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A pair of Evzones, members of the presidential guard, performed the change of guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Parliament on Tuesday dressed in the traditional black Pontian costume to mark the 101st anniversary of the Pontic Genocide.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou tweeted her own message, in Greek and English, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.

The pandemic, breaking with the rules of our everyday life, reaffirms in the most unequivocal manner the vital role of the free press in offering citizens accurate and valid information. #WorldPressFreedomDay

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou phoned to congratulate a seamstress in the northern Greek city of Grevena on Tuesday who manufactured 600 surgical masks for the local hospital.

Sakellaropoulou praised Elona Angoli for her humanity, preparedness and contribution.

Newly appointed Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou offered her condolences on Monday over the death of Manolis Glezos, describing the World War II resistance fighter and leftist activist as a "brave man."

Greece's new president Katerina Sakellaropoulou is on Tuesday afternoon to deliver a message to the nation during which she is expected to refer to Wednesday's March 25 independence day, which will be celebrated in the absence of crowds this year due to the coronavirus epidemic, and on the necessity of the lockdown imposed from Monday. 

Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greece's first female president, inspects an honor guard on Friday, when she was sworn into her new role.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday approved the expansion of the Greece 2021 committee, which is responsible for designing and supervising a program of celebrations to mark the bicentennial anniversary of Greece's War of Independence against Ottoman rule.

The funeral service for acclaimed Greek poet Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, who died Tuesday aged 81, will be held at Panagitsa church on the island of Egina at 3 p.m. on Thursday.

Anghelaki-Rooke will be buried next to her husband, British classicist Rodney Rooke, to whom she was married for 43 years until his death in 2007.

It's approaching that time of year again when the American Farm School holds it annual barbecue and fundraiser.

"I'd wanted to come to Greece for years, but something always prevented it from happening. But when I got the phone call from Stavros Tsakiris asking me to play Prometheus, I was scared stiff. And then I thought of my parents, who are now gone, telling me: 'Are you kidding Katerina?