US Embassy in Athens

The Institute of International Relations (IDIS) and the US Embassy in Athens are holding the first Transatlantic Relations Seminar, which is titled "70 Years of Greece's NATO Membership: European Security, NATO and the Transatlantic Bond," on Wednesday at the IDIS Conference Room (3-5 Hill Street, Plaka), starting at 6 p.m.

The working languages will be Greek and English.

Drug enforcement officers from Greece's Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE), in cooperation with a US Department of Homeland Security team from the US Embassy in Athens, seized just under 34 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Piraeus on Tuesday morning.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed her certainty that Greek-US relations will become even stronger during the tenure of US President Joe Biden, during her speech at a special event organized by the US Embassy in Athens on Wednesday.  

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King's birthday, a US national holiday.

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) has commended the US Embassy in Athens on the launch of its year-long campaign to commemorate Greece's bicentennial entitled "USA & Greece: Celebrating 200 Years of Friendship."

The US Embassy in Athens is launching a yearlong campaign to commemorate Greece's 1821 War of Independence, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt announced in an interview with state broadcaster ERT Thursday.

The US Embassy in Athens lowered its flag to half-staff on Monday to honor US Capitol Police officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, who were both on duty when a mob of Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday.

The US Embassy in Athens and the Greek nonprofit organization SciCo on Thursday announced next year's STEM Stars Greece, a competition that supports, highlights and rewards 14- to 18-year-old students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). 

The United States has thanked Greece for hosting NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) 2020, an annual multinational air defense live fire exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies.

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day.