According to an announcement by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis museum will return an ancient Greek vase to Italy because it matched a photo that the Italian police had seized in a crucial raid in 1995 on the Swiss warehouse of Giacomo Medici, an antiquities dealer who was being accused of selling looted artworks. [...]
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World’s Biggest Statue to Be Built in Cyprus
A gigantic 135-meter statue of an angel holding a dove -bigger than the Christ Statue in Brazil, the Statue of Liberty in the US and the Giant Buddha Statue in China-will be built in Cyprus. The angel will be located at a small seashore village near Limassol and it was designed strictly based on “green construction” [...]
Two Nations Cup: Greece-Turkey Friendship Bridge
A rowing race is going to take place in the Golden Horn of Constantinople on the 23rd of October, as part of the “Two Nations Cup” competition, something that will serve as a friendship bridge between Greece and Turkey. Two crews of 8 members each, one Greek and one Turkish, will complete a distance of [...]
Diaspora Painter Nikos Kypraios Gains International Recognition
The “Steiner Gallerie” in Vienna, Austria, is hosting famous Nikos Kypraios’ newest exhibition under the general title “The Ecstatic Breath of Freedom”. The well known Diaspora painter was born in Vathy of Samos, Greece, in 1944. In 1972, he moved to Melbourne, Australia, and some years ago, he returned permanently to Greece, travelling abroad from time [...]
Exhibition on Mt. Athos in Sofia
Doug’s Patterson painting exhibition on Athos, the Holy Mountain, travels to Sofia, Bulgaria. The exhibition titled “Painting at Sacred Places, Athos-Sinai” , is organized by the Agioritiki Estia (Centre of Mount Athos) in collaboration with the Greek Institute of Culture, within the “City Celebrations” of the municipality of Sofia. In the exhibition are going to [...]
Netherlands Claims Greece Will Go Bankrupt
According to the Dutch news program RTL Nieuws, the Ministry of Finance announced that Greece is not in the position to avoid bankruptcy. The Dutch government noted that bankruptcy is a matter of time and the question is not the exact date but how this bankruptcy will be faced with less consequences. Finance Minister Jan [...]
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05 / 18 Three Greek Islands On EU Cheap List
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05 / 18 The Greek Who Can Spy On Earth
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05 / 18 Former Consul Tipaldos Died In Italy
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05 / 18 Papandreou Not Welcome In Edinburgh
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05 / 18 Greek Truck Overturns in West Bulgaria
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08 / 04 Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Reportedly Claims Olympic Flame is Turkish
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01 / 24 Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
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07 / 28 IOC President Jacques Rogge Calls London Home of The Olympics; Forgets Greece
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 22 Philip II of Macedonia Statue in Skopje Defies NATO
