12:37AM EDT October 23. 2012 - WASHINGTON -- Ellen DeGeneres is usually the one cracking jokes and busting out one of her signature dance moves -- anything to make people laugh. But on Monday night, the tables were turned as a star-studded lineup of her friends and colleagues, past and present, showed up to the salute the comedian at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The hearings will help decide whether Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino will face trial
Schettino is attending the hearings
More than 1,000 survivors, victims' relatives and their lawyers also are in attendance
While most fans know that Jennifer Aniston has Greek roots, most would be surprised to discover that her Greek great-grandfather actually fought in the Cretan Revolt against the Ottomans in 1878.
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis affirmed that the U.S. – Greece relationship is “stronger than ever” during the meeting of the two leaders at the White House on Monday.
Inspired by the Greek capital’s long history of democracy, freedom, art, and culture, countless cities across the world, but particularly in the US, have adopted the name of Athens as their own.
Apache and Black Hawk helicopters of the US Armed Forces have arrived at Alexandroupoli in northern Greece for the NATO Atlantic Resolve training operations in the Black Sea and Eastern Europe.
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, paid a touching tribute to the historic ties between the U.K., and Greece during a speech at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Wednesday.
In Athens, Francis will meet the leader of Greece’s Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos, as well as with the country’s political leadership, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
US President Joe Biden on Monday sent Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou a letter on the occasion of Greece’s celebration of the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution.
