Culture UNESCO Adds Mediterranean Diet To Culture List by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 The Mediterranean diet’s placement on the list of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage opens horizons not only for the broadcasting of Greece’s local culture and traditions but also for the surfacing … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Ministry Maintains Stance On Return Of Marbles by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 “The permanent return of the Parthenon marbles to the new Acropolis Museum remains the steadfast demand of the Greek state and of the Culture Ministry,” a Culture and Tourism Ministry … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Revamp Scheme For Museums And Sites Announced by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 by GTP editing team 1 January 2011 “Everyone visiting the museums in the future will receive the best service,” Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos promised recently as he outlined the ministry’s three-year plan to upgrade services … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Barricaded Again by GTP editing team 1 August 2010 by GTP editing team 1 August 2010 The Acropolis was once again used as a bargaining tool last month when employees of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism kept the site closed for four hours as a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Acropolis Museum Opens For Visitors in 2007 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Museum officials anticipate that the new Acropolis museum will be open to visitors in mid-to-late 2007. The new museum’s 14,000 square-meter exhibition area will allow all the surviving antiquities from … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Generation Guides for Museums and Sites by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 by GTP editing team 1 May 2006 Portable multimedia guides are one of the newest trends in the travel industry, and the Ministry of Culture is acting. According to press reports, the Ministry’s Central Archaeological Council approved … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Candidate as One of Seven Wonders of the World by GTP editing team 1 February 2006 by GTP editing team 1 February 2006 The Acropolis in Athens and the Agia Sophia church in Istanbul are among 21 sites competing to be named among the new Seven Wonders of the World, organizers of an … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Major Rise in Visits to Greek Museums and Sites by GTP editing team 1 January 2006 by GTP editing team 1 January 2006 Although some recent studies show that foreign visitors to Greece shy away from museums, tickets sold for entrance to museums have increased significantly. According to Archaeological Receipts and Expropriations Fund, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Museum Structure Ready by Spring by GTP editing team 1 December 2005 by GTP editing team 1 December 2005 The first phase of the long-awaited Acropolis Museum will be ready by the end of next year, according to the country’s culture ministry. The ministry said that the 20,000-square-meter glass … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Extended Opening Hours for Museums Sought by GTP editing team 1 September 2005 by GTP editing team 1 September 2005 The majority of visitors to Greece’s museums feel safe and are satisfied with the services offered, however, about half complained about the opening hours, saying that they should be extended, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Ministries Cooperate to Promote Ancient Greek World by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 by GTP editing team 1 August 2005 At a joint press conference held at Zappeion Hall last month, the minister of tourism, the minister for the Aegean, and deputy ministers for the economy and for culture presented … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Hoteliers Urge Adoption of Longer Hours for Museums and Shops by GTP editing team 1 April 2005 by GTP editing team 1 April 2005 The Greek Chamber of Hotels says that the increase in opening hours of shops and museums in the country, as recently proposed by the government, is a positive step towards … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Athens Festival Program Announced by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 Two of the “Three Tenors” will perform at separate events this summer at Greece’s annual Hellenic Festival, organizers announced last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Colossus of Rhodes to Rise Again by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 by GTP editing team 1 March 2005 The Colossus of Rhodes will rise again, if ambitious plans by the mayor of Rodos, Yiannis Iatridis, to rebuild the ancient statue come to fruition. Mayor Iatridis said that Cypriot … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture National Archaeological Museum Near Completion by GTP editing team 1 February 2005 by GTP editing team 1 February 2005 The country’s biggest showcase of antiquities, the Athens National Archaeological Museum, currently functioning at under half-capacity pending repairs for earthquake damage, will fully reopen this summer, the government said last … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Hopes for Continuation of Cultural Olympiad by GTP editing team 1 September 2004 by GTP editing team 1 September 2004 Stamatis Mavros, President of the Hellenic Culture Organization, during the presentation of the Cultural Olympiad last month at Zappeion Hall, said that the main idea that led us to the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture National Archaeological Museum Reopens by GTP editing team 1 July 2004 by GTP editing team 1 July 2004 After three years of intensive renovations, and the restoration of some 9,000 statues and precious artifacts, the National Archaeological Museum in Athens reopened its doors to the public last month. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museums Ready to Re-open for Summer by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 by GTP editing team 1 April 2004 Work on the road and the site has made the Marathon archaeological site unrecognizable as it undergoes refurbishment. As for the museum within the site, scheduled to be ready in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museums and Sites to be Accessible to People with Special Needs by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 by GTP editing team 1 November 2003 A special inter-ministerial meeting on the Olympic Games last month reiterated promises to render Athens more compatible with the needs of physically disabled people ahead of next September’s Paralympics. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Another Step Back for Acropolis Museum Project by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 by GTP editing team 1 August 2003 The Council of State reportedly said the supreme administrative court has rejected as illegal initial plans for the 94-million-euro glass and concrete New Acropolis Museum project. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
