The Culture Ministry is planning eight interventions to improve access, safety and cost-efficiency at the Athens Acropolis, Greece’s foremost archaeological monument, which receives some 1.5 million visitors a year.
The Museum of Cycladic Art announced the cancellation of the exhibition dedicated to Greek sculptor TAKIS, to protect the health and safety of its staff, volunteers, museum friends and supporters, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A new book published by the Gennadius Library and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation comprises 12 studies on the city.
Greece’s Culture Ministry on Friday ordered the closure of the country’s archaeological sites and state-run museums, due to “special circumstances.”
The Culture Ministry is planning eight interventions to improve access, safety and cost-efficiency at the Athens Acropolis, Greece’s foremost archaeological monument, which receives some 1.5 million visitors a year.
The Acropolis Museum in Athens is suspending for two weeks three planned events as a precaution agaisnt the spread of the coronavirus in the country, it announced Wednesday.
Antiquities and art from the 18th and 19th centuries trace ideological, philosophical roots of Greek War of Independence at NAM.
The representatives of several nations due to attend a delegations’ meeting in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Monday ahead of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest are canceling their trips due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, it emerged on Saturday.
Hollywood actor Gerard Butler, who played the role of King Leonidas of Sparta in the movie “300,” will be in the Peloponnesian for events marking the 2,500-year anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae.
The 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, originally scheduled for March 5-15, has been postponed over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19, its organizers have announced.
Much-awarded Greek novelist Alki Zei, whose work has been translated in more than 30 languages, has died at her home at the age of 97, her publisher announced.
Municipal worker Ioannis Chrysanthakopoulos, 39, carries goods for pensioner Vassiliki Chalari, 83, as part of the Athens Municipality’s “Help at Home Plus” program that has been extended to members of vulnerable groups, including the elderly, who face particular challenges during the Covid-19 lockdown. At the most risk from a potential infection, elderly citizens have been advised to avoid leaving their homes. City Hall has also boosted its food handouts for the poor and its programs for the capital’s homeless with a collaboration with charity Medecins du Monde said to be in the works. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]