that were quietly resold to Russia at a profit. Speaking at the Delphi Economic Forum in Washington, Tsunis argued the U.S.-Greece relationship will only deepen regardless of who occupies the White House or Maximos Mansion.
🗳️ Three Seats for the Diaspora, if Athens Can Find 200 Votes
Insights from Greece, Cyprus and America
Numbers Game: The Mitsotakis government wants to create a three-seat parliamentary district for Greeks abroad, but opposition parties are lining up cautious to negative and the plan needs a supermajority of 200 MPs to take effect by the 2027 elections. Postal voting for overseas Greeks has a better shot at passing, as long as in-person voting at consulates stays on the table.
HELLENIC HORIZONS
🍫 A Greek Chocolatier's 1923 Recipes Still Break Valentine's Day Records
Greek & American Business Highlights
Sweet Legacy: Li-Lac Chocolates, founded by Greek immigrant George Demetrious in Greenwich Village over a century ago, sold $43,000 in a single day at Grand Central last Valentine's, and his original recipes for almond bark, butter crunch, and legendary fudge remain the backbone of a business that's grown from $1.4 million to $10 million in revenue. Six stores, 96 varieties, zero preservatives, the sweetest Greek-American success story in New York turns 103 this year.
🎨 From Grief to Gallery, A Greek-American Artist's 20-Year Journey
Greek & American Business Highlights
On Display: Long Island Greek-American artist Elena Kariyannis, known as EROCKSNY, left the corporate world after her brother's sudden death and never looked back, channeling two decades of passion into a 40-piece exhibition now on display at the Alfred Van Loen Gallery in Huntington through March 28th. Her blue series is inspired by Greece, and if you've seen a donut-themed flag outside Rockefeller Center, that was her too.
🧠 From the Long Jump Pit to the Psychologist's Chair
Greek & American Business Highlights
Mind & Body: Greek-born triple jumper Anastasia Bampali came to the U.S. at 18, earned two degrees, including a master's in sport psychology, and is now publishing her first research on bipolar disorder in athletes and performing artists. Her goal: break the stigma that keeps competitive athletes hiding their emotions and help them perform with their minds as well as their bodies.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
🔍 The Greek-American Sheriff at the Center of a National Manhunt
Diaspora in Focus
enter Stage: Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, grandson of Greek immigrants Louie and Despina Nanos from Stamford, Connecticut, is leading the search for Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, under a national media glare he openly admits he wasn't ready for. With a ransom note of dubious authenticity, conflicting leads, and dozens of journalists hanging on his every word, Nanos is navigating the kind of pressure that turns local law enforcement into front-page news.
🔔 A Greek University in Boston, a Cathedral on Park Avenue
Diaspora in Focus
Making Moves?: Archbishop Elpidophoros laid out his most ambitious vision yet at Leadership 100: transform Hellenic College Holy Cross into the first Greek university in the United States, and move the Archdiocesan Cathedral to St. Bartholomew's, the landmark Byzantine-style church on Park Avenue that he calls one of Manhattan's two great monuments. To fund it, he proposed selling one of the two Archdiocese buildings on East 79th Street.
💸 Who's Writing the Next Check for Greek Orthodoxy?
Diaspora in Focus
The Next Chapter: Leadership 100's 35th conference in Phoenix approved $6.5 million in new grants and handed the chairmanship from Demetrios G. Logothetis to Michael N. Bapis, pushing the organization's total giving past $89 million since its founding. Archbishop Elpidophoros used the occasion, and the 20th anniversary of founder Archbishop Iakovos's passing, to lay out a bold vision for the Church in America.
🎓 A Deerfield School Just Put Greek on the National Map
Diaspora in Focus
Perfect Timing: Hellenic American Academy earned Top Language Private Day School honors from Education Insider Magazine, and the timing landed perfectly, with the Village of Deerfield declaring an official Greek Language Day on February 9th. Executive Director Effie Gountanis puts it simply: language isn't just a subject here, it's the lens through which students discover their place in the world.
📚 $600K to Go, Rutgers' Elytis Chair Is Almost Permanent
Diaspora in Focus
Final Stretch: The fund to permanently endow a chair in Modern Greek Studies at Rutgers, named for Nobel laureate Odysseas Elytis, has raised $2.4 million of its $3 million goal, boosted by a landmark $800,000 gift from the late industrialist Nikos Mouyiaris. A sold-out "Anthology of Greek Music" concert at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center brought the Greek and Cypriot consuls general together with academics and community leaders to push the effort across the finish line.
