Greece

The recent announcement by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis regarding the removal of antiquities found during the construction of Thessaloniki's Venizelos Metro Station has sparked fierce reactions from Greece's main opposition party as well as archaeologists. Mitsotakis made the announcement during...

Greek Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou has formally requested the resumption of talks for the return of the Parthenon Marbles by the British Museum. According to a ministry statement on Monday, Koniordou made the request through a letter to her British...

A digital exhibit on the Greek-led preservation and restoration of Jesus' tomb has been inaugurated by the country's president at Athens' Byzantine and Christian Museum. 'The Holy Sepulchre: The monument and the project' was inaugurated by President Prokopios Pavlopoulos in...

The presidential decree giving the go-ahead to the development of Hellinikon south of Athens, was signed by the relevant ministers on Friday, in the presence of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The decree will need to be reviewed by the Council...

The works for the restoration of the historic Plaka bridge in Ipiros, are expected to start in the summer, according to the committee responsible for the restoration of the historic bridge following a meeting with Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou...

Talking to reporters during the presentation of a new temporary exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Culture and Sports Minister Lydia Koniordou on Wednesday noted that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis will probably...

Two treasures from Shanghai Museum were put on display on Friday at the Athens Acropolis Museum for an exhibition which will be on display until April 30, 2018. From Saturday October 28, Greece's National Day, to springtime, Greeks and foreign...

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou on Sunday concluded a visit to China (17-24 September) with "significant results and a new momentum for the future," a culture ministry announcement said. The minister's trip included stops in the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Dunhuang...

Greece's Ministry of Culture is making an effort to correct the mistake of not including the Amphipolis tomb in the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) EU-funded program for 2014-2020. Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou explained that there was a misunderstanding regarding...

Museums and archaeological sites in Attica will be open over the weekend, as the union of the Ministry of Culture employees (POE-YPPO) decided to call off a strike they had announced for Saturday and Sunday. The union reached the decision...

The 1st Festival of Ancient Greek Theatre in Epirus opened at the ancient Dodoni theatre on Saturday night with a performance of the Euripides tragedy 'Medea'. The evening started with a message from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, read by...

On Monday, Margaritis Schinas, a European Commission spokesman said that Brussels is investigating if a specific third-party levy the government continues to impose on computers and tablets with a RAM memory that exceeds 4 GB complies with the outline...

A lot of patience and strong nerves are the two things - other than a hat and a bottle of water (large) - that a prospective visitor of Knossos Palace on the island of Crete needs. The lines are unbelievably...

The bailout agreement in Greece declares that all third-party levies in the country will be reduced until finally abolished completely leading the European Commission to begin looking into the 2 percent levy the government continues to impose on computers and tablets...

German citizens of Kassel welcomed the presidents of Greece and Germany holding placards reading in Greek "Distomo massacre: never again" referring to the number of 218 people executed by the German troops in order to honor the memory of...