May 17, 2019
Culture
“Have you seen Mark Zuckerberg?” one of the several Greek reporters asked stunned visitors of the Acropolis on Friday. Nobody has done so. Neither visitors nor staff at the tickets counter had seen the founder of biggest social media platform Facebook in, on or around the Acropolis. Reason for the …
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May 16, 2019
FEATURED, Tourism
A group of fourteen German tourists were denied entrance to the Acropolis of Athens last week due to some weird dress code. The young women were wearing long white dresses in Ancient Greek style. they were accompanied by a professional photographer. And this was the reason for the site guards …
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April 17, 2019
weather
Four people were injured after a lightning stroke the Acropolis of Athens during a thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon. The injured have been transferred to Evangelismos hospital in the city center. The unprecedented incident occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon. According to preliminary information, the lightning stroke at the ticket counter …
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April 8, 2019
Greece
A formation of seven fighter jets from Greece and other countries flew over the Acropolis in Athens stunning locals and tourists. The formation consisted of F-35, F-4, Mirage-2000, Tornado and F-16 from Greece, Italy, Israel and the USA participating in the multinational exercise INIOHOS 2019. The jets took off from …
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March 31, 2019
environment, Video GRID
It was a moment of magic to see Greece’s famous landmark sinking in the dark. At 8:30 sharp on Saturday night, lights went off in Acropolis as in many other buildings of the Greek capital as Greece joined the global initiative Earth Hour. The Acropolis was not the only building …
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March 14, 2019
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s Central Archaeological Council rescinded its decision approving the construction of a nine-story building in the south of Acropolis. The approval was issued on 25 September 2018, however, a strong protest by local residents forced the CAC to rethink it. In a statement, the Archaeological Council said it conducted an …
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March 4, 2019
Economy
Minister for Environment and Energy, Giorgos Stathakis, has signed a decision that new building permits are temporarily suspended in the area south of the Acropolis and Makriyanni-Koukaki. Furthermore, the Minister has asked for the immediate legality control of the hotel on Falirou Street No 5, which construction triggered the public …
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February 27, 2019
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) has decided to investigate residents’ complaints that construction plans for two hotels south of the Acropolis in Athens violate height rules and obstruct the view on the monument. In an unanimous decision laste on Tuesday, the KAS members said that teams will be sent next …
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February 21, 2019
Archeology, Culture
The residents’ strong reactions to the construction of two multi-story hotel buildings at the foot of Acropolis forced two Greek Culture Ministry to take action and review the building permissions of these two investment projects. The Ministries of Culture & Sport and Environment & Energy will cooperate in order to …
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February 20, 2019
Archeology
Investment at any price? A wall of hotels around Acropolis? Construction of a 10-story hotel at the foot of the Acropolis Hill is springing high, construction for a 9-story one is to start soon. Locals protest. residents and civic societies are protesting the construction of a 10-story hotel building in …
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February 3, 2019
Economy
The Acropolis of Athens narrowly escaped the risk to be target of property hunters after the Culture Ministry failed to claim the ownership on time. In the Hellenic Cadastre it was registered to have an “unknown owner.” This grave mistake was discovered during the second stage of Land & Property …
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January 24, 2019
Greece, Politics
Members of the Greek communist party KKE climbed to Acropolis early morning Thursday and hanged a banner against the Prespes Agreement that will be voted and ratified later today. The banner had messages against the Agreement both in Greek and English. The KKE said that the Prespes Agreement serves the …
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January 8, 2019
weather
Athenians woke up on Tuesday morning to see the hills of Acropolis and Lycabetus dusted with fluffy snow. It doesn’t need a lot of snow to have the inhabitants of the Greek capital to rush to the streets and enjoy the rare phenomenon. Even if the white blanket is of …
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October 14, 2018
Archeology, Culture
The Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus were spotted all in one place on the beach Psili Ammo in Tolo by Naflpio on Saturday afternoon. An unknown artist created the exceptional constructions out of sand. With excessive patience, talent and skills, the artist or the artists modeled …
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October 11, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Suspicion is near, Greece is considering to lease archaeological sites and museums for utilization in order to “maintain our cultural heritage,” as Culture Minister Mirsini Zorba said on Thursday criticizing the 24-hour strike launched by archaeologists, Culture Ministry staff, sites and museums guards. Hundreds of tourists climbed to Acropolis of …
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July 22, 2018
Tourism
With temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius majority of Athenians are either under the beach umbrellas or the air-conditioner at home. However, tourists think they have to fulfill their sight seeing program and dare climb at the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis under the boiling early afternoon sun. In order to …
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July 8, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Filming silly things in Acropolis? No way, say Greek authorities. However, a television crew and two endlessly laughing presenters from Argentina managed to sneak in Athens “Sacred Rock”. Now Greeks investigate how did this happen and nobody stopped them. The production company had requested a filming permission, however, it filmed …
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July 2, 2018
Very Mix
AMBER ALERT: A 12-year-old boy whose name is given in Greek letters as ΚΡΙΣΤΙΑΝ-ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΛΙΝΤΚΒΙΣΤ went missing from the area of Acropolis in Athens on Monday, 2. July 2018. According to the issued Amber Alert, the boy has Brown Eyes and Brown Hair. He is 1.43 cm tall and wight …
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June 8, 2018
Arts, Culture
There has been much of a debate in recent years about allowing filming in the Acropolis for commercial purposes. A lot of bureaucratic and tax obstacles as well as fears on damaging the ancient archaeological site have scared away international film productions. It was just in the last months that …
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May 9, 2018
Tourism
The Bus Express route X80 connecting the port of Piraeus with the Acropolis and Syntagma Square is resuming operation as of Thursday, May 10th 2018. The express line connects the cruise ships terminal at the port of Piraeus (Akti Xavierou and Akti Miaouli), to the Acropolis and Syntagma Square in …
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