Bilateral relations
Austrian-Greek relations
Austria
Greece
Embassy of Austria, Athens Embassy of Greece, Vienna
Greek embassy, Vienna
Commemorative plaque for Rigas in Vienna
Foreign relations exist between Austria and Greece . Both countries have diplomatic relations since the early 19th century, after the Greek War of Independence , and today's relations are considered excellent.
Since the 17th century, Greek merchants, mostly of the regions of Macedonia and Epirus , were settled in Austria-Hungary and Vienna and made fortunes there. A large part of scholars and intellectuals of the Modern Greek Enlightenment had their base in Vienna.[citation needed ]
Greece has an embassy in Vienna . Austria has an embassy in Athens . There is also a Greek community living in Austria.
During the Greek debt crisis , Austria was one of the strongest supporters of Greek positions,[ 1] such as on the refugee crisis.[ 2]
Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and of the European Union .
Resident diplomatic mission
Austria has an embassy in Athens .
Greece has an embassy in Vienna .
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