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Athens - Greek trade unions scaled up their industrial action and protests on Saturday by placing an anti-austerity banner on the ancient Acropolis, as draft legislation for new austerity measures was set for a parliamentary vote at the end of ...
Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, Europe, Greece, NewsIt's not easy being the caretaker of Greece's heritage these days. Greek museums are facing budget cuts, strikes, reduced staff, even loss of visitors due to riots. The National Archaeological Museum had many rooms closed during the peak tourist season last summer due to budget cuts, and strikes are regularly closing all publicly owned museums.
Take the Byzantine and...
An interesting followup to the previous post about the ongoing problems of artefact looting within Greece.
From:
SAFE
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Repatriation Effects: Greece’s National Archaeological Museum
In the Galleries:
While we all revile the looting of archaeological sites and the illicit trade of artifacts, we can now begin to review the effects of the repatriation of ancient material back [...]
Lights, camera, Acropolis! Officials in cash-strapped Greece approved a cheaper pricing plan meant to lure film crews and photographers to its historic attractions including the home of the Parthenon. The Greek culture ministry slashed the cost of a one-day film shoot at the Acropolis by more than half, from more than $5,000 a day to about $2,050. The rate for photographers was cut by roughly one-third, from $385 a day to $256. The reduced...
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in south-eastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula. It is bordered by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the north and by Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west...more
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