Greek Prime Minister ‘Annoyed’ by Cancellation of Meeting with British PM Over Parthenon Marbles
The meeting cancellation came soon after the Greek PM complained about the pace of talks during an interview with the BBC.
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Greece Will Implement a Daily Limit of 20,000 Visitors to the Acropolis Starting in September
The new policy is aimed at protecting the popular Greek monument and UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Greece Will Recover 351 Looted Antiquities After 17-Year Legal Battle With British Art Dealer Robin Symes
Greece has recovered 351 antiquities including a bronze statue of Alexander the Great and a stone figurine from the 4th millennium BCE.
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Greece Will Allow Pets at More Than 120 Archaeology Sites, But Not the Acropolis or Ancient Olympia
Officials in the country said the measure would hopefully bring these sites under similar guidelines to ones found abroad.
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Protests Against ‘Mafia Style’ Violence Erupt After an Archaeologist Was Viciously Attacked In Greece
"There are problems caused by the high level of tourism development on many islands, but Mykonos is by far the worst," said the archaeologists' association.
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Greek Archaeologists Strike Over Assault, Benin to Stage First Venice Pavilion, and More: Morning Links for March 15, 2023
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A Stunning Exhibition in an Athens Park Sets A New Standard for Digital Art
The Onassis Foundation in Athens is now staging the digital exhibition "Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data."
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Greece Rejects British Museum Claim That Parthenon Marbles Were ‘Removed From Rubble’
Greece and the U.K. have been battling over the marbles for decades.
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Morning Links: Sherlock Holmes of the Art World Edition
Shepard Fairey was finally arrested in L.A. [The Detroit News] A third of the collectors on our 2015 Top 200 list have opened museums, The Art Newspaper finds. [The Art…
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Documenta 17 Goes to Athens, Splits Self in Two
For the deep-pocketed art pilgrim, this adds yet another summer 2017 destination, in addition to the 57th Venice Biennale and the 47th edition of the mammoth Art Basel fair.
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