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Thessaloniki’s Atatürk Museum Reopens
With the backing of Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, the Kemal Ataturk Museum has been inaugurated after its restoration in Thessaloniki and stands as a monument to the man under whose authority Turkey defeated...
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CMP: Investigations in Military Zones in Nicosia, Kyrenia
The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) is proceeding with the investigation of locating missing people in military zones in the regions of Nicosia and Kyrenia. According to a publication of...
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Impressive Representation of Parga’s Naval Combat
Parga once again honored its past. Following the representation of the Pargians’ escape on August 15, on September 1, there was another representation which attracted all the people of Epirus. The...
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On Both Sides of the Aegean
Director Maria Iliou and historian Alexander Kitroeff, who in 2012 presented at the Benaki Museum the documentary entitled On Both Sides of the Aegean which deals with the expulsion and exchange of...
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Seeking Ancient Beauty at Athens’ Archaeological Museum
The photo exhibition “Seeking ancient kallos” (beauty) by American photographer Joshua Garrick opened on September 12 at The National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The exhibit runs until January 8,...
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Int’l Conference focuses on Repatriation of Parthenon Marbles
Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce is the descendant of Lord Elgin, who stole the Parthenon marbles in the 19th century. The 11th Earl of Elgin has an entire ancient Greek throne and a sarcophagus...
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Cyprus: Call For Missing Persons
Nikos Anastasiades, the Republic of Cyprus president, addressed a call to anyone who might know or have information about places where missing Turkish Cypriots, or missing Greek Cypriots who died...
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Kemal Atatürk Commemorated in Thessaloniki
Many Turkish citizens arrived today in Thessaloniki to commemorate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the 75th anniversary of his death and pay their respects outside the house he was born in, in 1881. Mehmet...
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Greece Denies Accusations of Delaying Turkish Delegation
It was reported yesterday in the Turkish media that Greek authorities delayed 120 Turks from reaching Thessaloniki in time to pay their respects at the birthplace of their Nation’s Founder, Mustafa...
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Chania: Celebrating 100 Years Since the Union
The official program for the events was announced today by Nikos Papadakis, the President of the National Research Foundation “Eleftherios Venizelos.” It will include exhibitions, lectures, concerts...
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Nafplio Aims to Claim European Capital of Culture 2021
Nafplio will claim the title of European Capital of Culture for the year 2021. This was Mayor of Nafplio–Dimitris Kostouros’–proposition, which was approved by the city’s council. Nafplio, for the...
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Polytechnic School Students Invite ERT for a Broadcast
In light of the celebration for the 40th Anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising, the NTUA students invited former ERT employees to emit a radio broadcast from the University buildings. The Greek...
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40th Anniversary of the Heroic Uprising
Forty years have passed since the uprising that took place on the 17th of November 1973 in the Polytechnic School of Athens, Greece. It was a soul-stirring act of resistance against the tyranny of the...
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Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks
In Ancient Greece we can find anything from sex festivals–to sex toys. Aristotle pondered why people are ashamed to admit that they like having sex, while they aren’t embarrassed of saying that they...
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The Parthenon Like You ‘ve Never Seen it Before!
A team of Russian photographers has created this amazing digital tour of the Acropolis in Athens. Anybody who wishes to visit The Parthenon but distance doesn’t allow them, now they can at least visit...
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100 Years Since Crete’s Union with Greece
The 100th anniversary of Crete’s Union with Greece was celebrated yesterday with the hoisting of the Greek flag over the historic fortress Firka in the old port of Chania. Minister of Administrative...
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Untold Story: Italian Regime Spied on Residents of Dodecanese
Bureaucratic certificates, such as permits and authorizations, as well as confidential reports, records of personal habits, political views and much more: the Fascist regime held 90,000 files on the...
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Greek PM and IOC Bid Farewell to Nelson Mandela
The International Olympic Committee, IOC on its official twitter account, said farewell to the former leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela by uploading a photo. The photo was “full” from Greece, as...
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Remembering 70 Years Since the Holocaust in Kalavryta
An event in remembrance of 70 years since the holocaust, took place on Saturday morning in Kalavryta, Greece. A memorial service for the victims was held in the metropolitan cathedral of the Assumption...
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Greek Myths That Have a Religious Background
by Lauren DeVoe, Demand Media All Greek myths are religious. These myths were stories about the various gods and heroes that accounted for the creation of the world, the seasonal cycles and other...
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