Greece

Greece will claim two stolen ancient Greek antiquities that surfaced in London and were put up for sale at the Frieze Masters gallery, the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Thursday. According to a press release, the claim concerns two marble...

Greece's Ministry of Culture is asking from the Ministry of Shipping to withdraw a building from the concession of Piraeus Port to China's Cosco, a Kathimerini report says. According to the newspaper, General Secretary of the Ministry of Culture Maria...

No official or unofficial proposal has been made to the British Museum by the current leadership of the Culture ministry on the return of the Parthenon Marbles, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, responding to an article...

The Greek Culture Ministry is planning on declaring the old Athens Airport (Elliniko) as an archaeological site, as well as the area surrounding it. This would complicate plans to develop the area, only two months after the Hellenic Republic...

The August full moon is considered one of the most magical nights of the year. Once again this year the Greek Ministry of Culture has organized various events to celebrate this day, under the best of circumstances. Numerous events will...

It is no secret in Greece that the country has missed out on millions of euros from potential film productions in the country. Even the evening news commented on the recent story, when just last year plans to shoot the latest Bourne...

Seeking legal action is only one of the options available to Greece on the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles, Alternate Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis said on Thursday, following his statement on Wednesday that the government will...

  Greece will continue to claim the late classical "Dorias" stele that was sold during a Christie’s auction on Wednesday with all available legal means, Culture Ministry circles said following the news about the item. The sources said the fact that the...

Since June 2009 the old Acropolis museum, located next to the Parthenon, has remained empty. However, Greek Ministry of Culture Directorate of Museums approved the proposal to renovate and reopen the space. According to the Greek news agency ANA-MPA the...

The Greek Culture Ministry owns a number of buildings in Athens, but due to mismanagement, ends up paying rent to house its offices, while renting its own properties for as low as 15 euros per month. The Hellenic Republic Asset Development...

“Wherever you turn... gods, myths, and heroes. A story about Greece.” This is the introduction to the new advertizement from the national Tourism Organization, titled “Gods, Myths, Heroes,” released by the Ministry of Culture to promote its communication campaign...

Greece's Culture Ministry announced the new Antikythera shipwreck discoveries and released pictures from the expedition. According to the Ministry, divers have recovered a solid copper spear with a butt cap called a sauroter (Greek for "lizard killer"), which is believed to have been part...

New revelations regarding the ancient tomb of Amphipolis have everyone on the edge of their seats. The Greek Culture Ministry has finally released full-body photographs of the two caryatids “guarding” the tomb. After removing three rows of limestone which had been used...

Greek Ministry of Culture plans to cooperate with Interpol in a bid to trace some 100 Greek artifacts that have been missing since World War II and the subsequent Greek Civil War, Kathimerini newspaper reported. The initiative comes in the wake...

The hacker team HighTech Brazil HackTeam appears to be responsible a cyber-attack against the official website of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it was reported. The same hackers disrupted the Greek National Printing Office website in the the...