News from the Consulate General in Los Angeles
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 […]
March 20, 2020
Urgent Call
The Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco invites Greek citizens wishing to return to Greece, to do so as soon as possible, through available commercial flights. Difficulties in travel from the
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 […]
July 18, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias’ interview in the New York daily ‘National Herald’ (Ethnikos Kirikas) (17 July 2019)
What is the purpose of your visit to the U.S.? I am visiting the U.S. to participate in the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom and to meet with my counterpart, Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor, Mr. Bolton, as well as with prominent members of Congress, such as Senator Bob Menendez. I am certain that, […]
July 18, 2019
Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, to Greek correspondents following his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo (Washington, 17 July 2019)
N. DENDIAS: I am pleased that one of my first meetings as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of the new Greek government, the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was with the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. We all know that the close relations between Greece and the United States date back in time, but […]
July 16, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias to visit the United States of America (Washington, 17-18 July 2019)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias will travel to the United States, where, on Wednesday, 17 July, he will meet with his U.S. counterpart, Mike Pompeo, with whom he will discuss issues of bilateral, regional and international interest. The Minister of Foreign Affairs will also meet with the U.S. President’s National Security Advisor, J. Bolton, […]
July 3, 2019
Temporary exemption of Greek voters from control of their recruitment obligations.
The Greek Embassy in the United States informs that Greek citizens residing permanently abroad who are traveling to Greece in order to exercise their right to vote in the parliamentary elections of 7th of July 2019, are exempt from control of their recruitment for the period 3 - 12 July 2019. This exemption does not […]
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 […]
