Awards The Guardian: Greece’s EMST Among Top 10 New Museum Openings in 2017 by GTP editing team 17 January 2017 by GTP editing team 17 January 2017 Greece’s National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens is included on The Guardian’s list of the top ten new museum openings around the world. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Ministry Says ‘Lost City’ Known Since 19th Century by GTP editing team 15 December 2016 by GTP editing team 15 December 2016 News of a 2,500-year-old lost city discovered by archaeologists in Greece that has recently taken the media by storm was “corrected” this week by the Greek culture ministry. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Two Greece Discoveries on ‘Archaeology’ Magazine’s Top 10 for 2016 by GTP editing team 14 December 2016 by GTP editing team 14 December 2016 Two archaeological discoveries in Greece have been selected by the editors of Archaeology magazine as this year’s most compelling finds in a feature story titled ‘’Top 10 Discoveries of 2016’’. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture EU Funds to Back Restoration of Central Greece Monuments by GTP editing team 9 December 2016 by GTP editing team 9 December 2016 A number of historical monuments and relevant cultural heritage sites located in the Region of Central Greece have received approval by the culture and finance ministries to be allotted EU … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture UNESCO Inscribes Greek ‘Momoeria’ Custom on Cultural Heritage List by GTP editing team 1 December 2016 by GTP editing team 1 December 2016 UNESCO has inscribed the centuries old custom of the “Momoeria” held annually in the wider Kozani region, northern Greece, on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greece’s Ancient Amphipolis Site May Reveal Second Structure by GTP editing team 30 November 2016 by GTP editing team 30 November 2016 Ongoing excavation works at the Amphipolis tomb, which has had the world on edge as to the identity of the person buried there, may have uncovered a new structure. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Major Central Greece Monuments to Get Upgrade by GTP editing team 15 November 2016 by GTP editing team 15 November 2016 Preservation and upgrade works on major archaeological and historical monuments and sites in Central Greece are set to begin funded with 5.5 million euros by the EU. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Centuries Later Jesus’ Tomb Sees Light of Day by GTP editing team 31 October 2016 by GTP editing team 31 October 2016 A conservation team headed by the National Technical University of Athens working on a restoration project of the Holy Edicule, the shrine that surrounds the stone tomb believed to belong … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Ministry to Fund Hub for the Promotion of Greek Culture, Creative Industries by GTP editing team 24 October 2016 by GTP editing team 24 October 2016 Greece will allocate NSRF funds of 3.7 million euros for the creation of the so-called “Acropole Palace Creative Hub” in Athens to support entrepreneurship. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture National Archaeological Museum in Athens Celebrates 150 Years with New Exhibit by GTP editing team 30 September 2016 by GTP editing team 30 September 2016 The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is celebrating its 150th anniversary since its foundation and has announced the new exhibition “Odysseys” as the main commemorative event. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Antikythera Shipwreck May Shed Light into Ancient Travel Ways by GTP editing team 22 September 2016 by GTP editing team 22 September 2016 The skeletal remains found at a 2,000-year-old shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera may shed light into the habits of ancient travelers and what caused the ship’s sinking, the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Berkeley Student Wins Oscar for Refugee Crisis Film by GTP editing team 2 September 2016 by GTP editing team 2 September 2016 Daphne Matziaraki is one of 17 students to win during the 43rd Student Academy Awards competition in Los Angeles this week out of 1,749 submissions, joining the ranks of past … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture NE Aegean Islands Get EU Funding Priority for Monuments by GTP editing team 23 August 2016 by GTP editing team 23 August 2016 Over 10 million euros in EU funding have been allocated for the restoration of a number of monuments on the northeastern Greek islands. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Athens’ 2,000-year-old ‘Aerides’ Clocktower Opens to the Public by GTP editing team 19 August 2016 by GTP editing team 19 August 2016 The 2,000-year-old marble clocktower known as the “Aerides” (meaning winds) in the heart of Athens, in the Roman Agora just north of the Acropolis, will open to the public following … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Heraklion’s Venetian Fortress Reopens to the Sound of Music by GTP editing team 18 August 2016 by GTP editing team 18 August 2016 With an August full moon from above to the tune of music from within, the famed Koules Fortress in the town of Heraklion, Crete, reopens its doors on August 18 … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Free August Full Moon Events Across Greece to Mesmerize by GTP editing team 16 August 2016 by GTP editing team 16 August 2016 Not one or two but four days of free full moon fun are in store for visitors and locals across Greece in celebration of the August full moon on Thursday, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Syros’ 1st Rebetiko Fest ‘Sings’ the Greek Blues by GTP editing team 16 August 2016 by GTP editing team 16 August 2016 The Cycladic island of Syros will pay tribute to the Greek blues, aka the “rebetiko”, with five days full of music and more during the 1st Rebetiko Festival: Markos Vamvakaris’ … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Rhodes Acropolis to Get Facelift by GTP editing team 9 August 2016 by GTP editing team 9 August 2016 Plans for the creation of a fully-fledged archaeological park aiming to both highlight and preserve Rhodes’ famed Acropolis are in the pipeline, according to the Region of the South Aegean. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Leave Your Worries Behind @ Greece’s Biggest River Party by GTP editing team 1 August 2016 by GTP editing team 1 August 2016 It’s time to chill out with plenty of music, fun and friends at the historic 38th River Party at Nestorio, Kastoria in northern Greece, where the pulsating energy of thousands … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Architect Heim Reveals Vision for New Delos Museum by GTP editing team 28 July 2016 by GTP editing team 28 July 2016 Distinguished architect Jean-Pierre Heim shared his vision and plans for a new archaeological museum on the Greek island of Delos, with Culture Minister Aristides Baltas earlier this week, at a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
