Aiming to promote its concert venues and attract more international conferences, Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall now provides its online visitors with a 360° tour of its premises. The new digital tool is available to Greek and foreign users, with information both in Greek and in English. Online visitors can tour Megaron’s premises and […]
The Fagan fragment at the Acropolis Museum. Photo source: Culture Ministry Greece and Italy recently held talks on the permanent return of a Parthenon frieze fragment, part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas in Palermo, to Athens. The fragment depicts the foot of goddess Artemis as she watches the procession of the […]
A statue of goddess Athena, dating from 420-400 BC and from the Acropolis Museum collection, is now on display at the archaic sculptures gallery of the Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas in Palermo, Sicily. The statue recently arrived to Palermo where it will stay for four years as part of a cultural exchange agreement between the […]
Photo Source: @Thessaloniki Travel Thessaloniki and the wider Central Macedonia Region will feature in a new Hollywood film to start shooting on March 15, Central Macedonia Regional Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas announced this week. Tzitzikostas met with Millennium Media producer Robert Van Norden, Central Macedonia Film Office officials and Vice Governor for Tourism and
The South Aegean Region is inviting local small- and medium-sized businesses to take part in the World Food Gift Challenge 2022, an international competition scheduled to take place in Menorca, Spain, on April 7. Organized by the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT), the event aims to award high-quality artisanal food and […]
Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa, Kastoria. Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry will allocate 2.1 million euros for the restoration and upgrade of cultural monuments in the area of Kastoria, western Macedonia. The project will be funded by the EU’s post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) with works expected to begin soon. According to
The Olympia Municipal Music Theatre ‘Maria Callas’, located near Athens city center, will host a number of music performances and art exhibitions during the next three months, as part of the municipality’s new cultural program announced earlier this week. Athens’ cultural program will run between February and May. The theater reopened its doors in the […]
Mark Mazower was sworn in citizen of Greece by interior minister Makis Voridis British historian Mark Mazower was sworn in as honorary citizen of Greece during a ceremony that was held in Athens last week. Mazower was honored with the Greek citizenship for his “exceptional contribution” to the country, an announcement by the Interior Ministry […]
Photo source: Flag of Greece An exhibition dedicated to the history of the Greek flag opened its doors recently at the Athens College Theater in the Greek capital. Titled “Flag of Greece: One symbol – 200 objects”, the exhibition is part of the first cycle of events organized by civil non-profit partnership Flag of Greece […]
Kastoria, northern Greece. Photo source: Visit Greece / G. Bozounis The promotion of Kastoria recently topped the agenda of talks between Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki and the city’s mayor, Giannis Korentsidis. Zacharaki pledged to support the city’s promotional actions adding that the ministry “wants to ‘build’ a sustainable destination with the region’s natural

















