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 - 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

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Former French President Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term- A gunman, who wrote "ANTI-ICE" on an unused bullet open fire in Dallas facility- Cyberattacks in Denmark Airport

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump said "Your countries are going to hell." a raw, wide-ranging UN speech - In a shift Trump says Ukraine can win war - Jimmy Kimmel is back

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump links autism to Tylenol despite evidence it's safe - France declared its recognition of a Palestinian state during a summit at the UN - Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump announcement of a $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications caused widespread confusion, fee will NOT apply to existing holders - Charlie Kirk memorial 100k mourners expected - UK to recognizes Palestinian State

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Kimmel's suspension is praised by Trump as he wants to punish critical broadcasters, - RFK Jr advisers vote to split combo MMRV shot for children under 4 - Nvidia takes a $5 billion stake in Intel

Dionysios Kaskarelis explains why he is running for local office in Melrose, MA and his plan to balance its finances.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Jimmy Kimmel Live is off air after remarks about Kirk - Starmer and Trump discuss foreign affairs and investment - Robert F Kennedy Jr. is remaking vaccine policies - Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump arrives in Britain - Israel opens a new route out of Gaza City - Wall Street are expecting a Fed rate cut today.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel launches biggest ground assault in Gaza -TikTok will continue in US, Ellison's Oracle may be investor-Kash Patel is defending FBI's work in the investigation of Kirk's killer -U.S. attacked a second boat allegedly transporting drugs from Venezuela.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Polarized society across America, Charlie Kirk's killing has set off a wave of intense conversations - Charlie Kirk's Death Unites a Global Right That Sees Its Movement Under Siege - US, Chinese officials hold talks in Spain on trade irritants, TikTok deadline

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump Says Person Is in Custody in Connection With Kirk Shooting - Kirk's death prompts shock, grief across Gen Z ideological lines - Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after coup plot conviction

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA and an ally of President Donald Trump, was killed a manhunt is underway for the shooter - 24 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which forever changed the world - Qatar bombing tests the limits of the Trump-Netanyahu alliance

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Poland, a NATO member, has shot down Russian drones which entered its airspace - Israel targeted Hamas leaders in an unprecedented attack on Qatar - Soldiers guarded Nepal's parliament- France's "Block Everything"movement is angry at the political class and planned budget cuts

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Macron is seeking his 5th prime minister in less than two years - Israel ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate - Nepal's prime minister has resigned - Apple is bringing iPhone Air

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Japan PM Ishiba resigns after bruising election losses - Trump said he would deploy federal troops to Chicago to conduct mass deportations - South Korea has finished talks with US to release Korean workers

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -Putin said that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack - US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy - US job growth weakened sharply in August; unemployment rate rises to 4.3%

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM Harvard wins landmark victory to restore funding- Lisbon mourns the victims of a cable car crash-Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un stood together projecting an image of authoritarian strength - US military kills 11 people in a strike on a drug vessel from Venezuela - Google wins anti-trust case

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - China's President Xi Jinping shows his diplomatic force vs West force in an 'Axis of Upheaval.' - In Afghanistan Taliban asks for help after deadly earthquake - Trump demands answers about the Covid-19 vaccines

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - America's middle class is feeling more squeezed - Houthi government confirmed that Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib al-Rahwi was killed in an Israeli airstrike - China and India pledge to be 'partners not rivals'

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Senate Republicans are raising questions over the abrupt firing of the head of CDC - FED firing will end up at SCOTUS - Thailand's prime minister sacked for ethics violation

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - White House fired the director of CDC, and several top officials resigned - Investigators are working to understand what may have motivated a shooter in Minneapolis-Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv hitting EU building

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's Fed governor firing is headed to the courts - Trump's 50% tariffs on Indian imports - Danish accuses US of covert operations in Greenland - Prime Minister Francois Bayrou battles to save his minority government

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is removing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for cause - French stocks slide as Paris government faces risk of collapse - Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists - South Korea's Lee dodges 'Zelenskiy moment' at high-stakes Trump summit

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - FED moves to a new policy surging markets - Zelensky vows to continue fighting as Ukraine marks independence day - Israel pounds Gaza City suburbs, vows to press on with offensive

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin demands big concessions from Ukraine - Markets await Powell's Jackson Hole speech - Global hunger monitor says famine has struck Gaza - California legislature approved a redistricting plan

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hurricane Erin has caused water levels along the East Coast to rise - Israel is moving ahead with a military operation in Gaza City - Russia launches biggest wave of strikes on Ukraine for weeks

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin must decide if he will meet face to face with Zelenskyy - Israel will begin calling up 60,000 reservists for duty as it proceeds with plans to take over Gaza City - Japan thinks about its nuclear options

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the US would help guarantee Ukraine's security - Next step Putin to meet Zelenskyy - Hamas has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal with Israel

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine and allies left scrambling as Trump shifts toward Putin after Alaska summit - EU & Zelensky to meet Trump in White House tomorrow - Putin returned to Moscow with an air of triumph, wants to restore old Russia glory - Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza relocation plan

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - European leaders urged Trump not to make a unilateral Ukraine peace deal - Trump wants to extend federal control over Washington police - Israeli approved plans for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from West Bank - July's wholesale inflation is much hotter than expected

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Feds take over DC Police - The Putin Trump Alaska summit will be at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - Hamas' chief negotiator held talks with Egyptian mediators over a potential ceasefire in Gaza

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Inflation is steady at 2.7% in July - Trump takes over DC police in an extraordinary presidential power move - EU leaders say Ukraine should have the freedom to decide its future - US and China extend their tariff truce by a further 90 days

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine's European allies say peace talks must include Kyiv - Israel's plan to expand its military operations into Gaza City has sparked international criticism, including from Israel's allies and hostage families - Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal