Athens, Greece Travel News

The Greeks have once again proven to be great architects with the creation of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece.

The new Acropolis Museum, which was officially opened on June 20th, is finding itself a fundamental place in the Athenian life.

PASOK Leader George Papandreou to chair Socialist International Council meeting in Montenegro.

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to meet with visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Pham Gia Khiem.

A'Slaves in Their BondsA' - Athens - Tonight Tonis LykouresisA's award-winning Greek film A'Slaves in Their BondsA' will be screened at Cine Petroupolis at 9 p.m. today, as part of the Petras Festival.

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday morning received the visiting chairman of the council of ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nikola Spiric.

GUL TO APPEAR IN TRAFFIC SAFETY AD President Abdullah Gul is set to appear in a new public service announcement promoting traffic safety.

Gods, heroes and long-dead mortals stepped off their plinths into the evening sky of Athens on Saturday during the lavish launch of the new Acropolis Museum, a decades-old dream that Greece hopes will also help reclaim a cherished part of its heritage from Britain.

General view of the New Acropolis Museum. EFE/Orestis Panagiotou. ATHENS, GREECE.- The new Acropolis Museum will open today.

The Hermitage Amsterdam has been moved into its new home, the restored 17th-century Amstelhof building in the historic heart of Amsterdam, shown on the right.

Queen turns down invitation to opening of major new museum in Athens built to house Acropolis treasures The New Acropolis Museum was designed to house the statues which Lord Elgin removed from the Parthenon 200 years ago A bitter new row over ownership of the Elgin marbles has erupted, threatening to eclipse the inauguration this week of a major ...

The City of Athens is gearing up its citizens and the world for the opening of the new museum in about two weeks.

Parthenon marbles, which are currently in the British Museum in London. A A It's not polite to call the Elgin Marbles the Elgin Marbles anymore.

The Museum of Cycladic Art has one of the most representative collections from the Cycladic period and is more compact and manageable than the National Museum.

Deputy Finance Minister Thanassis Bouras visits Evrytania prefecture to present special development program for mainland Greece.

Bernard Tschumi can afford a smile as he looks around at his new creation, the New Acropolis Museum , after an eight-year campaign to get it designed and built.

After being on planes and stuck in airports for about 26 hours we finally arrived in Athens, the capital of Greece, on April 9. To us it felt like 6:30 a.m., while in reality it was 2:30 p.m. After checking into our hotel rooms, we started our journey through the streets of Athens.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon. Yes, dear readers, I am taking a stand: Athens is my most favorite city of the moment, and you must plan to visit there in the near future.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoA Yan will attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, which will take place on June 20, sources from the Prime Ministry said yesterday.

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to address a conference organized by the Foreign Ministry to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the European Court of Human Rights.