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UNESCO
The Melekouni of Rhodes in the UNESCO cultural heritage register
The inclusion of melekouni, the traditional sweet of Rhodes, made from sesame and honey, in the Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
Unesco: talks between Greece and Britain begin on the return of the Parthenon Sculptures
A very important announcement, about a wound that remains open for Greece, the Parthenon Sculptures, was made by...
L. Mendoni: We invest a lot in the promotion of monuments of the Ottoman period
The ministry is doing a systematic work for the restoration of all monuments in the country, regardless of their period,...
Shame and anger: The Turks turned Panagia Soumela into a disco
The images that were shown on social media showing a foreign band dancing disco are a disgrace to world culture...
Mr. Mitsotakis at UNESCO: Return the Parthenon Marbles
The issue of the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was raised by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his speech at the...
Lavreotiki Geopark ready to join the World Heritage Sites
A large part of southern Attica, full of natural, archaeological and mineral treasures and full of the history of the region, which has...
Aegina pistachios, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage product
The Aegina pistachio, the fruit of the pistachio tree, gets its name from its multifaceted connection with the homonymous...
Liberation writes about “the somewhat megalomaniacal project” on the Acropolis
The works on the Acropolis, the concrete pavements, the non-autonomous accessibility of our disabled citizens, were the material of a major reportage...
Threats against the archaeologist who discovered the oldest city in America
Ruth Santi, an archaeologist from Peru, was in 2020 on the BBC's list of the 100 women in the world with the...
Nikos the «Madman»: the baroque rebet, the murder and the code of honour
UNESCO's decision to include rebetiko in the list of the Intangible World Heritage of Humanity is accompanied by the statement that «...is a strong point...
International vilification of Greece for the Egnatia antiquities
After the dozens of voices of scientists and experts, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), in its yesterday's...
Council of Europe condemns Turkey over Hagia Sophia
The unacceptable decision of the Erdogan regime to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque has provoked the reaction of the Council of the Hellenic...