August 7, 2024
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Ministry once again organizes a series of events to celebrate the August full moon, on the night of Monday, August 19, 2024.The events take place form August 9 to August 25. Admission to the events are free of charge to archaeological sites, monuments, historical sites and museums. More …
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July 9, 2024
Greece, Politics
Socialist PASOK-KINAL has suspended the party status of two of its members named in a gang extorting ‘protection” money from business owners in downtown Athens. “Due to their alleged involvement in a criminal case that came to light, the Statute and Certification Ethics Committee has suspended the party status of …
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August 18, 2023
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s Culture Ministry is closely following developments at the British Museum after the curator of Greek collections, Greek sculpture and the Hellenistic period was sacked after the disappearance of precious objects. The Ministry is following the developments “very carefully”Minister Lina Mendoni has said describing the incident as “extremely sad and …
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April 21, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Εmployees at the Greek Culture Ministry will launch a 24-hour strike on April 25, 2023 to protest a law turning five of the most important museums in the country. Employees strike aims to protest the law that changes the status of five major museums from public to private entity. These …
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January 6, 2023
Archeology, Culture
With several days delay, the Greek Culture Ministry officially reacted to reports there was a secret deal with the British Museum for the temporary loan of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Greece does not recognize that the British Museum has any legal ownership rights to the Parthenon Sculptures, as they …
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May 20, 2022
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s prominent Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on Friday the cancellation of a 4-million-euro grant to the Culture Ministry aiming protect archaeological findings due to “constant and systematic delays” in the project. The SNF grant sought to help protect and showcase the archaeological findings in the Faliro Delta area which …
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April 1, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The World Heritage Center, the UNESCO coordinator for all issues related to the World Heritage of registered monuments, has launched an initiative and will send a team of experts to take under scrutiny the concrete intervention on the Acropolis. Covering the pathways with concrete in 2020 by order of the …
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January 19, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Social
The Culture Ministry has announced plans to repeal a decision accepting a donation from a private foundation that has recently become the subject of controversy following a high-profile gang-rape case in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. The donation was aiming to revamp the museum on the island of Delos. …
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January 7, 2022
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Ministry launched an investigation Friday following the online release of a short film showing two men having sex at the ancient Acropolis in Athens. The 36-minute movie, titled “Departhenon*,” was released on Dec. 21 but came to the attention of authorities this week. The Culture Ministry said it …
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December 9, 2021
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Forty-seven illegally trafficked Greek artifacts among the dozens surrendered by American hedge-fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt under a deal with US authorities will be returned to Greece in the coming days, the Culture Ministry announced on Thursday. The ancient items that will be returned originated from Central Greece, Crete, the Cyclades …
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December 9, 2020
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Ministry has submitted an amendment stipulating the export of museum collections including antiquities and even “an entire monument” to museums or “similar places” abroad for a period of up to 50 years. According to the amendment, the collections can be lent for 25 years that can be renewed …
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September 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Ministry and the Archaeological Resources Fund have launched a collection of textile face masks featuring prints, drawings and photos inspired by the country’s rich cultural heritage. “The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the protective masks into our daily lives… No one can say with certainty how much longer we …
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August 31, 2020
Archeology, Culture
With a cynical statement Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni commented on the situation of the archaeological site of Mycenae that suffered damage from a wildfire on Sunday. “In the next few days, visitors will see a little black on the ground. The dry grass has been burnt, and it was …
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December 6, 2019
News, Tourism
School trips are a key part to education in Greece. The visits are regular and schoolchildren do not pay to enter the archaeological sites and museums. However, a recent decision by the ministers of Finance and Culture demands that schoolchildren from non-EU countries will have to pay an entrance fee …
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March 12, 2019
Arts, Culture
The iconic glass sculpture of Dromeas, the Runner, is to fall victim of a so-called cultural exchange between Athens and Skopje. Its creator, sculptor Costas Varotsos denounced that the Greek Culture Ministry plans to send Dromeas to Skopje and receive, instead, one of the many sculptures of Alexander the Great …
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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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January 23, 2019
Archeology, Culture
Protests have born fruits. The Greek government has removed hundreds of archaeological sites, museums, historical monuments and castles from a list of state properties transferred to the Privatization Fund as dictated by the last bailout terms and conditions. In a statement, the Ministry of Culture said late of Tuesday that …
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January 18, 2019
Archeology
The archaeological site of Knossos, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleio and the bastions of the Venetian Castle, the Castle of Chios, the Acropolis of Sparta, the Tomb of Leonidas, the island of Spinaloga, the White Tower of Thessaloniki, the Akrotiri on Santorini, the Byzantine Castle of Trikala , the Firka …
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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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August 4, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Archaeological sites and museums in Greece will offer a series of events to celebrate the August Full Moon as every year since 2002. A total of 132 archaeological areas and museums participate part in the “Panselinos 2018” – Full Moon 2018 -, the event series initiated by the Greek Culture …
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