📣 4,253 Signatures Saved Greek and Latin at University of Ottawa
Diaspora in Focus
The Comeback: The University of Ottawa reversed its decision to suspend its Greek and Roman Studies Honours BA after a petition, open letter, and media campaign rallied support from students, scholars, and classics advocates worldwide. The programs had been paused in fall 2025 citing low enrollment, but the backlash proved the appetite for ancient studies is alive.
🇦🇲 Greek Gets a New Classroom in Yerevan
Diaspora in Focus
Cultural Bridge: Armenia's capital now has an officially recognized Greek school, inaugurated on the Feast of the Three Hierarchs with both the Greek and Cypriot ambassadors in attendance. The "Logos Ellinikos of Yerevan" serves not just diaspora Greeks but also Armenians drawn to Greece, adding another thread to a friendship between two nations that share more history than most.
🙏 From the Back Pew to the Altar
Diaspora in Focus
Never Too Late: Michael Karloutsos, son of the prominent Grand Protopresbyter Alexander Karloutsos and a Hard Rock International executive based in Athens, made the final decision to enter the diaconate while sitting alone in the back of his Florida parish church on a January Sunday. Ordained in Panama by Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria with the blessing of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, he says he'll serve voluntarily for life with no salary and no administrative role.
🐗 "Wild Boars in the Field of the Church"
Diaspora in Focus
Straight Talk: Metropolitan Avgoustinos of Germany doesn't hold back in this TNH exclusive, warning against self-appointed "Elders" from Greece who leave behind "shattered souls filled with fear, fanaticism, and conceit" while reporting a surprising surge of young people turning toward Orthodoxy. Overseeing an estimated half-million Greeks in Germany, he also offers a striking tribute to the Greek-American community's resilience and creativity.
⛪ Chicago Metropolis Steps In at Homer Glen Parish
Diaspora in Focus
Under Review: Metropolitan Nathanael has removed the parish council and placed the presiding priest on administrative leave at Assumption of the Theotokos in Homer Glen, Illinois, after parishioners flagged concerns about the church's financial practices. The Metropolis stressed that the moves don't constitute findings of wrongdoing, but the joint review with the Archdiocese signals the institution is taking the allegations seriously enough to bring in outside oversight.
🛏️ They Slept in Shifts and Passed the Handkerchief
Diaspora in Focus
Cretan Spirit: Boston's Cretan Association traces back to 1902, when immigrants shared beds in rotation and collected burial money door to door. Over a century later, their descendants are still dancing at the Maliotis Cultural Center, where a new generation learns the same traditions that surviving pioneers once practiced in crowded tenements just to keep Crete alive.
⛪ 94 Years in Brooklyn and the Pews Are Getting Younger
Diaspora in Focus
Full House: Kimisis Tis Theotokou packed Russo's on the Bay for its anniversary dinner dance, but the real story is what Parish Council President Anthony Grigos said about who's filling the seats, young couples with children now driving the community's dance programs, sports teams, and a partnership with one of New York's top charter schools. Archimandrite Damaskinos Ganas, who has served the parish for 42 of those 94 years, called on the crowd to honor the pioneers while keeping the momentum going.
🇬🇷 AHEPA Chapter 42 Kicks Off 2026 at Ground Zero's Greek Shrine
Diaspora in Focus
Back in Session: Freedom Chapter 42 held its first meeting of the year at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine on Liberty Street, with Supreme Governor Dean Moskos on hand and a full slate of new committees taking shape. Fr. Samuel Davis closed the evening with the traditional Vasilopita cutting, and the chapter already has its next gathering set for February 19th.
🕯️ Memory Eternal: Gregory Papantoniou, 1947–2025
Diaspora in Focus
Life Remembered: A master electrician from Kos who could play practically any instrument by ear, Gregory built a full life in Astoria rooted in family, nisiotika, and generosity, right down to the plants he shared with anyone who'd take one. He leaves behind his wife Astero, four children, 11 grandchildren, and a community that won't soon forget the music.
🎶 30 Years of Nisiotiko Glendi, and the Floor Was Packed
Diaspora in Focus
Regional Rhythms: St. Thomas Hellenic School's biggest fundraiser of the year filled the Danielle Kousoulis Cultural Center to capacity, with three generations turning out to watch Greek school students dance their way through regions of Greece. The graduating class brought down the house with a syrtaki straight out of Zorba, and the Sergiani band kept everyone on their feet the rest of the night.
