News from the Consulate General in Los Angeles
July 5, 2013
Visit of Lady Ashton (4/5-6/2013)
In an effort to raise EU’s profile in West Coast, Lady Ashton, EU’s High Representative for External Affairs and Security Policy, visited Los Angeles, and gave a talk to the UCLA University. She was also the guest speaker at a lunch organized by Pacific Council. EU’s foreign policy, as well as the start of negotiations […]
July 5, 2013
Celebration of the National Day of Greece with a Byzantine flavour (3/25/2013)
The National Day of Greece was celebrated at the Consular residence, with the presence of 250 guests, including the Dean and many members of the Consular Corps, Governor Michael Dukakis, the CEO of LA Chamber of Commerce, Garry Toeben, the President of the World Affairs Council, Terry Mc Carthy, as well as representatives of the […]
July 5, 2013
Award by the American Hellenic Council of California (9/22/2012)
The American Hellenic Council of California and the Hellenic University Club honored the Consul General of Greece Elisabeth Fotiadou for her contribution to the promotion of Greek Culture in California during a special night in Beverly Hills.
July 5, 2013
Visit of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstantinos Tsiaras (9/17-19/2012).
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Konstantinos Tsiaras, visited Los Angeles within the framework of his visit to the US. The American Hellenic Council of California organized a dinner in his honour where he had the opportunity to exchange ideas on the effort of restructuring the Council of Greeks Abroad, about Greece’s economy, ways that […]
July 3, 2013
Lecture on the history of Jewish Salonica during the 20th century at UCLA
June 14, 2012.A lecture by Paris Papamichos Chronakis, a Rothschild Foundation post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University of Thessaly and a visiting research scholar at UCLA, filled the auditorium at Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. The lecture discussed the history of Thessaloniki from the late 19 th to the mid 20 […]
July 3, 2013
6th LA Greek Film Festival (31/5-3/6/2012).
The theme of 2012’s Greek Film Festival was “Defeating the crisis through the viewfinder” and was dedicated to the new generation of Greek film makers who are inspired by and put into question the current situation in Greece. Their films, often very low budget, are a comment to current crisis in economy, values, stereotypes etc. […]
July 3, 2013
Celebration of the 25th of March 2012.
The National Day of Greece was celebrated with a reception at the Consular residence for about 250 people, including local authorities, members of the Consular Corps, and many Greek-Americans. The highlight of the evening was the speech by Governor Michael Dukakis, who referred to the Greek efforts to overcome the economic crisis. The speech of […]
July 3, 2013
The Eurozone Economic Crisis. (15-2-2012)
The UCLA University/Department of History, within the framework of the lecture series “Why History Matters” invited the Consuls General of France, David Martinon, Germany, Wolfgang Drautz and Greece, Elisabeth Fotiadou, as well as Professors Peter Baldwin and Ivan Berend, to discuss the current crisis in the Eurozone, the past and the future of Europe. The […]
July 3, 2013
Screening of 2 Greek movies by American Film Institute (11/3-10/2011).
The prestigious AFI included two Greek Movies, Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Alps” and Athena Rachel Tsangaris’, “Attenberg” for this year’s program. Both directors were present at the screenings and answered to the questions of the audience. LAGFF and the Consulate were communication sponsors.
