71 Years of Educational and Cultural Exchange
By Artemis Α. Zenetou, Executive Director of the Fulbright Foundation in Greece | Business Partners, Jul-Aug 2019

Viewpoint

The Fulbright Program is the premier educational exchange program in the world, operating in more than 160 countries. The Fulbright Foundation in Greece, a non-political not-for-profit educational organization, is the first Fulbright exchange program in Europe. Since its inception in 1948, the Fulbright Foundation in Greece has served as an educational, cultural and intellectual bridge…

Director’s Desk
By Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director | Business Partners Jul-Aug, 2019

First Person

I am writing this after a period of exceptionally interesting developments for the Chamber, our members, the business community, and of course Greece and Greek-American relations. In early June, the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Athens Exchange Group (ATHEX) co-organized the 3rd Greek Investment Road Show in the USA, visiting Washington DC, New York and…

AmChamGR welcomes in Greece United States Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Louis Ross Jr., with Ambassador Pyatt and leading US Companies

AmChamGR NEWS

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce welcomed U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on his latest visit to Greece. In a closed event attended by U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt, AmCham President Nikolaos Bakatselos, Executive Director Elias Spirtounias and prominent members of the Chamber’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Secretary Ross addressed the…

AmChamGR welcomes the new Deputy Chief of Mission-US Embassy Athens, David Burger

AmChamGR NEWS

AmChamGR President Nikolaos Bakatselos, along with members of the Executive Committee and members of AmCham’s sectoral committees, welcomed the U.S. Embassy’s new Deputy Chief of Mission, David Burger, at a private luncheon in Athens. Discussion centered on the latest developments concerning the economic, trade and business relations between Greece and the U.S. and on the…

AmChamGR and its Information & Telecommunications Committee meet with Minister of Digital Governance and Ambassador Pyatt

AmChamGR NEWS

AmCham’s Information and Telecommunications Committee members met with the Minister of Digital Governance K. Pierrakakis and Dep. Minster G.Zarifopoulos, U.S. Ambassador G. Pyatt and senior officers of the US Embassy. President of AmCham Nikolaos Bakatselos and Executive Director Elias Spirtounias were also present at this very important meeting The members companies of AmCham’s committee underlined the fact…

AmChamGR and its Energy Committee @ a working Luncheon with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Francis R. Fannon & Ambassador Pyatt

AmChamGR NEWS

AmCham Energy Committee members and representatives held a fruitful dialogue on energy security and regional energy cooperation issues during a working luncheon with Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S Department of State, Geoffreey Pyatt, US Ambassador to Greece, and senior officers of the US Embassy Athens. As Assistant Secretary F. Fannon said, this second visit to…