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Lebanon’s New Honorary Consul to Focus on Small Business, Trade

Lebanon has named a new diplomat to represent its interests in the state of Georgia. Restaurant and retail entrepreneur Wassim Hojeij was approved by the U.S. State Department Aug. 1 to serve as the state’s first honorary consul from an Arab League nation. Mr. Hojeij came to Atlanta as a student at 22 and later […]

DRC President’s Reform Agenda Receives Enthusiastic Welcome in Atlanta

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, received an effusive welcome from the DRC’s diaspora community in Atlanta when he arrived at the Cobb Galleria Centre the afternoon of Sept. 28 on a two-day visit during which he also met with officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the King and […]

European Consulates Team Up for Atlanta Pride March

For the first time, the consulates of the European Union in Atlanta will march together at the Atlanta Pride Festival Oct. 13. The diplomatic offices of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland and the Netherlands banded together to support the 49th annual march, which they said shows the city’s long history of fighting against discrimination of […]

Commentary: New Japanese Consul General Arrives to Full Slate of Business, Cultural Activities

Editor’s note: Al Hodge, a professional economic developer with more than 40 years’ experience, is set to contribute his unique perspective on fostering trade and recruiting foreign investment with a new series of columns for Global Atlanta. Mr. Hodge writes about Georgia’s role in trade conversations, global issues and how the state can better foster […]

Ambassador: Indonesia Can Provide U.S. With a China Alternative

Rattle off the fundamentals, and Indonesia’s potential seems impressive. The country has some 270 million consumers with a median age of 29, steady growth rate eclipsing 5 percent, a burgeoning digital economy and status as one of the world’s top producers of palm oil, industrial metals, rubber and other commodities. But for too long, the Southeast […]

What a New Imperial Era in Japan Means for Georgia

Atlanta’s Bahamians Pledge Sustained Effort As Hurricane Relief Drive Begins

For Astra Armbrister-Rolle, Thursday night was just the beginning. Fewer than three days after Hurricane Dorian pummeled the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, killing a reported 30 so far people and washing away some 13,000 homes and untold infrastructure, the consul general of the Bahamas organized a local relief drive that brought together nonprofits, […]

A Network of African Business Influencers, Minted in Atlanta

The Mandela Washington Fellows who visited Atlanta for six weeks in June and July were emphatically positive about the leadership program that brought them across the Atlantic. The U.S. State Department’s Young African Leaders Initiative touched down in the city for the sixth straight year, once again bringing cohorts of 25 leaders each to three […]

Emerging From Uncertainty, Atlanta’s Israeli Consulate Looks to Future

The newly arrived Israeli consul general in Atlanta must have no shortage of items on her agenda, from continuing interfaith dialogue to deepening investment ties between Israel and the Southeast. But as recently as last year, the consulate’s very existence could not be taken for granted. Anat Sultan-Dadon, a veteran diplomat, arrived in July from […]

Bernice King Honored as Citizen of Seoul as King Center Hosts International Expo

On a steamy Saturday afternoon Aug. 10 attendees at the Beloved Community International Expo held at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, including four consuls general based in Atlanta, witnessed a huge bowl of “bibimbap” being cooked symbolizing the harmonious coming together of the city’s different communities. “Bibimbap is a popular Korean cuisine — […]

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