🫀 Surgery or Stent? What Your Cardiologist Wants You to Understand
Diaspora in Focus
Our New Medical Column: Both procedures aim to restore blood flow to the heart, but the right choice depends on far more than which one sounds easier, stents work best for simple blockages and emergencies, while bypass surgery often delivers better long-term results for complex disease, especially in patients with diabetes. The key takeaway: a "Heart Team" of cardiologists and surgeons should be making the call together, not the patient's fear of open-heart surgery.
FOOD & CULTURE
☕ A Patras Kid, a Cypriot Partner, and Hundreds of Croissants a Week
Tastes and Traditions Explored
Eva Explores: Coffee Ave in Astoria quietly became one of the neighborhood's go-to spots by pairing freddo espressos and zambonotiropita with a philosophy owner Dimitris Filiotis picked up the hard way, remember every customer's order and make the café their "third place." He came to New York from Greece chasing a music career, pivoted during the pandemic, and hasn't looked back.
🥧 Two Recipes to Eat Your Way Through Apokries and Cheesefare
Tastes and Traditions Explored
Recipes of the Week: Meatfare Sunday lands on February 15th and Cheesefare follows on the 22nd, meaning Orthodox Christians have exactly two weekends left to indulge before Clean Monday ushers in Great Lent. These kreatopitakia with cinnamon, pine nuts, and orange zest and a Greek frittata loaded with Dodoni feta will make the countdown worth savoring.
🏝️ Brad Pitt Is Headed to Hydra
Tastes and Traditions Explored
Full Circle: The island that hosted Hollywood's first-ever Greek shoot, Sophia Loren's Boy on a Dolphin in 1957, is about to welcome its biggest star since, as Brad Pitt arrives later this month to film The Riders, an A24 adaptation of Tim Winton's novel directed by Edward Berger. Hydra's mayor expects hundreds of crew to descend on the car-free island, calling it "no coincidence" that its cinematic setting keeps drawing the industry back.
🏆 Ten Years, One Big Win - Freskos Turns a Milestone Into a Double Celebration
Tastes & Traditions Explored
Aging Well: Freskos Greek Restaurant hits its 10-year anniversary on March 25th, and the timing couldn't be more poetic, that's Greek Independence Day. Connecticut Magazine readers just named it the state's Best Greek Restaurant, capping a decade that turned owner Peter Vouras's family recipes into a certified dining destination.
🏺 Kavala's Ancient Goddess Finally Gets Her Due
Tastes and Traditions Explored
Buried Story: Two newly published volumes reveal the hidden world of the Sanctuary of the Virgin at Ancient Neapolis, a 7th-century BC site on the rocky peninsula that is now Kavala's old city, featuring rare Ionic columns in a region dominated by the Doric style. The finds, many unpublished for decades, rewrite the sanctuary's role as both a political center and a cosmopolitan hub in Aegean trade networks.
📜 Ancient Texts Don't Teach Us What to Think, They Teach Us How
Tastes & Traditions Explored
Food for Thought: Philologist Antonios Rengakos, co-editor of Trends in Classics and a three-decade fixture at Aristotle University, makes a striking case in this TNH interview that Greek Letters aren't a museum relic but a living tool for navigating today's intellectual crisis. His sharpest observation for the diaspora: he often sees greater love for the Greek language in America than in Greece itself.
🧛 A Greek-American Gothic in 64 Pages
Tastes and Traditions Explored
Book of the Week: Jennifer Sklias-Gahan, actress, producer, and wife of Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, drew on the folklore and oral traditions of her New York Greek household to write a debut novella that reads like a Brothers Grimm tale filtered through ancient myth. The hardcover drops February 17th, but a limited-edition vinyl audiobook scored to original music and performed in her own voice is already out.
🎂 The Gennadius Library Turns 100 and Gotham Hall Is the Party
Tastes & Traditions Explored
Centennial Milestone: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens hosts its annual gala on May 7th at Gotham Hall in New York, celebrating a century of the Gennadius Library, the extraordinary collection that started with 26,000 volumes gifted by Joannes Gennadius and now holds over 150,000 rare manuscripts, maps, and works of art. Archaeologist Jack L. Davis, whose Griffin Warrior tomb excavations at Pylos rewrote chapters of ancient Greek history, receives the 2026 Athens Prize.
