By George Vardas Last weekend, a packed out auditorium in Sydney’s east was treated to…
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The Acropolis has now become more easily accessible for everyone to visit and enjoy, according…
While much has been made for decades about Greece’s fruitless quest to have the British…
For anyone heading to Athens, the Acropolis is a definite must-see. We have put together some interesting facts to shine even more light on this monument which is a universal symbol of civilisation and one of the greatest architectural complexes to ever be built.
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras blamed the government for what he called its…
The new lighting of the Acropolis in Athens won three important accolades at the 2020…
One hundred and sixty passionate Greek Australian community members, business leaders and students ‘zoomed’ into…
Hundreds of citizens flocked to the Acropolis on Sunday for World Heritage Day. On this day…
Last year, a concrete path was created for wheelchair users, elderly citizens and others with…
The Acropolis reopened on Monday for visitors after all archeological sites were closed for many…
by Le Grec Because it’s the right thing to do. “The marbles belong in…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Monday expressed confidence that the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church…
George Clooney repeats his claim that the Parthenon sculptures should be returned to Athens. This comes despite the fact that in 2014 when he said that returning them was “the right thing to do”, Boris Johnson compared him to Hitler. Last December Clooney admitted in an interview that the comparison: “still makes me laugh. Bit of a stretch.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed Greece’s call to return the Parthenon Marbles to the…
One of the greatest female figures of Greece in the 20th century, Melina Mercouri passed away on this day in 1994 at the age of 74. Here is her story.
The celebrated Greek statesman Pericles is credited with ordering the design and construction of the Parthenon between 447 and 432 BC as a temple for Athena—the goddess of wisdom, arts and literature and war. Still dominating the modern city of Athens, the Parthenon is a magnificent testimony to the glory and renown the city enjoyed throughout antiquity. Pericles had made no idle boast then when he emphatically stated that ‘…we shall be the marvel of the present day and of ages yet to come.
The reconstruction of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World…
The Association of Greek Archaeologists have urged the government to immediately reopen all archaeological sites and…
A few months ago, the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA) invited…
Hours of torrential rainfall on Thursday flooded parts of Athens, including the Acropolis. Images of…