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Million-euro Marble Statue Seized in Greece
ATHENS, (AP) A police officer from Greece's antiquities protection department has been arrested and accused of being part of a smuggling ring that was...
US House: Turkey Must Return Christian Properties
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House has passed the Turkey Christian Churches Accountability Act (HR 4347), introduced by Chairman Ed Royce,...
Greek Priest Arrested for Illegal Trade of Icons
Police authorities in Thessaly, central Greece, arrested a criminal gang for illegal trade of icons and other items of religious and monetary value.
Four Greeks...
Kotsiras Wants Parthenon Marbles Returned
The Greek community of Australia is keeping alive the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles, stolen property housed in the British Museum,...
Austerity’s Cost: Archaeological Sites Plundered
The BBC, in an article written by Theopi Skarlatos, has drawn attention to one of the least known collateral damages of the economic crisis...
Greek Committee To Claim Parthenon Marbles
Deputy Minister of Culture Kostas Tzavaras is setting up a special committee to push for return of the marbles stolen from the Parthenon by...
Turkish Smuggler Wants Cypriot Treasures
According to a report by the German newspaper Abendzeitung, Aydin Dikmen, a Turkish smuggler of artworks, is going to the courts asking for Cypriot...
Greek Committee To Seek Parthenon Marbles' Return
Deputy Minister of Culture Kostas Tzavaras has set up a special advisory committee to coordinate strategy for the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles stolen...
Author George Lekakis: 'Besides Occupation Loans, Germans Owe Us More Than 1 Trillion for Looted Ancient Items'
Famous Greek author George Lekakis begins his new book with the statement that "The world's current most important antiquities collections are England's, France's, Germany's...
Archaeology Becomes Greece's Achilles Heel
Faced with massive public debt, Greece is finding that its fabled antiquity heritage is proving a growing burden — with licensed digs postponed, illegal...


