Thursday, 07 December 2023

Panorama News

British Museum Chair Osborne says talks on a deal on the Parthenon Sculptures will continue

In the podcast on Thursday, he said the British Museum has been exploring a deal “ whereby they spend part of their time in Athens and part of their time in London - and we ...

British Museum Chair Osborne says talks on a deal on the Parthenon Sculptures will continue

Culture News

How a group of ancient sculptures sparked a dispute between Greece and the UK
Athens
03
12
2023
How a group of ancient sculptures sparked a dispute between Greece and the UK

Diplomacy failed when U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak abruptly called off a London meeting scheduled for Tuesday with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis publicly voiced annoyance. Sunak’s spokesman linked the snub with the Greek leader’s using British television to renew his call, a day earlier, for the 2,500-year-old masterpieces’ return. Here’s a look at what the disput...

Writer and diplomat Vassilis Vassilikos dies, aged 89
01
12
2023
Writer and diplomat Vassilis Vassilikos dies, aged 89

One of Greece's most prolific writers, who published more than 100 works of literature, including novels, plays and...

A rich festive program from one end of Athens to the other
Athens
02
12
2023
A rich festive program from one end of Athens to the other

The program of this year's events was edited by the Municipality's Culture, Sports & Youth Organization (OP...

UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat
London
30
11
2023
UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat

Mitsotakis, meanwhile, said the dispute had helped draw international attention to Greece’s longstanding claim to...

Going Out News

The SNFCC Christmas World comes alive on December 1st
Athens
01
12
2023
The SNFCC Christmas World comes alive on December 1st

A special festive event with free entry for the public and hosted by Nadia Kontogeorgis, marks the start of the SNFCC Christmas World and is made possible thanks to a donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). On the first night of December, countless holiday lights are turned on, casting their glow on the plane trees of the Canal and the decorated fir trees of the Agora. A Festival of Lighting Installa...

ATHICFF (6th Athens International Children’s Film Festival)
Athens
18
11
2023
ATHICFF (6th Athens International Children’s Film Festival)

This year’s program includes 91 films from 32 countries, all about self-expression, growing up differently, and t...

40th Authentic Marathon & smaller races to affect traffic
Athens
12
11
2023
40th Authentic Marathon & smaller races to affect traffic

On Saturday, Nov. 11, during 17.00-20.00, two consecutive 10km races started at Amalias Ave. at Syntagma Square to the ...

The Property Show Athens 2023 opens on Tuesday
Athens
07
11
2023
The Property Show Athens 2023 opens on Tuesday

In the conference part of the event, more than 25 experts on the real estate sector in Greece will speak, while in the ...

Discover the Museums of Athens

National Archaeological Museum of Greece

The National Archaeological Museum of Greece is the most famous in Greece, as well as the world. It houses finds from all over Greece, with over 20,000 exhibits, showing the history of Greek civilization from the beginnings of Prehistory to Late more

Museum of Cycladic Art

The Museum of Cycladic Art was established in 1986 and holds a large collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art owned by Nicholas and Aikaterini Goulandris. The exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic Art, and the temporary exhibitions organized more

Byzantine & Christian Museum

The Byzantine and Christian Museum was founded in 1914 on the premises of the Academy of Athens and was transferred to Villa Ilissia in 1930. It is an outstanding national museum and one of the most important in the world of the Byzantine more

Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art

The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art in Pagrati covers a total area of 7,250 m² and consists of 11 floors, where art works by famous international artists such as Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Joan more

National Gallery of Athens

After 8 years of reconstruction work, the National Gallery of Athens is once again ready to welcome visitors. It houses more than 20,000 works of painting, sculpture, engraving and other art forms and is a treasury of Greek artistic creation from the more

Athens Olympic Museum

The Athens Olympic Museum was founded on 2021 and is located on the first floor of the Golden Hall shopping center in Marousi. Overlooking the Athens Olympic Center (O.A.K.A.), it now houses, for the first time in Athens, the Hellenic Olympic more

Tourism News

British Museum to fully digitize its collection after thefts
London
19
10
2023
British Museum to fully digitize its collection after thefts

The museum, one of the most visited in the world, has been dealing with the aftermath of thefts which highlighted internal failings and led to the exit of its director. “We have taken steps to improve security and are now confident that a theft of this kind can never happen again,” the British Museum’s interim director, Mark Jones, said in a statement. “But we cannot and must not assume...

An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It’s a glimpse of future tech
Athens
14
10
2023
An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It’s a glimpse of future tech

All they need is a smartphone. Visitors can now pinch and zoom their way around the ancient Greek site, with a digit...

Passenger traffic at Athens airport up 25.7% in Jan-Sept 2023
09
10
2023
Passenger traffic at Athens airport up 25.7% in Jan-Sept 2023

More specifically, passenger traffic totaled 3,006,870 in September, up 16.3% from the same period in 2022 and up 11.8%...

Greece wins the tourism revenue bet for the 2023 season
Athens
17
09
2023
Greece wins the tourism revenue bet for the 2023 season

  DG EOT, D Fragakis: The tourist year is developing exceptionally well     In his interventi...

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