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20th December 2012 Athens, Greece

by Christos Psaltis

Political Officer

From January 2009 to January 2013: Continuity and Change in the British Embassy, Athens

In January 2009, the then newly-arrived Ambassador, Dr David Landsman, OBE walked into my room, accompanied by our then Political Counsellor, for a brief discussion about my work.  Upon leaving, he asked “what is the single area of work that you think will be most important in the period ahead?”  I replied “migration”.  I think […]

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About Christos Psaltis

I joined the Political Section of the British Embassy in Athens in December 1989, when people in Berlin were chipping off parts of the wall, hoping they were eventually going…

I joined the Political Section of the British Embassy in Athens in December 1989, when people in Berlin were chipping off parts of the wall, hoping they were eventually going to serve as souvenirs of a bygone era. This actually proved to be the case and Europe, Greece and Athens were now very different places than they then were. Some 21 years later I still work as a Political Officer in Athens, contributing to the collective Embassy effort to deal with contemporary opportunities and challenges, promoting UK interests in Greece and building on the strong, deep UK-Greek relationship. I was born and grew up in Salonica and, among other things, I enjoy delving into my hometown’s past and reading history, poetry and crime fiction. If I had more time, I would paint and work on improving my Turkish.

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