News, commentary and interviews about the World, Europe and Greece. Analysis of current events laced with thought provoking commentary on issues facing Greece and the U.S., gives listeners a unique perspective and practical point of view. The podcast is an entertaining fusion of news, interviews, geopolitics, personal finance, lessons from Greece’s classical heritage and American pop culture. Stamatis N. Astra is co-host of Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM, a 70 year old Greek American program serving the community of Boston New England and is the beacon for Hellenic culture, language and music.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US GDP grew at a 4.3 % annual rate, faster than the previous 3 months - Trump unveiled a new “Trump class” of Navy battleships- Justice Department has released a new set of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -U.S. boarded an oil tanker that had been docked in Venezuela-US, Russian officials meet in Florida for more Ukraine talks-Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Suspect in Brown University and M.I.T. Professor Shootings Found Dead-EU loans $105 bln to Ukraine, no deal on Russian assets - Trump signed an order directing the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump claims economic success in primetime address- 1.4 million members of the US military will receive checks for $1,776 -Still no suspect for Brown University gunman-U.S. approved $11B arms-sales to Taiwan
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Manhunt continues for Brown University shooter - Nick Reiner is charged with two counts of first-degree murdering his parents-Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” oil tankers from Venezuela
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Nick Reiner is "responsible" for the deaths of his parents-Bondi Beach gunmen linked to Islamic State-A manhunt is underway for the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University-Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion over a documentary
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach Jewish holiday event kills 12- Person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting-Zelensky to rewrite Trump's peace plan rather than reject it
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump signals willingness to work with Democrats on health care - Indiana Republicans rejected redistricting plans - Bulgaria's government resigned - Dow set to extend record
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is trying to allay affordability concerns and deflect blame - Zelenskiy said he was prepared to hold elections within three months - Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of targeting civilians - Fed to reduce rates and give guidance today
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case of birthrights - Affordability the main economic concern
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin and Modi discuss peace, oil and arms deal - Xi wants to focus on Paris and its ties with European Union -SCOUS allows Texas congressional maps that strongly favor Republicans - Another US deadly attack on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Global negotiations continue for a peace deal in Ukraine in Miami - Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota and Louisiana - Honduras election swings again, conservative Asfura takes slim lead
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - A meeting with Putin produced no breakthrough on the plan to end the war in Ukraine - Republicans win Tennessee seat - US is pausing immigration applications from 19 countries
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Witkoff in Moscow for peace talks, Secretary of State Rubio is skipping NATO meeting - Trump discusses next steps on Venezuela
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Nasdaq closes higher, but notches losing month despite Thanksgiving week rally- FDA will upend its approach to immunizations for respiratory illnesses, including flu vaccines
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The death toll from the Hong Kong tower fire has risen to 128 and about 200 people remain missing - Trump said his administration will "permanently pause" migration from all "Third World Countries" - Pope Leo and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew join hands at the site of the Ecumenical Council
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hong Kong massive fire in high-rise towers many dead - Trump says negotiators are making progress to end the war in Ukraine - New tens of billions of taxes in Britain
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - S and Russia hold peace talks as missiles pound Kyiv - A judge dismissed the prosecutions against James Comey and Letitia James - US formally designated Venezuela's Cartel as a terrorist organization
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Fresh talks on the future of the war in Ukraine are under way, EU tries to weigh in - DOGE 'doesn't exist' - US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations - Trump on Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation: She "went BAD"
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Zelenskiy in discussions with Trump about Russia Ukraine peace plan - Trump to meet with Mamdani - Stocks surrendered gains made after Nvidia's strong results and closed sharply lower fear of AI bubble
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Nvidia reported record revenue and strong guidance, investors breathe a sigh of relief - Trump has drafted a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine Russia -
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Saudi Arabia to invest over $1T in US, Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman - Bill passed to release all of the Epstein files - Russia carried out a massive overnight attack across Ukraine
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Government funding bill heads to House, Democrats did not get funds for Obamacare, vow to continue fight - U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier near Venezuela - FED no data have split between inflation and labor market
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Senate passes bill to fund government, Democrats do not get Obamacare funding - A de facto partition of Gaza to save the peace - Trump asks $1B from BBC
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump tells Republicans to send federal health insurance money ‘directly to the people' - Air traffic staffing shortages disrupt thousands of flights - Russia's Lavrov says "I am ready to meet Rubio"
