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The 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium took place in Athens on November 25–28, 2025, bringing together young members of the Greek Diaspora aged 18–25, from 31 countries and 5 continents, who participated as speakers.

The Symposium was established in 2024 by the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aiming to enhance the engagement of young people of Greek descent with contemporary #Greek society. The Symposium aims to showcase opportunities for collaboration and networking between young people of the #Diaspora and their peers in Greece, through the lens of contemporary challenges and emerging global prospects. This year, the Greek Youth Diaspora Ambassadors, young participants from the first Symposium, presented their initiatives promoting #Hellenism and were awarded for their achievements.

On this occasion, Greek News Agenda spoke to one of the participants in the Symposium, namely Victoria Paneras, who talked about her overall impressions from participating in the Symposium, also discussing the ties that she and the Greek community in her country maintains with the homeland, and the ways in which #Greece’s cultural image is represented there, as well as whether she would pursue a professional career in Greece either in the short term or in the long term.

As stated by EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" is the first airport in Greece with a zero carbon footprint and -thanks to the installation of one of the largest photovoltaic power stations in Europe- it now produces on its own all of the energy that it uses,something that seemed impossible just a few years back.

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni presented Greece’s cultural policy at Harvard, highlighting heritage as a living force—preserved, promoted, and integrated into everyday life—driving sustainable development, social cohesion, economic growth, and national revitalization