Greece
Culture
Writers Titos Patrikios and Kostas Georgousopoulos Receive Medals of Honor
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos presented the prestigious ''Commander of the Order of Honour'' medals to Greek poet, writer and translator Titos Patrikios and author, theater critic and translator Kostas Georgousopoulos on Monday.
Both of the distinguished writers...
Culture
Greek Poet Titos Patrikios Gets Lerici Pea Award
Titos Patrikios, one of the most renowned poets of contemporary Europe and Greece, has suffered prison sentences, violence and exile for his political and intellectual activism. Born in 1928, the poet will be receiving the prestigious international Lerici Pea...
events
Athens World Poetry Festival
The Poets’ Circle will hold the 2nd Athens World Poetry Festival, from September 21st to September 26th, at the Garden of the Athens Concert Hall.
50 poets from 21 different countries will take part in the festival.
Greece will be represented...
Archaeology
Observer: Return the Parthenon Marbles
Greece found another ally on its rally to bring the Parthenon Marbles back home, in the face of Guardian correspondent in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, Helena Smith. In an impassioned article on Sunday's Observer, entitled "As a Briton, I hang my...