Hislop on British Museum: They haven't read the facts about the Parthenon Sculptures - They're not open-minded
Reknown author Victoria Hislop appeared to oppose the British Museum's stance on the possible return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.
Free Arts Festival at Greek archaeological sites
The All of Greece, One Culture festival, a Ministry of Culture initiative, is offering a week of free cultural performances at historic venues nationwide through July 20.
Migration: Less than 15% are entitled to asylum
“What is being done from North Africa and Libya is an operation of migrant invasion of Europe.” With these words Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, described the situation at the sea border south of Crete in Parliament the other day. The numbers are inexorable and of course they are what led the government to take the extraordinary measures to manage the migration flows: Creating a closed structure in Crete, suspending the processing of asylum applications and detention for those whose applications are rejected.
Greek Armed Guard who survived Houthi attack stranded off the coast of Jeddah
Although Vaggelis Staridas—the Greek armed guard who miraculously survived 48 harrowing hours at sea following the Houthi attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea—has been rescued by an international mission and transferred to a security ship, his ordeal is far from over.