News from the Consulate General in New York
October 5, 2019
Lecture on the influence of Byzantine Art on Modern Greek Art at Columbia University Program in Hellenic Studies
The Consulate General of Greece in New York together with the Program in Hellenic Studies at Columbia University hosted the art lecture “Egg tempera and Modern Greek art tempera-ment. Byzantium and Neohellenic art” by Greek Art Historian Nikoleta Tzani, Curator and Art Historian at the Greek Art Centre “Giorgio De Chirico” based in Volos city […]
October 2, 2019
Greece & Cyprus partner with “Fairway Market” to promote Greek products
The Consulate General of Greece in New York gave its support to a special in-store retail marketing campaign called “Eat Like Greek,” featuring quality products from Greece and Cyprus. The campaign is hosted inside the “Fairway Market” supermarkets and the products are being supplied by the Cyprus- based company “Olive Roots”. The campaign was launched […]
October 1, 2019
“Romaniote Memories - a Jewish Journey from Ioannina, Greece to Manhattan” A panel discussion with experts at the Consulate General of Greece in New York September 26th, 2019
Following the opening of the exhibit “Romaniote Memories - a Jewish Journey from Ioannina, Greece to Manhattan: Photographs by Vincent Giordano” on September 19th, the Consulate General of Greece in New York hosted a panel discussion on Romaniote Jews (September 26) with experts Samuel D. Gruber, President of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments, Cincinnati […]
September 27, 2019
Address of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, at the Annual Dinner of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations (New York, 26 September 2019)
“It is a great honour to be addressing all of you who live in, serve and contribute to the prosperity and constant progress of this great country – the United States of America – while also keeping alive the ties with our roots, Cyprus and Greece. I would like to assure you, from my heart, […]
September 22, 2019
Photo Exhibition by Vincent Giordano Romaniote Memories, a Jewish Journey from Ioannina to Manhattan
This Fall, the Consulate General of Greece in New York gave its own version of a “Greece Unknown” series. On September 19, the Consulate General of Greece in New York opened a photo exhibit by photographer and filmmaker Vincent Giordano, illustrating the culture of Greek-speaking Romaniote Jews from the historic city of Ioannina in Greece […]
September 22, 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias to participate in the proceedings of the High-Level Week of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 21 to 27 September 2019)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, will accompany the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who will head the Greek Delegation during the High-Level Week of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. On Monday, 23 September, Mr Dendias will attend the Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, where he will have the […]
September 13, 2019
Art Exhibition by Peter Bogdanos Retrospective of works
Oh glorious olive tree of old If only you had eyes to see […] what stories you would tell… Peter Bogdanos This year, the Greek Consulate’s Fall events calendar started with an art exhibition by Greek American visual artist Peter Bogdanos. The opening took place inside the Consulate on September 5th. The exhibition is a […]
August 13, 2019
Assumption Day
The General Consulate of Greece will remain closed on Thursday, August 15th in observance of Assumption Day.
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 […]
