Embassy News
May 4, 2011
Ambassador of Greece to the United States Vassilis Kaskarelis talks about Greece the economy and foreign policy
On May 4, 2011 Ambassador of Greece to the United States, Hon. Vassilis Kaskarelis was honored by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council as Diplomat of the Year in an exclusive diplomatic event held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. We caught up with Ambassador Kaskarelis and talked to him about his […]
March 16, 2011
Chairman of the Greek Parliament Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs Konstantinos Vrettos meets with members of Congress and House Foreign Affairs Committee during recent visit to Washington
The Chairman of the National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Greek Parliament visited Washington, DC, March 14 through March 16, 2011. Chairman Konstantinos Vrettos met with several members of Congress, including Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinin (R-FL), Shelley Berkley (D-Nevada), John Sarbanes (D-Maryland), Gregory Meeks (D-New York), Gus Bilirakis […]
February 19, 2011
FM Droutsas in New York meets UNSG
During a visit to New York on February 17 Greek Foreign Minister dimitris Droutsas met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the organisation's headquarters, with whom he discussed the Cyprus issue and the negotiations between Athens and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the name issue as well as the situation in the […]
January 15, 2011
First Greece-U.S. Academic Meeting in Washington DC
The Embassy of Greece in Washington D.C. is organizing the first meeting of the newly-formed Academic Advisory Council (AAC), consisting of eminent Greek-Americans in key leadership positions at American universities (Presidents, Rectors, Deans), with Rectors from the majority of universities in Greece. The meeting will take place this coming weekend (January 15-16) at Georgetown University […]
December 2, 2010
Ambassador Kaskarelis addresses Capital Link Forum December 2nd 2010
“REFORMING GREECE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES” Good morning, It is my great pleasure to be joining you this morning. I am confident that this will be a productive forum, as it has been for 12 consecutive years, providing a much needed venue for cultivating relations between the Greek and American business and investment communities. For this, […]
December 1, 2010
Ambassador Kaskarelis addresses a Brookings Institution conference December 1st 2010
“Ιn the Wake of the Crisis: Macroeconomic Dilemmas and Financial Regulation Challenges For Europe, America and the World” Good morning, It is my great pleasure to be joining you this morning. I congratulate the Brookings Institution, Mr. Justin Vaisse in particular, for this initiative, which I am confident will be very productive. I am very […]
December 14, 2009
Presentation by Ambassador V. Kaskarelis at the Woodrow Wilson Center
America, Europe and Global Security: Convergent Goals, Divergent Capacities Thank you for timing out of your busy schedules to join us. I look forward to our discussion and exchange of ideas. As some of you know, I undertook my responsibilities as Greece’s Ambassador to the United States relatively recently. I have been in the Foreign […]
November 21, 2009
Remarks by H.E. the Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.A. Mr. V.Kaskarelis on the occasion of the 8th Annual Conference on the futur of hellenism
It is a pleasure to be here, and thank you for inviting me to share your concerns and your contemplations about the future of Hellenism, your future, in the United States. The borders of Hellenism have never been confined within the borders of Greece proper. The Greek people have spanned the globe for thousands of […]
November 21, 2009
Message by H.E. Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.A. Mr. V. Kaskarelis on the occasion of the 39th Biennial Banquet of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA)
Thank you for your kind invitation tonight and for the opportunity to address the members of the Greek American community’s oldest grassroots organization. I consider my friend an old friend of AHEPA. While I have been Greek Ambassador to the U.S. for barely four months, I have spent more than four years in this incredible […]
