Embassy News
June 24, 2019
National Public Health Organization Statement on recent publications regarding alleged cases of the West Nile virus in Greece
Regarding recent media publications on West Nile virus in Greece, the National Public Health Organization of Greece would like to provide the following clarifications: - West Nile virus infection, along with a number of other viral infections transmitted through mosquito bites, belongs to a group of diseases whose circulation is expected to increase in the […]
June 19, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos telephone conversation with U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton (19 June 2019).
Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos had a telephone conversation today with the U.S. President’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton, discussing security issues of mutual interest. The Minister of Foreign Affairs raised the issue of Turkey’s illegal actions in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, stressing the need to further strengthen international […]
June 14, 2019
Holy Spirit Day
The General Consulate of Greece will remain closed on Monday, June 17th in observance of the Holy Spirit Day.
May 31, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos to meet with the Most Reverand Elpidoforos, Archbishop of America (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2019)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos will meet today, at 11:30, with the Most Reverend Elpidoforos, Archbishop of America, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
May 7, 2019
Special Secretary for Religious and Cultural Diplomacy Dr. Efstathios Lianos Liantis meets with the US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (07 May 2019)
The Special Secretary for Religious and Cultural Diplomacy, Dr. Efstathios Lianos Liantis, met today with US Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt, who congratulated him on assuming his new duties as Special Envoy for Combating Anti-Semitism and Safeguarding the Memory of the Holocaust. During the meeting, the prospect of cooperation between Greece and the US in the […]
May 6, 2019
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris meets with the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback (Athens, 6 May 2019)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris today received the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Dale Brownback, former Minister of Agriculture as well as the Governor of Kansas, in the context of the latter’s visit to Greece which, as he himself stressed, aims at forging bonds between the US and the Christian […]
February 21, 2019
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris meets with U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (Athens, 21/02/2019)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris meets with U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (Athens, 21/02/2019) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris received U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Talks revolved around current issues included in the Deputy Minister's portfolio, with particular emphasis on cultural and religious issues. […]
February 19, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgios Katrougalos telephone conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan (19 February 2019)
A short while ago, Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos had a telephone conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan. John Sullivan congratulated Giorgos Katrougalos on undertaking his new duties and expressed to him the satisfaction of the US over the conclusion of the Prespa Agreement. Giorgos Katrougalos stressed Greece's role, in cooperation […]
January 7, 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement on the attack on the Embassy of the United States of America (Athens, 07 January 2019)
We condemn the throwing of paint by members of an anarchist group in the forecourt of the Embassy of the United States of America, which resulted in material damages. Such actions cannot undermine the close and timeless ties of friendship between our peoples and the strategic relationship between Greece and the United States, which is […]
