Pleased to have attended what was a fantastic event on Wednesday night and privileged to have introduced one of the honorees, Senator @ChrisCoons, a long-standing champion of the indispensable 🇪🇺-🇺🇸 partnership. Congratulations to all Transatlantic Bridge Award recipients.
As part of our #EuropeDay celebrations, we honor those Americans who have greatly contributed to the transatlantic relationship.
On Wed, May 13, we will host the Transatlantic Bridge Awards to thank @ChrisCoons@GovCox@ddbprods & Jillian Manus @ShieldCapVC for their support. 🌉
Thank you to the @BakerInstitute@RiceUniversity in Houston and its Energy Studies Center Senior Director Ken Medlock, for hosting me on Monday for a thorough discussion on all things East Med, with a focus of course on 🇨🇾energy cooperation with 🇺🇸 and other regional partners.
It was an honor to meet Mayor John Whitmire - accompanied by 🇨🇾 Honorary Consul in Houston Chris Angelides - and a pleasure to discuss such diverse areas of tangible cooperation between the great city of Houston and Cyprus. More to come soon!
Pleased to welcome Ambassador Evangelos Savva of the Republic of Cyprus to Houston and City Hall today. Houston continues to play an important role in U.S.–Cyprus relations, particularly in energy, trade, and maritime services. We look forward to continued collaboration.
Excellent meeting yesterday with Senator @SteveDaines, Chair of the Europe Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for a substantive exchange on 🇨🇾-🇺🇸 bilateral relations, their regional footprint and their strong prospects for further growth moving forward.
A pleasure meeting today with Congressman Jim Himes @jahimes, Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, for a wide-ranging discussion on the East Med security landscape and 🇨🇾's role as both a 🇺🇸 strategic partner and the 🇪🇺's southeastern most member-state.
Deeply honored to have received on Saturday the "Excellence in Public Service" Award by the @ualbanyalumni at a Gala Event in Albany, NY, in the presence of college friends, diaspora leaders and my family. The @ualbany was my home for six formative years - it was a joy to return.
Great to be back at my alma mater @ualbany and to have engaged with Provost/Senior VP Carol Kim, VP Fardin Sanai & VP Michael Christakis, for forward-looking discussions in view of the University's long association with 🇨🇾. Looking forward to tonight's @ualbanyalumni awards!
Great event yesterday at St Katherine's in Falls Church, VA, on the Byzantine Art & Archeology heritage of the "Heavenly Isle" 🇨🇾, organized by #CAARI and supported by diaspora groups in DC, Philadelphia and NY. Excellent turn-out and presentations by Dr. A. Carr and Dr. Y. Kim.
Happy to have engaged today with the @ElliottSchoolGW and its students for a very timely conversation on Middle East geopolitics and the role of 🇨🇾, currently leading the Councill of the 🇪🇺, in view of our geographical position and regional relationships / foreign policy focus.
A big thank you for the opportunity and for the important conversation around the table on a variety of core issues of cooperation between the 🇪🇺 and the 🇺🇸 during 🇨🇾 six-month term of presiding over the Council of the EU.
#ACEBA had the pleasure of hosting @ecsavva for a roundtable earlier this month. This timely conversation focused on the current Cyprus EU Presidency and its implications for transatlantic cooperation 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇾
@CyprusinUSA
Great to meet today with Evangelos Savva, Ambassador of Cyprus to the U.S., to discuss strengthening ties between our two countries and further cooperation in the important Eastern Mediterranean region.
It was an honor to join in a Greek Independence Day celebration today in the US Capitol - and address comments on this special occasion - together with colleague Ambassadors Alexandridis and Guilfoyle, as well as members of Congress, Administration officials and many others.
A real pleasure to be hosted yesterday by @georgetownsfs and Prof Mark Giordano for an engaging discussion and Q+A session with students on the East Med's geopolitical developments and challenges, 🇨🇾's regional role, as well as our current presidency of the Council of the EU.
Thank you @HooverInst at @Stanford for the opportunity to engage today with a number of your distinguished fellows for an exchange on 🇨🇾 foreign policy, relations with 🇺🇸 and our Council of the 🇪🇺 presidency. An intellectually stimulating experience with clear practical insights.
