Consular Office

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a special statement on the Greeks in Lebanon. Specifically, the Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being activated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to assist Greek citizens wishing to depart Lebanon.

The Crisis Management Unit of the Greek Foreign Ministry was activated on Wednesday to assist Greek citizens wishing to leave Lebanon due to the escalating crisis in the region.

According to the announcement, Greek citizens in Lebanon can contact the Consular Office of the Greek Embassy in Beirut via the emergency phone line at (+961) 71 593659 or by email at [email protected].

Romanians abroad will have three days and 835 polling stations at their disposal to vote in the presidential election, starting this Friday. Thus, the polling stations abroad will be open between 12.00 pm and 9.00 pm on Friday, local time, and between 7.00 am and 9.00 pm on Saturday and Sunday, local time.

Two Romanian nationals died and another was slightly injured after a boat accident that occurred in the area of the French town of Gerstheim on Thursday, an incident involving an inflatable boat carrying tourists, including Romanian citizens, according to preliminary data obtained by the Consulate General of Romania in Strasbourg.

The Spanish authorities confirmed the existence of two Romanian nationals among the persons affected by the rail accident that took place near Barcelona on Friday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informed on Saturday, following the demarches carried out by the representatives of the Romania's Consulate General in Barcelona.

Romania's Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) has reported that so far there are no Romanian nationals among the victims of a Strasbourg attack occurred on Tuesday in Strasbourg, France, and no requests for consular assistance have been filed at the consular level.

Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) is informing that the Police Service of Northern Ireland are investigating recent attacks against Romanians and other Eastern Europeans in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to establish whether or not they can be considered hate crimes.