Category: GREECE
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EU Parliament chief tweets about Alexander the Great’s heritage
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani sought on Thursday, with a tweet written in Greek, to set the record straight with regard to comments he made last year about the ethnicity of Alexander the Great and his father, Philip II of Macedon. “I know my history very well. Alexander the Great was Greek and his ideas…
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Greece’s cultural heritage is its ‘real capital’, Koniordou tells ANA radio
The best way to protect Greece’s monuments, both material and immaterial, was to “bring the citizens closer to them in such as way as to enliven their own love and own awareness that these monuments bring added value to their lives,” Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou said on Sunday, talking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA)…
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Seafaring & Shipbuilding | Athens | To May 28
The Herakleidon Museum in Athens presents “Voyage: Seafaring and Shipbuilding in Greece from Antiquity to Modern Times.” The show explores the history of maritime voyages and naval architecture through about 40 handmade wooden models of Greek ships which plied the seas from prehistoric times to the middle of the 20th century. The ship models were…
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Greece plays a mediator between Libya and Egypt
The Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, said his country is trying to obtain the role of a mediator between Libya and Egypt and help in the implementation of the Skhirat-signed political agreement. In a joint presser Monday with the Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Mohammed Sayala, Kotzias said Greece’s interest lies…