The US embassy in Greece 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 on Thursday.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is hosting a webinar titled “Monuments for 1821: Fruitless Proposals for a Panhellenic Heroon.”
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.
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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 Greece 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 on Thursday.
With the Greek Parliament having successfully voted for the acquisition of 18 Rafale fighter planes from France on Thursday, the government’s next priority is the upgrading of the Hellenic Navy, mainly through the acquisition of new frigates and the upgrading of existing ones. The budget is estimated at 5 billion euros, but even if talks with interested sellers, from France, Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, are concluded in 2021, the first new ships are not expected to join the fleet before 2024. Greece is also in talks with Israel for a variety of systems, from a new assault rifle to anti-drone systems. [HNDGS Press Office/ANA-MPA]