vandalism
Culture
‘Saint Stalin’ Religious Icon in Georgia’s Church Sparks Outrage
Georgian authorities are investigating a vandalism incident at Sameba Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, after an icon of Saint Matrona of Moscow alongside Joseph Stalin, was covered in paint.
The religious icon first started to draw attention late last...
Culture
Jewish Mural Vandalized in Thessaloniki, Greece
On Sunday evening, a Jewish Holocaust mural in Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, was vandalised once more. Unknown perpetrators defaced the mural with the words "Free Gaza," "Free Palestine," and "Jews = Nazis."
The mural, honoring Holocaust victims and Thessaloniki's...
Ancient Greece
American Tourist Smashes Greco-Roman Statues at Israel Museum
Israeli police arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Thursday for smashing prized Greco-Roman statues.
The individual, identified as a 40-year-old American man, remained under investigation for deliberately defacing the invaluable sculptures, according to law enforcement...
Crime
Greece, US Condemn Vandalism of the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki
Vandals desecrated earlier in the week a Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki, a Greek city whose population once had a Jewish plurality.
A photo appearing Thursday on the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece website showed a red swastika daubed...
Greek News
Landmark Windmill of Mykonos Vandalized
A landmark windmill of Mykonos was vandalized after it was sprayed with graffiti, it emerged over the weekend.
Local police are investigating the vandalism that is assumed to have taken place in the early hours of Saturday morning.
First time in...
Europe
Greece Asks UNESCO to Press Turkey on Hagia Sophia Vandalism
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his “sadness and disgust” at the vandalism to a door of Hagia Sophia in a call with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, on Thursday.
Mitsotakis said that the damage to the Imperial Gate demonstrated disrespect...
Greece
Greece Condemns Vandalism of Thessaloniki’s Jewish Mural
Greece condemned the vandalism of a street mural in Thessaloniki which depicts the extermination of the city's Jews in Nazi camps.
Archaeology
Vandals Destroy Magnificent Marble Columns at Ancient Greek City in Albania
Unknown vandals in Albania have caused "irreparable" damage to a monument in ancient Apollonia near the town of Fieri, Albanian authorities announced on Saturday.
The director of the archaeological site was quoted as saying that "the damage is irreparable", as...
Crime
Vandals Deface Acropolis Metro Station in Athens
Greek police on Wednesday evening arrested 43 people on suspicion that they had vandalized the Acropolis metro station in Athens.
The suspects are accused of spray painting slogans underneath the replicas of ancient antiquities displayed at the station, and of destroying...
Greece
State-of-the-Art Water Pipeline Linking Aegina With Athens Vandalized
A new incident of vandalism in Greece, this time on water pipeline infrastructure, was made public on Tuesday.
This time, the victims of what has become a curse in modern Greece were pipes belonging to a proposed drinking water pipeline,...