💘 This Greek-American Pizzeria Invented Boston's Heart-Shaped Pie
Tastes & Traditions Explored
Slice of Love: Dedham House of Pizza, a 50-year-old family shop turned nationally recognized pizzeria, is bringing back its Valentine's Day heart-shaped New England Greek pan-style pizza, this time with a package that pairs it with wine and red velvet cake for $35. Owner George Panagopoulos grew up in the shop and has since landed it on Pizza Marketplace's Top 100 Movers & Shakers two years running.
ECONOMY & SOCIETY
🕊️ Mitsotakis Goes to Ankara - Smiles Up Front, Fault Lines Underneath
Snapshots of Change
Drawing the Lines: Greece's PM sat down with Erdogan yesterday for the 6th High-Level Cooperation Council, pushing trade and cultural ties while the real flashpoints, 12-mile territorial waters, Cyprus, and eastern Mediterranean drilling rights, remain firmly off the table. With warships facing off as recently as 2020 and Turkey's parliament still calling a Greek maritime extension a "cause of war," the handshake diplomacy carries more weight than the agenda lets on.
🕵️ Greek Air Force Officer Faces Espionage Charges in Athens
Snapshots of Change
State Secrets: A Hellenic Air Force wing commander accused of collecting and transmitting military secrets to a third party appeared before a military prosecutor in Athens on Tuesday. The case, which carries implications for national security, comes just days after the officer gave lengthy testimony to an examining magistrate on February 6th.
🏥 PM's Wife Undergoes Surgery in Athens after Italy Accident
Snapshots of Change
On the Mend: Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis was injured while in Milan for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony and flew back to Athens for surgery on both hands at KAT Hospital, performed by the head of its Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Clinic. Health Minister Georgiadis confirmed the procedure went smoothly, and noted the PM hasn't left her side.
⚓ Shipyards, Startups, and a Korean Deal Walk Into a Greek Growth Story
Snapshots of Change
Global Stage: The Elefsis Shipyards, revived with a $125 million U.S. development loan, just signed a strategic deal with Korea's Sung Shin to build a national rolling stock center, with the U.S. and Korean ambassadors both in the room. Meanwhile, PM Mitsotakis launched a Greek AI Startup Accelerator with OpenAI, putting 21 homegrown startups through a three-month program and declaring Greece "firmly on the global A.I. map."
🛡️ Greece Just Fused Its Own Anti-Drone Tech With Israel's Missile Shield
Snapshots of Change
Game Changer: The Hellenic Aerospace Industry successfully integrated its homegrown "Kentavros" anti-UAV system with Israel Aerospace Industries' BARAK-MX missile defense platform, creating a unified command-and-control shield that combines electronic jamming with kinetic interception. The field-tested integration feeds directly into Greece's "Shield of Achilles" national defense program, and signals a deepening Greek-Israeli military-industrial partnership.
🚢 A Force of Stability in a World of Rupture
Snapshots of Change
Anchored Strength: UGS President Melina Travlou delivered a clear message at the Union of Greek Shipowners' annual assembly: in a global order where rules are being challenged and economic interdependence is being weaponized, Greek shipping keeps showing up. Her framing positions the industry not just as a commercial powerhouse but as a strategic anchor at a moment when few other sectors can make that claim.
🇨🇾 Christodoulides Gets Macron in the Room and on the Record
Snapshots of Change
Behind Closed Doors: Cyprus's president used a Paris exhibition opening to secure a private sit-down with Macron, covering Schengen accession, the Cyprus problem, and a strategic partnership signed just two months ago. With France being the only EU member that also holds a permanent UN Security Council seat, the meeting quietly underscores why Paris is Nicosia's most important ally in Brussels and New York alike.
🤐 "When Words Lose Their Meaning" - Marinakis Fires Back at Samaras
Snapshots of Change
Old vs. New: Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis responded sharply to former PM Antonis Samaras's claim that "Kyriakos Mitsotakis is chaos," noting with pointed irony that few politicians know real chaos better than Samaras himself, a reference to the economic crisis years of capital controls, overtaxation, and political targeting. The exchange signals rising tensions within the broader center-right political family ahead of 2027 elections.
TRAVEL & CONNECTIVITY
🗺️ Greece's Celestyal Cruises Makes the World's Top 50
Expanding Horizons
Global Ranking: Travel and Tour World's 2026 ranking of the globe's best cruise lines puts Greece's own Celestyal Cruises at No. 47, spotlighting its Athens-to-Santorini-to-Mykonos itineraries built around local cuisine, culture, and heritage. It's the only Greek-based line on a list dominated by American and Northern European giants, a quiet nod to the country that invented Mediterranean seafaring.
