November 20, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The historic Hellenic Navy destroyer “Velos”, which now operates as a floating museum and had been docked at the waterfront in Thessaloniki since 2019, has been extensively damaged and faced the risk of sinking due to gale force winds and very rough sea. The symbol for anti-dictatorship struggle AT Velos …
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October 25, 2023
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
The Marcia Callas Museum was inaugurated in Athens on Wednesday, just a few weeks before the 100th birthday of the great Greek soprano. The idea of the museum was conceived 24 years ago. The collection was brought together through through auction purchases, donations from private collections and negotiations for display …
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June 22, 2023
Greece, Politics
Former US President Barack Obama and his family visited the Acropolis Museum and had an guided-tour in the Acropolis. Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their daughters Malia and Sasha were given a private, nighttime tour of the Acropolis and its museum on Wednesday evening. Dressed casual and armed with …
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March 29, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The historic Hellenic Navy vessel “Velos” sustained significant damage on Tuesday during a storm that struck Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The ship that has turned into a museum was anchored at Nea Paralia, where it was buffeted by violent northwesterly winds and waves that broke the ropes holding the fenders …
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September 25, 2022
FEATURED
“Faliron: Between Two Worlds”, an exhibition showcases some of the most important findings from the salvage excavation the Faliron Necropolis, in the Delta of Faliron Bay, south of Athens, was inaugurated at the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus the weekend. The salvage excavation on the site where the Stavros Niarchos Foundation …
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June 14, 2022
Archeology, Culture
Entrance to the Acropolis Museum on Monday, 20. June 2022 will be reduced to half price to mark the 13th anniversary of the opening of the attraction. The reduced, 5-euro rate will apply throughout the day, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. At 3 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity …
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June 15, 2021
Archeology
The Antiquities Ephorate of Athens announced on Tuesday that the Athens Acropolis, including the slopes and the archaeological site, as well as the archaeological site and the Museum of the Ancient Agora will be closed to visitors on the following days: Acropolis and slopes on June 18 (or alternatively on …
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December 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The wife of the Greek Prime Minister, Mareva Grabowski-Mitotakis came under fire on Wednesday after it was revealed that she traveled through half of the country along with members of the fashion house Dior to visit a private museum in southern Peloponnese. The visit of Grabowski-Mitsotakis and members from Dior to …
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November 18, 2020
Uncategorized
A rare hand-written gospel in Greek is on its way to being returned to the monastery it was stolen from in 1917 by its latest owner, a museum in Washington, DC, the Metropolis of Drama said. One of the oldest extant hand-written gospels, written in Greek between the end of …
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August 11, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The Museum of the Stoa of Attalos, in the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora in Athens, will remain closed for 14 days after a member of staff was tested positive for coronavirus. The Culture Ministry said that a member of the cleaning staff at the archaeological sites of the …
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August 1, 2020
Archeology, FEATURED
The first underwater museum in Greece was inaugurated off coast of the island of Alonisos, Sporades, on Saturday. Shipwreck Peristera is now the oldest marine archaeological site that can be visited. The inauguration ribbon was cut in the clear blue waters of the Aegean Sea at a depth of 25 …
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July 10, 2020
Greece, Turkey-GR
The UNESCO is warning Turkey of converting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque just hours before the country’s top administrative court announces its decision Friday afternoon. UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed …
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June 9, 2020
Arts
A wax museum in the northern Greek city of Kavala plans to celebrate its reopening after the lifting of coronavirus restrictions next week with the unveiling of a wax sculpture of Hollywood star and honorary Greek Tom Hanks. The wax statue of Hanks will be the 31st exhibit to be …
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May 28, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Police has arrested a night watchman at the archaeological museum of Santorini for stealing antiquities. Together with an accomplice, the watchman has been stealing antiquities from the Museum’s storage room for about one year. In a cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, police raided the man’s home on Saturday and …
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May 23, 2018
Arts, Culture
A unique museum that travels back to the period of the German occupation on Crete was created by volunteers and donations in Ano Platanias, near Chania, on the island of Crete. The museum is housed in German bunker used during the Battle of Crete which was launched on 20. May …
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June 22, 2017
Turkey-GR
For one more time, Turkish authorities allowed Koran recitations and Ramadan prayers in Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul, challenging the religious sentiment of Greek Orthodox Christians around the world. The night prayers were broadcast live via the Turkish state broadcaster on June 21. It is the third attempt of such …
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August 8, 2015
Economy
That’s a true LOL story Made in Greece! The Culture Ministry has been systematically evading taxes for years or even decades or better say: state institutions have been depriving the state from tax revenues. The incredible tax evasion was revealed at the museum of the the archaeological site of Knossos …
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February 17, 2012
Culture, Politics
Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pavlos Geroulanos, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos, over an armed robbery at the old museum of Ancient Olympia early on Friday morning. Greek media report, that two men wearing hoods broke into the museum, threatened the guard with guns, tied her up and gagged. …
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