Editor’s Note: This article written by Paul Floeckher first appeared on the KSU website Jan. 5. It is re-published with permission as part of Kennesaw State University’s Division of Global Affairs‘s annual sponsorship of Global Atlanta. Harry Vardis knows firsthand the value of receiving a college scholarship as an international student, so he is providing that […]
Diplomatic Digest: Turnover in Atlanta’s Consular Corps During 2020
As 2021 begins, Atlanta welcomes a modified consular corps bolstered by new diplomats who arrived here during the strangest of times and stocked with those likely kept in the city a bit longer by the pandemic. In normal times, diplomats taking up new postings here are welcomed with events — dinners, receptions and the […]
Newly Arrived Greek Consul Sees Tourism Promise in 2021 Bicentennial
Atlanta may have taken the centennial Olympic Games from Athens in 1996, but the new Greek consul here holds no ill will. At least Atlanta and Ancient Olympia got a sister city relationship out of the deal, says Theodoros Dimopoulos. And besides, he will be preoccupied with a far more important celebration as his work begins […]
Mercedes-Benz Appoints Canada CEO, Experienced Global Exec to Lead U.S. Unit
Mercedes-Benz AG has named the current leader of its Canadian subsidiary to head its Atlanta-based U.S. unit as CEO beginning Jan. 1. Dimitris Psillakis, 53, was also named head of marketing and sales for Mercedes-Benz Cars North America. Mr. Psillakis will be responsible for operations in both countries, together comprising 2,800 employees and 440 dealers, and […]
European Investors Struggle to Access Pandemic Relief in U.S.
As European firms operating in the United States face disruptions to their supply chains from home, they also seem to be less able to benefit from resources that could help their American competitors more quickly recover from a pandemic-induced recession. European subsidiaries are huge employers in the U.S., with a substantial multiplier effect for the […]
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 […]
From Classical to Modern, Georgia State’s Hellenic Center Maintains a Global View
Aikaterini Grigoriadou’s trajectory from her hometown of Thessaloniki, Greece, to Atlanta has a mythic quality due to its global reverberations as well as her transformation from talented music student, to anthropologist to administrative assistant of Georgia State University’s Hellenic Center. In a sense, Ms. Grigoriadou emerges from a Greek tragedy — namely the Greek financial […]
Books 2018: Music’s True Function Found in Old Greece
Book: Lament From Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music Author: Christopher C. King Reviewed by: Glenn P. Hendrix, Chair, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP I’m a fan of the Oxford American magazine’s annual music issue, which comes with a complimentary music CD featuring all manner of Southern artists. The 2016 edition, titled “Visions of the Blues,” […]
From Astana to Atlanta: New Greek Consul Brings Russian Expertise
When Emmanouil (Manolis) Androulakis found out he was headed to Atlanta, he set off on a feverish research binge. A portrait of the city slowly came into view: Atlanta was the home of Coca-Cola, CNN, the world’s busiest airport and many top corporations, Greece’s new consul quickly found out. But it held another distinction: “Oh, Atlanta — yes of course!” […]
New Greek Consul Slated to Speak Nov. 2 in Atlanta
Atlanta’s newly arrived Greek consul will be Global Atlanta’s next guest in the Consular Conversations series of luncheon interviews. Emmanouil Androulakis arrived in the city in September, fresh off a five-year stint in the Greek embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan, where he served as a deputy head of mission and handled consular affairs. A native of […]