🚘 GOINGS-ON: FEBRUARY 12TH - 22ND
Spotlighting some upcoming community events:
NEW YORK, NY – The Greek Jewish & Sephardic Young Professionals Network announced the full itinerary for their special Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Greece this summer. The tour will trace the roots of their families and visit beautiful locations – Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Rhodes, Athens, Kastoria, and Veria. The tour will run from June 28-July 8 and is open to young Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s. The deadline to register and submit deposits is February 12.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – St. Stefanos Greek Orthodox Church hosts its annual Greek festival (February 13-15)
NEW YORK, NY – The Hellenic Film Society presents Greece’s official submission for the Oscar for Best International Film ‘Arcadia’, directed by Yorgos Zois at the Museum of the Moving Image (February 15)
ASTORIA, NY – ‘Eros anikate machan’ (‘Love, invincible in battle’) from the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles is the title of the poetry event hosted by the Greek Writers Guild of America at the Aesculapian Thessalian Brotherhood (February 15)
ATHENS, GR – Following the strong interest recorded in the recent days, Envolve Entrepreneurship announced a new application deadline for the third cycle of the EnvolveXL accelerator extended until February 15
CHICAGO, IL – Annunciation Cathedral Chicago hosts the Chicago Young Adult League (YAL) Mixer at The Vig (February 18)
FORT MYERS, FL – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church hosts its annual Greek Festival (February 20-22)
SARASOTA, FL – St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church hosts its annual Greek Festival (February 20-22)
WATERTOWN, MA – Hellenic Boston Businesses Unite (H.B.B.U.) and The Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church are collaborating to host an unforgettable evening at the H.B.B.U. Winter White Gala (February 21)
PALM DESERT, CA – St. George Greek Orthodox Church of the Desert hosts its annual Greek Festival (February 21-22)
LOS ANGELES, CA – The ‘Giannis in the Cities’ screening and Q&A with director Eleni Alexandrakis, presented by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, takes place at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum (February 22)
🕰️ THIS WEEK IN GREEK HISTORY
February 12, 1954
On this day, Tzimis “Tzimakos” Panousis was born. A Greek singer, songwriter, comedian, and provocateur, he became famous for satirical performances, rock albums, and media appearances. A notorious legal clash with George Dalaras fueled his legend. Panousis died in 2018 at age 64 after a sudden heart attack.
February 15, 1930
On this day, actor and producer Nico Minardos was born in Athens. Known for The Twilight Zone and Mission: Impossible, his adventurous life included survival at sea, legal turmoil, and a later documentary, Finding Nico, chronicling his dramatic rise and fall in Hollywood and enduring cultural legacy within Greek-American history.
February 18, 1952
On this day, Greece & Turkey officially joined NATO. Though they signed the accession protocol in 1951, membership became effective in 1952, marking a key moment in Cold War geopolitics and the alliance’s postwar expansion and regional security architecture in Europe, during an era of rising East–West tensions across the Mediterranean.
Throwback Headlines
The National Herald Archive
Digitalization thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
February 12, 1976
Karamanlis Stresses: “All Greeks Must Get to Work After Accession”
Pretext or Illness of Mrs. Kissinger
Denktash Rejected the Cantons
Talks by Mr. Mavros in Bulgaria
Two Bombs in the Car of a Greek-American
Averoff on the Renaming of EDA
“Let Us Re-Forge a Deep and Lasting Friendship” (Statement by the U.S. Ambassador in Athens.)
Assessment by Turkish Magazine: “Limited Satisfaction with the Bern Talks”
Russia Leads All Nations in Winter Olympics Gold Medals
Lost Ancient City Discovered in Thrace
Two New Turkish Submarines
The Greek Heroine of World War II Has Passed Away
🇬🇷 GREEK WORDS OF THE WEEK
Συναλλαγή
see-nah-lah-YEE
"Transaction"
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Πιστωτική Κάρτα
pee-stoh-tee-KEE CAR-tah
"Credit Card"
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Ανάληψη
ah-NAH-leep-see
"Withdrawal" (from ATM)
📸 PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Greece Opens Winter Olympics with Flag-Bearer Tita Nefeli
Greek flag bearer Tita Nefeli leads her country’s athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Predazzo, Italy on February 6. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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