The ambassador’s analytical articles on the Philippine situation, originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 August 2009.

Mrs. Anastasia Manolopoulou is the Philippines’ newest Honorary Consul with jurisdiction over Patras, Greece’s third largest city and port as well as the department of Achaia.

In the evening of June 12, Ambassador Tiglao and Mrs. Getsy Tiglao hosted a well-attended diplomatic reception at the Ambassador’s residence at Paleo Psychico.
Ambassador and Mrs. Tiglao welcomed some 300 guests from the Greek government, the diplomatic corps, representatives from the Greek business sector, and leaders of the Filipino Community in Greece and members of [...]

Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Mrs. Elsie Christofias led the guests in congratulating the Philippines on its national day. President Christofias engaged the Ambassador, Consul Kyriakides and guests in lively conversation at the reception held in a prominent restaurant in Nicosia.

The guest of honor was Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and International Development Assistance Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. The ASPAC ambassadors led by Ambassador Tiglao and foreign ministry officials discussed Greece’s initiatives aimed at further developing trade with Asian countries, recent political developments in Greece, and Greek economic diplomacy and Hellenic Aid, among other issues. [...]

Ambassador Tiglao accompanied the visiting lawmakers to the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) in Ambelokipi. The lawmakers inspected the facilities at the FWRC and discussed the working conditions of the overseas Filipino workers in Greece, both land-based and sea-based, with the Ambassador and Labor Attaché George Eduvala.

World-renowned cardiologist and BPULS inventor, Dr. Helen Marcoyannopoulou-Fojas recently discussed how her invention works at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines.
BPULS, a Philippine-patented invention, is a portable, non-invasive, and inexpensive apparatus capable of scanning the whole arterial tree and allows early detection of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).

The Inventor of the portable machine that can detect early signs of atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in the arterial wall) and in the process help save many lives from coronary artery disease can think of only two perfect complement to her machine: exercise and a diet filled with fruits and vegetables.
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Mga Kababayan, welcome to the website of the Philippine Embassy in Athens!
Through this website, the Philippine Embassy hopes to reach out to you, our kababayans in Greece and in Cyprus, and to provide you with immediate access to the Philippine Embassy’s services.
Browse through the Consular Services page for information about passport and visa issuance, registration [...]

Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao is pleased to announce the reduction of fees for passports and other consular services such as notarials, visas, and citizenship reacquisition, effective 13 March 2008.
The reduction of consular services fees abroad is based on the directive of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to all Philippine foreign posts to ease the financial burden of [...]