Congratulations to my hometown of Larnaka for its selection as the European Capital of Culture for 2030! What an incredible honor.
@DimosLarnakas@LarnakaRegion
🎉🌟Σε πανηγυρικό και συγκινητικό κλίμα ανακοινώθηκε στο @DepMinCultureCy ότι η Λάρνακα ανακηρύχθηκε Πολιτιστική Πρωτεύουσα της Ευρώπης για το 2030!
🤛Η στήριξη και η χρηματοδότηση από το κράτος στην Λάρνακα αυξήθηκε από €6,5 εκ. σε €10 εκ. ευρώ.
🎤Η Υφυπουργός Πολιτισμού @LinaKassianidou σε χαιρετισμό της ανέφερε ότι "Αυτή η σημαντική διάκριση έρχεται λίγο πριν την ανάληψη της Προεδρίας του Συμβουλίου της ΕΕ από την Κύπρο – μια εξαιρετική ευκαιρία για τη χώρα μας να λάμψει στον ευρωπαϊκό χώρο και στον παγκόσμιο πολιτιστικό χάρτη", προσθέτωντας ότι "η διαδικασία του διαγωνισμού μάς δίνει την ευκαιρία να υλοποιήσουμε έναν σημαντικό στόχο της Κυβέρνησης του Νίκου Χριστοδουλίδη· να προβάλουμε την Κύπρο ως πύλη της Ευρώπης από την Ανατολή, γέφυρα µε την Ασία, αλλά και µε την Αφρική, και ως σταυροδρόμι συναπαντήματος των πολιτισμών που σημάδεψαν την ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας"
👏👏Συγχαρητήρια σε όλους τους φορείς και την ομάδα που εργάστηκαν σκληρά.
✨Ευχόμαστε στη Λάρνακα με την ευκαιρία αυτή να γίνει παράδειγμα πολιτιστικής ανάπτυξης και έμπνευση για τις επόμενες γενιές.
Για το χαιρετισμό πατήστε εδώ:https://t.co/3GydHbtD04
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@cy2026EUsec@CYpresidency@cypolitismos@Christodulides
#ECOC2030 #Κύπρος #Πολιτισμός #CY2026EU
A pleasure to have met yesterday with @SenJackyRosen. We discussed tangible ways of further enhancing the strong and constantly growing 🇨🇾🇺🇸partnership for the overall benefit of the entire Eastern Mediterranean. I look forward to more such exchanges in the future.
Thank you @BelferCenter at @Kennedy_School for the invitation to talk about 🇨🇾 foreign policy, strategic partnership with 🇺🇸and our upcoming Presidency of the Council of the 🇪🇺Excellent Q+A with graduate students and fellows, moderated by Associate Director Maureen Page.
As @ecsavva makes clear to @ThanosDavelis, the US partnership with #Cyprus is ever expanding. This is a relationship grounded in shared interests and values, and there is no going back.
Tune in to the @GreekCurrent here: https://t.co/ytGj0whL5o
Ο Υπουργός Εξωτερικών @CKombos συναντήθηκε σήμερα με τον Υπουργό Εξωτερικών των 🇺🇸ΗΠΑ @SecRubio, στο πλαίσιο επίσκεψης εργασίας στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής.
🔗https://t.co/4nKBW3bYQN
@StateDep@CyprusinUSA@USEmbassyCyprus
📍Washington DC - Delighted to meet today with US Secretary of State @SecRubio
Productive discussion focusing on:
🔹Bilateral agenda in the framework of our strategic partnership.
🔹Ways to further enhance 🇨🇾-🇺🇸 collaboration in investments, energy, security and defence.
🔹Upcoming Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU, and enhanced transatlantic relations.
🔹Latest developments regarding the Cyprus Issue.
🔹Key regional developments, focusing on the #Middle East, 🇨🇾 contribution to President Trump’s peace plan and efforts for peace, humanitarian assistance, and reconstruction of #Gaza.
🔹Next steps of 3+1 cooperation mechanism for promoting regional stability and prosperity.
@USEmbassyCyprus@CyprusinUSA@StateDept