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Culture
Greek “Europa Nostra” Winners Claim Public’s Choice Award
The Greek monument that won the European Cultural Heritage Award for 2022 is now competing for Europa Nostra's Public's Choice Award as well.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Monument on Greece’s Sikinos Receives European Award
The Monument of Episkopi, a Roman mausoleum converted to a Byzantine church on the island of Sikinos, Greece, was among the winners of the 2022 European Heritage Awards, as it was announced on Thursday by the European Commission and...
Ancient Greece
Stolen Sparta Warrior Helmet Recovered, Reinstalled
An iconic Spartan warrior helmet that had been stolen on Tuesday night from a monument in the historic city was recovered and reinstalled on Wednesday.
The imposing helmet, symbolizing Sparta’s glorious past, had adorned the city until Tuesday when it disappeared.
The...
Australia
Greeks Honored in New Australian National Monument to Migration
Greek philanthropists have banded together to commemorate Greek migrants on the new National Monument to Migration in Australia.
Ancient Greece
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens Gets a Makeover
The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens is getting a makeover in what is seen as the single most difficult and important maintenance project in recent years in the Greek capital.
The first 17-meter (55.7 foot) tall column at the...
Crime
Holy Cross Monument Vandalized Again on Lesvos
Police on the Aegean island of Lesvos are searching for the unknown assailants who once again vandalized the large Cross monument there on Tuesday evening.
The huge white cross, which had been raised with funds sent by Greek-Australians, is located...
Greece
Restoration of Historic Bridge of Plaka in Epirus Almost Finished (Video)
The restoration of the historic bridge of Plaka, in northwestern Greece, which had collapsed due to heavy rain in 2015 is now almost finished.
On Thursday, the last piece of rock was added by the reconstruction group that has been...
Diplomacy
Athens Condemns Destruction of Greek Soldier's Monument in Albania
The Greek Foreign Ministry has expressed "horror and concern" over the destruction of a monument dedicated to early 20th-century Greek fighter Thymios Liolis in the village of Krania in southern Albania.
According to the Foreign Ministry's announcement, issued on Tuesday...
Archaeology
Archaeologists Express Concerns Over Future of Hagia Sophia of Trabzon
The association of Greek archaeologists sent a letter recently to the Greek and Turkish ministries of culture as well as to the Greek branch of UNESCO regarding the state of the Hagia Sophia monument in Trabzon,Turkey.
The archaeologists' letter focuses on...
Business
Thessaloniki's Modiano Market To Be Completely Renovated
The Central Council of Greece's Contemporary Monuments decided earlier this week to approve an architectural team's plan to renovate the historic Modiano Market in Thessaloniki.
According to Morpho Papanikolaou, one of the architects who designed the project, the construction will take...