Location: City Center, Frankfurt, Germany The rally has two starting points and will join together half way through and continue as a one demonstration: Route1: Opernplatz – Taunusanlage – Kaiserstrasse – Moselstrasse – Karlstrasse – Mainzer Landstrasse Route 2: Bockenheimer Warte – Senckenberg-Anlage – Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage – Mainzer Landstrasse. Both rallies merge at Platz der Republik …
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FRAPORT Airlift 70th Anniversary Commemoration Frankfurt, June 26, 2018 Ambassador Richard Grenell Minister-President Bouffier, it is an honor to join you in commemorating the Berlin Airlift. 70 years ago today, and continuing during the ensuing months, food and fuel was loaded on aircrafts bound for Berlin every two to three minutes. The logistics work …
Read More» UPDATE: Congress has passed and the President has signed legislation to fund government operations under a continuing resolution, allowing all normal activities to resume. * * * At this time, scheduled passport and visa services will continue during the lapse in appropriations as the situation permits. This website will not be regularly updated until full …
Read More» The Embassy alerts U.S. citizens living in or traveling to Frankfurt, Germany that German officials report unexploded ordnance has been discovered at a construction site near the Gruenenberg Park in Frankfurt am Main. The Frankfurt authorities will disarm and dispose of the ordnance on Sunday morning, September 3, 2017, and as a routine and standard …
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30 Bundeswehr soldiers of the Westerwald based Lazarettregiment 21 came to visit the Consulate on December 11. Many of them have served together with American service members in NATO’s Afghanistan mission and were interested in learning about other areas of close German-American cooperation and about the role of Frankfurt’s Consulate General in the German-American relations. …
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On December 8, Consul General Kevin C. Milas was among the many invited guests to celebrate the 100s birthday of Dagmar Westberg at the Städel museum. Ms. Westberg is a generous supporter of the city’s university and art museums and a woman who had a long State Department career making her one of the oldest …
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Swiss American children’s author Stefan Bachmann read to over 100 7th and 8th graders from Frankfurt high schools at Frankfurt Literaturhaus on December 8 from his latest novel “The What Not”. The students were thrilled by his steampunk fairy tale about faeries and humans living in mutual suspicion and asked numerous questions on the story, …
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On the occasion of International Volunteer Day on December 5, Consul General Kevin C. Milas together with Consulate staff and family members as well as German and American business people from the neighborhood provided and served lunch for the children at Internationales Kinderhaus in Frankfurt. The youth center offers free lunch and afternoon activities as …
Read More» How to be a successful entrepreneur – Apply now: The U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt invites you to participate in this special program under the patronage of U.S. Ambassador to Germany John B. Emerson. Entrepreneurial spirit is a key driver of economic growth and success. It is not just about crafting the right economic policy; …
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During the school summer break, our consulate teamed up with various youth sports clubs in the Frankfurt region and supported their holiday sports activities for kids from August 4 – 14. Consular officer Ladonna Sales and consulate intern Jack Stevens – athletes themselves – joined American coaches at an “American Sports Camp” under the patronage …
Read More» Consul General Kevin Milas and his wife Eileen welcomed more than 650 guests at the CG residence for Frankfurt’s official July 4th event on July 3rd. The guests represented local and state governments; media, cultural, educational, financial institutions; and companies in the region. In his speech, CG Milas stressed the importance of Independence Day in …
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On the occasion of the Frankfurt tour stop of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater from July 2 through July 6, the PA Team invited dancers from the ensemble to conduct dance workshops at two local high schools. As Alvin Ailey always strove to celebrate ethnic diversity through dance, it was particularly fitting that the two …
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The Consulate cosponsored a viewing of the United States-Germany World Cup soccer match at Magic Bowl, a bowling alley in Oberursel. The friendly and festive event was attended by Consul General Kevin C. Milas, alumni of the Embassy’s Parliamentary Partnership Program, legendary German sports reporter Rolf Töpperwien, and employees, families, and friends of the Consulate. …
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On the occasion of the annual International Meeting of Styles in nearby Wiesbaden, the American tagger Mario Gonzalez a.k.a. Zore and his two German counterparts Manuel Gerullis a.k.a. Yours and Sebastian Schmidt a.k.a RZM brought some of the atmosphere at the world’s biggest graffiti festival to the consulate grounds on June 11. In the run-up to the annual festival …
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Deputy Principal Officer Charisse M. Phillips and Rüdiger Mahlo, Representative of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany in Frankfurt, visited of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen on April 10. ITS Director Dr. Rebecca Boehling, an American history professor on leave from the University of Maryland, and her team gave DPO Charisse Phillips and Rüdiger Mahlo a tour of the ITS facilities …
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Consul General Kevin Milas and Alexander Whittington, Chief of the consulate’s Political and Economic Section, went to Stuttgart on April 8 for a key note speech and discussion on T-TIP and transatlantic economic ties to members of the American Chamber of Commerce and a discussion on diversity with Stuttgart’s Integration Commissioner and youth members of …
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Consul General Kevin Milas addressed some 200 student delegates at the opening ceremony of the Model United Nations conference at the University of Mannheim on April 4. This mock United Nations conference is organized by the student participants in order to further interest in politics and diplomacy. CG Milas gave insights about his diplomatic career …
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Deputy Principal Officer Charisse Phillips joined international women at the Cosmopolitan Club in Frankfurt on February 20th for a speech and luncheon discussion about the importance of women’s contributions to a country’s economy, empowering women, networking as well as educating and mentoring the next generation of women. In her humorous and motivational speech, DPO Phillips …
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The U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt joined forces with the Embassy in Berlin, the German Filmmuseum in Frankfurt , and the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt for a special history lesson in the Filmmuseum’s movie theatre for some 200 high-school students and other youth audiences from the Rhine Main region on February 18th. Featuring the story of the allied group “Monuments Men” (FDR’s Monuments, …
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Consul General Milas and his wife Eileen spent Presidents’ Day in Baunatal, a mid-sized town close to Kassel in northern Hesse, a region we don’t reach very often. It’s home to a large VW factory, a brewery, and several educational and cultural institutions. Baunatal’s mayor Manfred Schaub welcomed the American visitors from Frankfurt and introduced …
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Hosted by Prof. Dr. Greta Olson and introduced by University President Mukherjee, Consul General Kevin C. Milas discussed current challenges to the German-American relationship with American Studies students at Giessen University. The Consul General articulated his strong interest in listening to the students’ concerns and engaged them in a frank discussion that included sensitive issues …
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