CULTURE

News about culture and cultural heritage

January 19, 2017

Greek Ministry of Culture declares 2017 ‘Year of Nikos Kazantzakis’

In a bid to remember and commemorate the writer and philosopher that was Nikos Kazantzakis, the Ministry of Culture has declared 2017 as the ‘Year of […]
January 19, 2017

Greek museum among the top 10 new museum openings in 2017

History, art and design will be celebrated in their many forms, and disciplines, at new institutions from Paris to Los Angeles and London to Cape Town. […]
January 19, 2017

Greek To Be Taught as Foreign Language in Russian Schools Starting January 1, 2017

According to sources, the Russian Minister of Education, Olga Vasilieva recently signed and approved the Greek language into the curriculum of Russian schools. Starting January 1, 2017, Greek […]
January 10, 2017

Computer science reimagines Hagia Sophia’s acoustics, offers journey back in time

An impressive figure of the architectural beauty hailing from the Byzantine-era, the Hagia Sophia at Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square is still inspiring new studies, like the “Icons […]