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Greek Culture Minister Sees New Start for Thessaloniki Film Festival

"I feel that we are making a new start, a more ambitious one, with a larger participation of the city and not only the artists," Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas said on Friday in an interview with Praktorio 104.9 FM...

Culture Minister, Architect Jean Pierre Heim Discuss Ideas for New Delos Museum

The international New York-based architect Jean Pierre Heim on Monday had a meeting with Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas, the minister's aides and the head of the Greek travel and tourism agency federation FEDHATTA Lysandros Tsilidis, during which Heim presented...

Palace of Nestor in the Peloponnese Reopens After Three Years of Restoration

The mythical Palace of Nestor, considered to be the best example of a well-preserved Mycenaean palace in all of Greece, is reopening to visitors on June 12, after a three-year 2.5-million-euro restoration, the culture ministry announced on Tuesday. Lying some...

Europe Day: Culture Minister 'Dumps' 100 Refugees at Acropolis (Pictures)

Greek Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas took a hundred refugees to the Parthenon, welcoming them as his guests in the framework of events celebrating Europe Day (May 9), an annual EU event of peace and unity to acknowledge the establishment...

Greece, Russia Launch Cultural Cooperation with Exhibition at Acropolis Museum

Greece and Russia launched their one-year cultural cooperation with the opening on Friday of a small exhibition of three selected golden objects from the Scythian collection of St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum. The presentation of these objects is a precursor to...

Acropolis Museum to Present Three Scythian Objects From the Hermitage

The Acropolis Museum will inaugurate on March 11 a precursor exhibition presenting exhibits from the Hermitage Museum as part of the cultural program titled “Year of Russia in Greece,” the Culture ministry said on Wednesday. As part of the exchange...

State Assumes Control of Athens Concert Hall After Covering Debts

The Athens Concert Hall, known locally as the “Megaron,” the foremost major arts center in the country, has come under state ownership after the government agreed to cover its bank debts to ensure its survival, it was announced on...

A Warrior or Priest Possibly Buried in Recently Uncovered 3,500 Year Old Tomb in Pylos

A heavy gold chain with three beads placed asymmetrically along its length and sea shells beneath the skeleton that will allow very accurate dating, were just some of the noteworthy finds uncovered by archaeologists Jack Davis and Sharon Stoker...

Heidelberg Museum Discusses Return of Erechtheion Fragments to Greece

The Culture ministry announced on Friday, that curators at the Museum of Ancient History Heidelberg have expressed their intention to return fragments of the Erechtheion to Greece. Erechtheion is the ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis. The...