Alexandra Papadopoulou
Diplomacy
Greece and Turkey Vow to Build on Positive Momentum
Greece and Turkey reiterated their joint commitment to build on the existing positive momentum during a meeting of foreign ministry officials on Monday in Ankara.
The meeting between Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akcapar...
Diplomacy
Greece Reportedly Skips Taiwan Events to Avoid Angering China
A recent report by Nikkei Asia alleged that Greece has warned its officials not to attend events organized by Taiwan to avoid angering China.
The report cited an email reportedly signed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Papadopoulou asking...
Diaspora
Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation 2023 Awards Ceremony & Gala
The Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation awarded 51 scholarships to Greek American students at the 2023 Awards Ceremony and Gala Weekend earlier in June at Hilton Chicago.
Metropolitan Nathanael, and Ambassador of Greece to the U.S., Alexandra Papadopoulou, joined the award recipients...
Ancient Greece
U.S. Returns ‘Priceless’ Ancient Coins to Greece at an NHM Ceremony
The US has returned dozens of stolen ancient coins to Greece in what is the largest collection of its kind to be intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and repatriated.
Homeland Security Investigations returned the 51 Greek coins to...
Politics
Robert Menendez, Jr. Briefed on Greece, Cyprus in Congressional Campaign
Robert Menendez, Jr, the son of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, was briefed on issues relating to Greece and Cyprus on Wednesday in Washington D.C.
He met with the Ambassadors of Greece and Cyprus and Greek-American and Cypriot-American...
Europe
Skopje Holds Memorial Service For Greece
The annual memorial service for Greece was staged at the Vevcani carnival in Skopje, an event held between Jan. 13-14. Vevcani is one of Europe’s oldest carnivals, spanning 1, 400 years. It’s a carnival of irony that mocks people,...
entertainment
Cultural Initiative Aims to Put Greece in Positive Light
Sometimes, Europeans think of Greece when they read articles about the financial crisis. Some others pass the Hellenic Ministry's campaign signs in Times Square or London, advertising a perfect summer in Greece. Lately, there are also many demonstrations undertaken across Europe to support...
Europe
FYROM’s Greek Ambassador Contradicts Allegations of FYROM’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
The head of Greece's Liaison Office in Skopje, Ambassador Alexandra Papadopoulou, contradicted later allegations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of FYROM Nicola Poposki that “Greece is unilaterally moving towards the suspension of the intermediate agreement”.
In a written statement distributed...