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U.S. Embassy in Athens closed in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday

A U.S. national holiday

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The U.S. Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all U.S. Government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2018 in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday, a U.S. national holiday.

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