Following the recent meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on the Return of Cultural Property,…
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Greece and the United Kingdom are to set dates through diplomatic channels for their historic…
The reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures may be a step closer with the revelation by…
“Dance. Did you say, dance?”- Zorba In 1982, at the initiative of the International Dance Committee, April…
The Australian Parthenon Association will be hosting a free seminar on the Parthenon Sculptures in…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay on Thursday over…
The National Parks Management Unit of Zakynthos, Ainos & Protected Areas of the Ionian Islands…
Could cutting-edge science provide the solution to Greece’s decades- long campaign concerning the return of…
Sometimes you can feel an immense inner peace just by looking at a picture. Before…
In almost every Greek city you will find ancient monuments, sculptures or building remains that are evidence of the grand historical past of the country. Many of these monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, not just because of their majestic architecture or their antiquity, but also because of their contribution to modern civilization, society, art and sciences.
Discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and mapped in 1968 by a team of archaeologists…
In the opening lines of Homer’s Odyssey the wandering hero Odysseus longs for the day…
Sicily lives long in the Greek cultural imagination. Described by Homer as the “island of…
A Turkish DJ who appeared in a controversial video playing electronic music at the former…
Before I visited Meteora I had seen many breathtaking images of this mythical place that…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis renewed his appeal to the British government for the return…
Spinalonga island. Started as a Venetian fortress (1574-1715), became an Ottoman colony (1715-1898) after the…
Greece’s much loved rebetiko music genre, otherwise referred to as the Greek blues has been…
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution proposed by Greece titled…
Greece’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on National…