Greek Monuments and other treasures of the country are facing a new threat. The international economic crisis, which has effected Greek culture heritage in many ways.

Greece has 250 organized archaeological sites and 19.000 designated monuments. The budget has been cut by 50% over the past 3 years. The amount of money available to cover the needs seems to have been reduced rapidly over the last years, plus a large number of cultural employees have been dismissed.
An initiative addressed to UNESCO over the protection of Greek culture heritage, is available in four languages – Greek, English, French and German on the website http://www.greekcultureprotection.com.

The move’s aim is to aware the people along with the implementation of international conventions and of measures to tackle the problem.

The website was launched two months ago and has been supported by Nobel laureates such as Nadine Gordimer, Dario Fo and Gunter Grass as well as internationally renowned figures including director Costa Gavras, philosopher Noam Chomsky, lawyer George Bizos, architect Mario Bota, composer Pierre Boulez, academic and archaeologist Anthony Snodgrass, the president of the “Institute du Monde Arabe” Jack Lang and writer Antonio Lobo Antunes.