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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Urges Cyprus Leaders to Resume their Meetings
The U.S. Vice President has urged the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus to resume their meetings as soon as possible and expressed the continued US.. support to both sides as they work to reach a successful agreement...
Greece
Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Monteagle (Monty) Stearns, Dies at the Age of 91
Monteagle (Monty) Stearns, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Greece from August 1981 through September 1985, has died.
Stearns served in Athens during the premiership of Andreas Papandreou. Stearns had also served at the U.S. Embassy in Greece in...
Greece
State Minister Pappas Optimistic an Agreement Can be Reached on May 24
Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas expressed his content over the outcome of the meetings with US government leadership in Washington while speaking on an ERT public broadcast. "The meetings with the leadership of the US government proved that all sides are...
Greece
Geoffrey Pyatt is the New US Ambassador to Greece
US Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce is being replaced by Geoffrey R. Pyatt, a former US Ambassador to Ukraine.
The US State Department has chosen an experienced and firm diplomat as the next American Ambassador to Greece. Pyatt became...
Greece
Washington Pushes for New Greek IDs by 2017
Washington gave Athens a deadline until April 2017 to retrofit all IDs in order to avoid Greece's expulsion from the Visa Waiver Program for Greek citizens who travel to the US.
The decision is already in action since April 1. In order for...
Greece
Greek Interior Min: ND's Law Proposal on Expatriates' Vote Is Hypocritical and Deliberate
In an exclusive interview to Charalampos (Babis) Petrakis and Greekreporter, Interior Minister, Panagiotis Kouroublis, described ND's recent law proposal that would enable expatriates to vote in Parliament elections, as "a draft, hypocritical and deliberate."
Despite his disapproval of the current...
Greece
U.S. F-15s Fly Low Over Athens for a Photo Over the Acropolis
Two U.S. fighter jets flew at low height over Athens on Wednesday morning, in order to be photographed flying over the Acropolis.
The two F-15s were flying along with three Greek F-16s, one of which was responsible for taking the...
Greece
U.S. Mission to Athens and CSB Donate Essential Humanitarian Supplies for Refugees and Migrants
The U.S. mission to Athens and the 409 Contracting Support Brigade(CSB)of the U.S. Army on April 7-8 donated essential humanitarian supplies for migrants and refugees in Greece on behalf of the U.S. Government. Beds, sleeping bags, blankets and other...
Greece
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Nuland Expresses U.S. Solidarity in Migration Crisis
In statements to the press on Friday, the second day of her visit to Greece, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland repeatedly stressed that her visit sought to demonstrate US solidarity in the face of...
Cyprus
War Zone Madness
The prosperous and proud countries of Syria and Iraq have been fighting the ravages of war madness for years. The Gulf War (1990-1) was the start and the ultimate demise of those nations. Fortified by a US-led coalition, foreign...