News from the Consulate in Atlanta

March 22, 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs N. Dendias presents the exhibition of the Ministry’s Archives for the celebrations of the 200 years since the beginning of the Greek Struggle for Independence

In the framework of the celebrations for the 200 years since the beginning of the Greek Struggle for Independence in 1821, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias presents the virtual exhibition by the Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs of historical documents with respect to the creation and […]

December 31, 2020

Invitation for Presentation of Conscripts (Draftees Greek males born in 2003)

We inform you that as part of their military duty, all male Greek citizens born in 2003 are requested to present themselves to the competent Greek Consular Authorities in order to submit required information regarding national military service. The information must be submitted during the period January 2, 2021 to March 31, 2021, by the […]

May 23, 2020

Memorial Day

The General Consulate of Greece will remain closed on  Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.

May 1, 2020

May Day

The General Consulate of Greece will remain closed on Friday, May 1st in observance of May Day.

April 16, 2020

Orthodox Easter

Τhe Consulate of Greece will remain closed from Friday, April 17th until Monday, April 20th in observance of Orthodox Easter.

April 8, 2020

PM Mitsotakis' message to Greeks living in the USA

https://www.amna.gr/en/article/447544/PM-Mitsotakis-message-to-Greeks-living-in-the-USA?fbclid=IwAR0dkF_wOvd6SzTO4V-adxAdQcJ-MZ3yupdzNT_U_RdjoHKOueh-6Ksy7Ec

March 30, 2020

Article by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, published in the Financial Times: “Turkey’s refugee ‘extortion diplomacy’ must end” (30 March 2020)

From the summer of 2015 until early 2016, the EU faced a massive influx of asylum seekers, most of them fleeing the conflict in Syria. About 1m people entered Europe, most of them from Turkey, by arriving on Greek islands in the Aegean. To address this influx and alleviate the burden, the EU and Turkey […]

December 5, 2019

Census Certificate to be submitted by Greek males born in 2002

ANNOUNCEMENT (for Greek male citizens born in 2002) We would like to inform you that as part of their military duty, all male Greek citizens born in 2002 are requested to present themselves to the competent Greek Consular Posts in order to submit required information regarding national military service. The information must be submitted during […]

July 18, 2019

Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, following his meeting with U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (Washington, 17 July 2019)

This was an important opportunity for me to meet with Senator Menendez and express my thanks and the satisfaction of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and of the Greek government with the Senator’s legislative initiative. We also talked about Greek-American relations and the issues being created by the Turkish provocations against Cyprus and in the Eastern […]