Tag Archives: historical

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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The Muslims minority in north-eastern Greece is in outrage and has condemned with one voice the destruction of the Ottoman-era Muslim cemetery Horozlu in the village Peteinos in Xanthi prefecture. The local municipality of Avdira wants to turn the field where the cemetery from the 17th century is located into …

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Part of an abandoned historical building on the busy Patision Avenue in the center of Athens collapsed on Saturday noon time. 10 firefighters with 6 trucks are operating at the spot, while men of the Fire Service Rescue unit EMAK with a trained dog rushed to search for people trapped …

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Famous fashion model Heidi Klum and Tokio Hotel guitarist, Tom Kaulitz got married for a second time in an amazing ceremony on the legendary yacht, “Christina O.” that once belonged to Greek billionaire and shipowner Aristotle Onassis. Surrounded by Heidi’s four children, relatives and friends, the couple said their vows …

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Rare moments with one of the few Great Greeks still alive. An exceptional concert. One thousand voices for Mikis Theodorakis. Choirs from thirty cities and thousands of people gathered in  Panathenaic Stadium in Athens to pay tribute to the great composer. Mikis Theodorakis  directs the orchestra and the choir. Next …

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Here is some footage with rare visual and sound material from the Athens Polytechnic Students’ Uprising on 17. November 1973. The videos have been compiled in by EOA in cooperation of the Library of the Greek Parliament. They also contain material from the BBC and some quotations in English, for …

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