Acropolis of Athens
When the Athens Acropolis was a village in a castle
The monuments on the Acropolis of Athens and any work carried out on the Sacred Rock always tend to draw attention. We saw this happening again with the interventions to facilitate wheelchair access, which sparked controversy among experts concerning the impact of this work.
PM repeats call for return of Parthenon Sculptures to Athens
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday repeated calls for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Athens from the British Museum, months after a diplomatic spat with Britain over the 2,500-year-old pieces.
Mitsotakis: Greece ‘will insist’ on the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles
Greece will insist on the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated in a videotaped statement at the opening of the exhibition "Cycladic art: The Leonard N. Stern collection on loan from the Hellenic Republic" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Mitsotakis did not attend the event as he has been infected by H1N1.
Temple of Athena nears completion
The restoration in the Temple of Athena that started two years ago due to the use of the ruins as the entrance of a nightclub nears an end, due to complete in 2024, in the ancient city of Side.
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Acropolis guards irked at ticketing outsourcing
Archaeological site guards walked off the job for four hours until noon on Tuesday to express their opposition to government plans to outsource ticketing for the Acropolis.
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Parthenon Marbles: Govenment’s intentions remain unchanged
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni underscored that the government does not consider the exchange, loan or recognition of the British Museum's possession of the Parthenon Sculptures, in answering a question from an opposition MP in parliament on Monday.
Students to protest against establishment of private universities
Greek students are expected to march in several cities on Thursday over their disagreement with a government plan to establish private universities in the country.
In Athens, protesters are gathering at the Propylaia where the march will start later in the day.
Dimitris Pandermalis, visionary humility, tenacity, passion
The streets and hills of Athens are ribbed with marble steps, ancient and modern, rising and dropping in the dawns and dusks of time. One recent addition to these monumental pathways is the set of paved stairs facing the performance area at the new Acropolis Museum that sits convivially below the Parthenon.
Private guided tours of the Acropolis to start next year
Greece will offer visitors the opportunity to have a private, two-hour guided tour of the famous Acropolis Hill - with nobody else around - for 5,000 euros, following a unanimous decision by the country's top advisory body on the protection of antiquities, the Central Archaeological Council (KAS), on Wednesday.
Acropolis guards on strike over privatization of ticket services
Acropolis guards on a 24-hour warning strike on Tuesday to protest the Culture Ministry's decision to privatize ticket issuance and entry control services through a bidding process. The protesters deemed it a "transfer of public funds to private entities."