Embassy News
November 23, 2016
Thanksgiving Day
The Embassy and Consular Office of Greece will remain closed on Thursday, November 24th in observance of Thanksgiving Day.
November 21, 2016
Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos" (1926-2016) former President of the Hellenic Republic - Book of Condolences
Washington D.C. November 21, 2016 The Embassy of Greece in Washington D.C. with profound sorrow, announces that His Excellency Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, former President of the Hellenic Republic, passed away on November 20th in Athens, Greece, at the age of 90. The Embassy of Greece will place a book of condolences, which will be open on […]
November 4, 2016
Become an archaeologist for a day!
An amazing Greek Kids EuroFestival Workshop on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at the Embassy of Greece! Explore the magic of Ancient Greek Culture with the help of special Museum-kits designed at the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Kids turn into little archaeologists for a day experimenting with copies of ancient […]
November 4, 2016
How 560 Priceless Greek Treasures Got to Washington DC and National Geographic's Saving the Past Initiative
Please join the European Union in the United States and EUNIC DC for an exciting discussion on "How 560 Priceless Greek Treasures Got to Washington DC and National Geographic’s Saving the Past Initiative" featuring National Geographic's Dr. Fredrik Hiebert and Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Πολιτισμού / Hellenic Foundation for Culture's Dr. Zoe Kosmidou. The event is part […]
November 2, 2016
The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation will offer $250,000 in scholarship awards to exceptional Greek American college students.
The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in Chicago, Illinois, and its scholarship awards are available to all undergraduate students of Hellenic descent. They are offered to recognize students of high scholastic achievement for their accomplishments, and to provide support to those in financial need. Twenty (20) Awards of $10,000 each will be given […]
October 27, 2016
Routes in Teaching Modern Greek
The programme “Routes in Teaching Modern Greek as a foreign language” supports and qualitative promotes teaching and learning Greek as a foreign/second language" of the Operational Programme "Education and Life-Long Learning". The programme concerns distance learning courses for teachers of Greek to children and adults worldwide (except for Greece). The programme mainly aims at providing […]
October 24, 2016
World War ΙΙ National Holiday
The Embassy and Consular Office of Greece will remain closed on Friday, October 28th in observance of “World War ΙΙ National Holiday".
September 9, 2016
Foreign Minister’s Nikos Kotzias opening address to the Conference for Security & Stability (Rhodes, 8 September, 2016)
Thank you for accepting the invitation we extended to convene in Rhodes and discuss the issues of the Eastern Mediterranean, a region of war and peace, cooperation and confrontation, powerful dividing lines but also friendly ties. Present in our meeting are Middle Eastern countries that are either in or contiguous to the Mediterranean Basin. They […]
September 7, 2016
Foreign Minister Kotzias’ interview with AMNA - The Rhodes Conference for Security & Stability (September 8-9/2016): A Greek initiative to bring Europe closer to the Arab world
JOURNALIST: On Thursday and Friday we are hosting in Greece, on the island of Rhodes to be exact, the Conference for Security & Stability in the E. Mediterranean, where Arab and European states will be meeting on your own initiative. Would you like to elaborate on the objective thereof? N. KOTZIAS: There is this historical, […]
