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Seven years after his last speech in Greece, former US president Barack Obama returned to the stage of the Greek National Opera's Stavros Niarchos Hall in southern Athens on Thursday for a conversation with Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos as part of the annual Nostos conference.

Former US President Barack Obama is in Athens on Wednesday where he will meet 105 members of the Barack Obama Foundation Leaders program. 

The meeting will take place without the presence of the public and marks the completion of the six-month journey of the participants for 2023.

Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are holidaying on the Greek island of Antiparos, after flying in on Friday afternoon.

Kathimerini understands that the Obamas will be guests at the villa of Hollywood actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. 

Old North Church played a pivotal role in the U.S.' fight for independence and has continued to be an active house of worship for 300 years. One of Boston's most popular tourist attractions was yesterday also, for the first time, a theater hosting an original play.

American novelist Barbara Kingsolver won the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction Wednesday with "Demon Copperhead," the Dickens-inspired tale of a boy's struggle against the odds in a corner of America scarred by opioid addiction.

Kingsolver's Appalachian coming-of-age tale was announced as winner of the 30,000 pounds ($38,000) award at a ceremony in London.

Former US president Barack Obama will be in Athens next week and will participate in this year's SNF Nostos Conference (June 21-23), organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

He will join SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos for a keynote conversation focused on how to strengthen democratic culture and the importance of investing in the next generation of leaders.

The 42nd US President Bill Clinton called Bulgaria "a good friend of the US and of the people who love freedom". At a lecture in Sofia, he presented his Global Initiative.

A jury in New York City is set to begin deliberations Tuesday in a civil trial over advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's claims that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996.

United States Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis visited the American pavilion at the 19th Thessaloniki International Book Fair (TIBF) on Friday.

In a tweet, Tsunis noted that "we're celebrating the rich tradition of American literature and our countries' shared passion for books - from beloved American novels to poetry, drama, and non-fiction. Come check it out!"

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