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Hillary Clinton Meets With Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Greece's Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The meeting took place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. Avramopoulos and...

Greek Defence Minister Avramopoulos to speak at Tufts and Harvard Universities

Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos will address on Wednesday the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, greater Boston area, on "The new geopolitical role of Greece," according to...

Avramopoulos Meets Hagel at Pentagon

The United States recognize the “strategic role” of Greece and that the country constitutes a “significant factor for safety, cooperation, understanding and stability," U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said after meeting in Washington with his Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos. They...

Avramopoulos’ Visit to Washington

Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who was Foreign Minister before being bumped in favor of PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos in a Cabinet shakeup by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, is going to Washington ahead...

Foreign Minister Avramopoulos in Washington

Greek Foreign Minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, paid a short visit to the U.S.A. He was the main speaker at the annual forum of the American Jewish Committee in Washington. Describing the contemporary social reality in Greece, Avramopoulos mentioned challenges that "political...

Avramopoulos, Abp. Demetrios Talk Greek Crisis

During his visit to New York, Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos discussed with Archbishop Demetrios of America efforts by the Diaspora to help vulnerable sectors of Greeks who have almost no government programs to help them during a crushing...

Avramopoulos Hits N.Y. for UN Talks

Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos will be in New York City on Feb. 21  for a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The topics to be discussed during Avramopoulos’s talks include the negotiations on the FYROM name issue, the Cyprus...

Hurricane Sandy Blocks Avramopoulos Visit

With Hurricane Sandy causing a state of emergency along the United States' northeast coast,  Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos has been forced to cancel a planned trip to America and Canada, including a stop in New York. The storm led...

Avramopoulos Will Represent Greece at UN Opening

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos is travelling to Chicago, Boston and New York and will represent the country at the convening of the 67th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly. Avramopoulos is set to also meet...

ETIAS: Americans Will Need To Register Before Visiting Europe After 2021

According to a decision taken by the European Commission in July 2018, which was also voted on by the European Parliament, Americans will be among the non-EU nations, whose citizens will need to pre-register and pay a small fee...

Should the U.S. and Canada Take More Refugees from the EU? The EU Migration Commissioner Thinks So!

EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told the Wall Street Journal that the refugee crisis should be addressed globally in an interview titled "EU Wants US and Canada to Take in More Refugees." The interview, given prior to the 71st...

The Hellenic Initiative Raises $2.5 Million for Greece

The Hellenic Initiative's (THI) Third Annual Banquet took place on September the 30th, in New York, raising a total of $2.5 million, making it once again one of the most successful fundraising initiatives within the Greek-American community, as well...

Defense Minister: Greece and US Have Strategic Defense Cooperation

Defense cooperation between the United States and Greece has a strategic and essential character, Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said after a meeting with his American counterpart Chuck Hagel. "We had the opportunity, along with my American counterpart, to confirm once...

Greek, Jewish Groups Hail Historic Three-Country Leadership Mission

A 15-member delegation of community leaders from American Hellenic and American Jewish organizations embarked on a historic three-country Leadership Mission to Israel, Cyprus, and Greece, Jan. 8 to 15, 2014, to explore the major political, economic, and security developments...

American Jews Cite Golden Dawn Danger

David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the largest Jewish organization in the U.S., said he believes that the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party " is a clear threat to Greece", adding that "there should be no...