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  • John Kerry is sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden at the State Department. (State Department Photo)

    Secretary of State Kerry

    06 Feb. 2013 - John Kerry is sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden at the State Department. He is the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, becoming the first sitting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman to become Secretary in over a century

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  • Ambassador Smith speaks at Hellenic National Defense College (Photo Courtesy HNDC)

    Ambassador Smith visits Defense College

    Ambassador Daniel B. Smith speaking at the Hellenic National Defense College on Transatlantic security.

  • Special Olympics Ceremony at Zappeion Megaron (State Department Photo)

    Flame of Hope

    The flame for the upcoming Pyeong Chang Special Olympics was recently lit in Athens in a ritual ceremony held in Zappeion Megaron. The flame will now travel to Korea where the games will open in February.

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  • Professor Bill Grueskin, Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia School of Journalism at Deree College (State Department Photo)

    Journalism in Digital Era

    Professor Bill Grueskin, Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia School of Journalism and former Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal online, visited Athens for a two-day program.

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  • Deputy Chief of Mission Virginia Bennett attending volunteerism conference (State Department Photo)

    Volunteerism and Youth

    The U.S. Embassy in Athens in collaboration with the British Council and the General Secretariat for Youth, organized a conference on civic participation and volunteering.

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    February is Black History Month in America where we celebrate and reflect on the great contributions African-Americans have made in the U.S.

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    IMMIGRATION

    The Athens Field Office has jurisdiction over U.S. immigration matters in the following countries: Greece, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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    The Athens Chancery Celebrates 50 Years!

    The Athens Chancery, by architect Walter Gropius, one of the most celebrated representatives of the famed Bauhaus School, is a modern tribute to ancient Greek architecture. The architect designed the building as a metaphor for democracy in the country to which modern democracy owes so much.

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