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Heraklion Presents “A Traditional Dance Studio” in Three Performances

2022-07-25 by Phil Butler

Theater

Crete Region and the Association for the Dissemination of Greek Traditional Dances and Music will present “A Traditional Dance Studio.”

Tags: Bell of the Barbers, Bethlehem Gate, Culture workshop, Greece culture, Heraklion events, Heraklion plays, Region of Crete, summer events, traditional dance

Attica Governor Patoulis Releases Video Promoting the Region’s Culture

2022-07-13 by Phil Butler

George Patoulis

A wonderful new promotional video promoted by Attica Governor Patoulis reveals the amazing touristic value of this Greece destination.

Tags: Attica, Attica attractions, Attica culture, George Patoulis, Greece 2022, Greece attractions, Greece culture, Greece promotion, Greece's National Gallery, Hydra, Marathon Greece, Salamis

Greece Will Launch Five New Cultural Routes

2021-05-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Ministry of Culture

Greece’s Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni held a press conference on Monday where she announced plans to launch five new cultural routes.

Tags: Culture Minister, Greece archaeology, Greece culture, Greece history, Greece museums, Greece news, Lina Mendoni

Greece Plans to Transform the Fabulous Tatoi Estate

2021-02-03 by Phil Butler

Tatoi Palace

The Ministry of Culture of Greece has announced plans to finally convert the massive 10,000-acre Tatoi Estate into an international tourist destination.

Tags: Athens attractions, culture projects, Greece attractions, Greece culture, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Lina Mendoni, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Tatoi Palace, tourism projects

Greece Culture Ministry Certifies Two New Museums

2020-12-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Greece’s Ministry of Culture has certified the Museum of Environment of Stymfalia and the Museum of Brick and Tile Making.

Tags: Culture Ministry, Greece culture, Greece museums, Greece nature, Lina Mendoni, Natura 2000, PIOP

Five Greek Islands Among Threatened European Cultural Heritage Sites

2020-12-15 by Argophilia Travel News

ruins of Paleochora

According to the European voice of civil society, Europa Nostra, several Greek islands are in danger of losing their cultural heritage.

Tags: Amorgos, cultural heritage, culture, environmentalism, European culture, Greece culture, Kimolos, Kythira, Natura 2000, nature, Sikinos, sustainability, Tinos island, wind farms

Greece Βecomes An ECTAA Preferred Destination

2020-08-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Yachting tourism Greece

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and ECTAA have agreed to make Greece the Preferred Destination.

Tags: ECTAA, GNTO, Greece attractions, Greece culture, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Pawel Niewiadomski, travel

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni – “We don’t want a summer without culture”

2020-05-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni

Greece’s Ministry of Culture is determined to reboot contemporary culture at heritage sites across the country.

Tags: Athens events, cultural events, Culture Minister, culture programs, Greece culture, Greece destinations, Greece events, Greece museums, Greece programs, Greek archaeology, Lina Mendoni

New Archaeological Museum of Chania Fast-Tracked by Culture Minister

2019-11-04 by Phil Butler

Archaeological Museum of Chania

Greece’s Minister of Culture Lina Medoni has announced a feaster track for the opening of the Archaeological Museum of Chania.

Tags: Archaeological Museum of Chania, Bobotis + Bobotis, Bobotis + Bobotis Architects, Chalepa neighborhood, Chania, Chania attractions, Chania museum, Greece culture, Greece museums, Lina Mendoni

GNTO to Key on Culture for Greece’s Tourism Promotion

2019-09-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Dimitris Lignadis

Cultural activities and events in Greece will play a huge part in the country’s promotion as a tourism destination, according to the GNTO.

Tags: Angela Gerekou, Dimitris Lignadis, GNTO, Greece culture, Greece tourism, Greek culture

Prime Minister Mitsotakis Says His Vision of Greek Culture is Revolutionary

2019-08-06 by Phil Butler

Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis considers the Culture Minister Lina Mendoni not just a trustee of our heritage but a development ministry as well.

