An event was held on Thursday 25 June 2026 at the “Yiannos Kranidiotis” Auditorium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the aim of returning personal belongings of four Greek victims of Nazi concentration and forced labor camps to their families, within the framework of the international campaign #StolenMemory of the Arolsen Archives, and the […]
The meetings of the NATO Archives Committee were held with remarkable success on 21 and 22 May 2026 at the “Yiannos Kranidiotis” Amphitheatre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. Hosting the Committee’s proceedings in Athens constitutes a particular honour for Greece, as this marked the first time that the NATO Archives Committee convened […]
On Monday, April 20, at 11:00 a.m., the presentation of the project “Digitization of the Diplomatic and Historical Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” will be held at the “G. Kranidiotis” Amphitheater of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis will address the event.
The Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (YDIA) announces the release of its new publication entitled “Greece Liberated: Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic and Consular Relations”. In essence, the volume is the catalog of the exhibition of the same title presented by YDIA in Greece and abroad on the […]
The digital platform of the Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives at arxeio.mfa.gr is temporarily out of order due to technical problems. Until the operation of the platform is restored, as soon as possible, researchers who visit the reading-room of the Service and wish to order files for study, are kindly requested to contact the […]
The Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing an international Conference on the topic “Digital and electronic records and archives at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the European Union”. The Conference will take place on Tuesday 19 April, at 17:30, in the Amphitheatre “Y. Kranidiotis” (Akadimias […]
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce the beginning of the formal operation of its online electronic platform that allows access to its digitized archives, at the webpage arxeio.mfa.gr. After many years of efforts, the Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives completed a large and innovative project, not only by the standards […]
During the celebration of the Greek National Day on October 28th in Washington, organized by Greek-Americans who founded the OXI DAY FOUNDATION, the Director of the Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives Mrs Photini Tomai was nominated with the “Metropolitan of Zante Chrysostomos Award”. Mrs Tomai is the first recipient of this Award, which was […]
In July 2011 a new book with diplomatic documents was released by the Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives edited by the Director of the Service Photini Tomai. It is entitled “Documentary History of Greece: 1943-1951, Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan” (Papazisis Publishers, Athens 2011) and it is a translated and thoroughly revised and completed […]
