US Embassy in Athens

The US Embassy in Athens, its Consular Section in Thessaloniki and all US government offices in Greece will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day, a US national holiday.

Greek riot police officers watch, backdropped by fire lit by a firebomb thrown by protesters during small scale clashes in Athens, Thursday. Several thousand people marched to the US Embassy in Athens under tight police security to commemorate a 1973 student uprising that was crushed by Greece's military junta, that ruled the country from 1967-74. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

An unmarked police van and its driver came under attack by a group of unidentified youths on the crossing of Zaimi and Stournari Streets near the National Technical University of Athens on Thursday, the day marking the 17 November, 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship at the university, known as the Polytechneion.

Emergency traffic measures have taken effect in and around Athens in the wake of the arrival of US President Barack Obama, Wednesday, November 15.

An armed anarchist group in Greece is calling for "attacks and clashes" during next week's visit by US President Barack Obama.

The Conspiracy Cells of Fire group is urging anarchists to "spoil the party ... and sabotage" the November 15-16 visit to Athens.

By Lina Giannarou

We take it for granted ? it?s at our fingertips, constantly on our minds, a part of our lives ? but whenever the Internet decides to reveal another small piece of its magic, we are still amazed.

Washington’s special envoy for energy met with top Greek ministers in Athens on Friday on the heels of the leftist government’s ongoing talks with Russia’s Putin to clinch a pipeline deal, a prospect viewed with apprehension by the US side.

Former American diplomat John Brady Kiesling, who served at the US Embassy in Athens for two stints during his nearly 20-year career, presents the results of nearly a decade of research into homegrown terror group November 17.

“Greeks Gone West” is a series of video vignettes the US Embassy in Athens made about the world of work in the US. Through the prism of Greeks and Greek-Americans with interesting work lives, we hope to improve the understanding of US society and to show possibilities during a time, in Greece, when life seems full of limitations and frustrations.

“Greeks Gone West” is a series of video vignettes the US Embassy in Athens made about the world of work in the US. Through the prism of Greeks and Greek-Americans with interesting work lives, we hope to improve the understanding of US society and to show possibilities during a time, in Greece, when life seems full of limitations and frustrations.