Tags: Greece administration, Greece culture, Greece Culture Minister, Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Lina Mendoni

“Greek Paths of Culture” Wins at European Heritage Awards

2019-05-27 by Argophilia Travel News

The “Greek Paths of Culture” of the Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ELLET) has won a Europa Nostra Heritage Award.

Tags: ELLET, Europa Nostra Heritage Award, European Heritage Awards, Greece culture, Greece hiking, Greece walking, Greek Paths of Culture, LLINIKI ETAIRIA, Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

Europe’s Bureaucrats: Making the Minoans a Footnote of History

2019-05-09 by Phil Butler

Bull Dance

Today, the fate of some of the world’s most treasured Minoan landmarks is still mired in a European bureaucratic bog.

Tags: Constantina Benissi, crete, Crete monuments, cultural landmarks, Dr. Kostis S. Christakis, elitism, Greece culture, Greek sites, Knossos, Kydonia, Malia, Malia Palace, Meritocracy, Ministry of Culture of Greece, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Nikos Igoumenidi, Phaestos, Phaistos, Sir Arthur Evans, UNESCO, Zakros, Zominthos

South Aegean Region Launches #savekaikia to Save Traditional Boats

2018-10-10 by Phil Butler

#savekaikia

Not all European Union initiatives are well thought out. An EU-funded program created back in the 1980s to get Greek fishermen to scrap their traditional fishing boats (“kaikia”) now threatens Greece’s seafaring heritage. Organizations pitted against the destruction have launched the #savekaikia movement to save this irreplaceable fleet.  According to the news from the South Aegean […]

Tags: EU law, EU programs, fishing fleet, George Hadzimarkos, Greece culture, Greece fishing, Greek fleet, Greek tradition, ships, South Aegean Region, Traditional Boat Association of Greece

Lassithi Plateau in Athens Cultural Preservation Focus

2018-02-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Lassithi windmills

In a recent Athens meet-up decision makers discussed the further promotion, maintenance, and protection of the great cultural heritage of Crete’s Lassithi Plateau. The focus of the meeting was on Dictaean Cave, as well as other prominent Lassithi cultural sites, and a coming visit by the Minister of Culture of Greece to Crete.  

Tags: Culture Minister, Dictaean Cave, Dikteon Andron, Giannis Stefanakis, Greece culture, Greece monuments, Greece travel, Karfi, Kera Monastery, Lassithi Plateau, Lydia Koniordou

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Welcome to Heraklion Airport, Where Your Vacation Ends with a Queue

2026-07-09 By Kostas Raptis

Thousands of tourists are currently enjoying the ‘authentic’ Heraklion airport experience, which includes sweating on the pavement and fighting for elbow room inside the terminal.

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Crete Pushes for a Circular Economy to Cut Waste and Boost Recycling

2026-07-09 By Argophilia Travel News

Hersonissos Mayor Zacharias Doxastakis presented a comprehensive circular economy strategy at the Pan-Cretan Conference in Heraklion.

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Travel Advisory: Souda–Milos–Piraeus Ferry Departs Earlier Until September 6

2026-07-09 By Argophilia Travel News

Passengers traveling from Souda to Piraeus via Milos should note a temporary schedule change now in effect. From today through September 6, the ferry will depart Souda at 9:30 p.m. (21:30) instead of its usual 10:00 p.m. (22:00) departure. The vessel is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Piraeus at 6:45 a.m. Passengers are […]

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Hotel Manager Arrested After Minor Employee Alleges Assault in Hersonissos

2026-07-09 By Iorgos Pappas

A hotel manager in Hersonissos, Crete, was arrested after a 16-year-old employee reported being physically assaulted, insulted, and threatened at work.

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Crete Mayors Sound the Alarm Over Natura 2000 ‘Black Hole’

2026-07-09 By Iorgos Pappas

The municipalities of Kantanos-Selino and Kissamos warn that Western Crete’s most famous Natura 2000 sites have fallen into a legal vacuum.

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