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US said they would reduce air traffic starting today due to the shutdown - Musk, the trillion dollar man - obesity drugs will cost as little as $149 per month
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - FAA will reduce air traffic by 10% at 40 airports on Friday - Trump's global tariffs ran into a skeptical Supreme Court - Voters said cost of living is their biggest issue, and punished party in power, as usual
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Democrats won the races in the first major elections since Trump became president - Trump is negotiating a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that would lower obesity drug price - The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, setting a new record
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Democrats Hope Attacking the Trump Economy Unites Party - Dick Cheney, Powerful Former Vice President Who Served Four Republican Presidents, Dies at 84 -
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - UK police says mass stabbing on train is not terrorist incident- Dodgers rally to beat Blue Jays, repeat as World Series champions-Nasdaq and S&P 500 close higher the week, thanks to Amazon
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Food Stamps to end, Fed employees furloughed, Trump asks to end filibuster- King Charles to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles - Trump's Asia trip ends, filled with dealmaking
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Trump reduces China tariffs in deal with Xi on fentanyl, rare earths-Trump ordered to resume testing nuclear weapons after 33 years-Fed say December rate cut not certain
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -Melissa shatters records as strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic - Fed is expected to approve another rate cut - South Korea Says It Has Finalized Terms of U.S. Trade Deal at 15% tariffs - Trump to lower China tariffs for cooperation in cracking down fentanyl
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Greece celebrates "OXI Day" - Trump in Japan signs rare earths agreement - Melisa is Category 5 hurricane - 175 mph winds, heading to Jamaica
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump slaps 10% extra tariff on Canada over Reagan trade ad - U.S. and China reach an early consensus in ‘successful' trade talks-Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris-
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump stops trade negotiations with Canada, pointing to an advertisement that features Ronald Reagan - FBI NBA gambling probe - Inflation rate hit 3.0% in September, lower than expected
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump administration has lifted a key restriction on Ukraine's use of some long-range missiles and sanctioned Russian oil - Britain's King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together - NBA coach Chauncey Billups, player Terry Rozier arrested in gambling probes
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Russia and Ukraine escalate attacks and Trump cancels Putin "wasted meeting" - US increased pressure on Hamas to disarm
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Sanae Takaichi is elected Japan's first female prime minister - Court rules Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland - Shutdown stalemate enters its 21st day - Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum and made off with priceless jewels in a brazen, seven-minute heist - Israeli military launches attacks on Gaza, ceasefire under strain - Healthcare subsidies in jeopardy cause shutdown impasse
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Zelensky to meet with Trump to discuss Tomahawk missiles - Trump to meet Putin in Hungary, following phone call - John Bolton facing criminal charges - Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa had NYC mayoral debate
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump has authorized CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela - Hamas has returned only 9 of the 28 deceased hostages to Israel - Judge stops Trump firing 4,000 Federal workers during shutdown
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Aid trucks rolled into Gaza and Israel resumed preparations to open Rafah - Hamas Fights and public executions are striking fear in Gaza - France sacrifice retirement reform for political stability
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - All 20 living Israeli hostages are free and thousands of Palestinian detainees - Next, Trump is ramping up pressure on Russia - SpaceX's Starship megarocket completed an hour-long test flight -
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hamas said it has 20 living Israeli hostages in hand and is ready to begin releasing them - Trump to visit Israel and Egypt tomorrow - China doubles down on rare earth export - Trump-Xi meeting hangs in balance
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel's military pulled back, hostages to be released in next 48 hrs - Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to María Corina Machado NOT Trump - Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, was indicted
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Negotiations in Egypt to finalize a deal between Israel Hamas - Gold is over $4,000 - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu trying to reach budget deal
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Netanyahu says he hopes to announce hostage release in the 'coming days' - Five killed in large Russian missile and drone attack, Zelensky says - Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump and Democrats try to win messaging over Health Care and Government Shutdown - A massive fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in CA - Israeli soldiers boarded in 40 ships that were attempting to break a naval blockade to deliver aid to Gaza
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is targeting Democratic priorities during the shutdown - Israel intercepts 39 aid boats headed for Gaza - Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US Government shuts down after six years; deadlocked Congress failed to pass funding - TrumpRx “most favored nation” deals save Americans money in drugs - Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are laying out a new vision for the US military - Hamas still not accepted Peace deal
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