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Kefalogianni meets UNESCO leadership in Paris to discuss cultural tourism and heritage protection

Particular emphasis was placed on the need to ensure that tourism development is meaningfully linked to the protection and preservation of cultural heritage for future generations

Greek PM rejects Parthenon Sculptures loan as 48 relics return from Bulgaria

Under a Greece-Bulgaria exchange, 48 relics taken in 1917 go on show in Thessaloniki until 5 November before returning to their monasteries and the Serres Metropolis, while Greece hands Sofia Tsar Samuel's remains and bones from four sarcophagi

Greek Prime Minister signals higher heating allowance, with details due on 14 October

Support will favour colder regions, with heating oil targeted below €1.75 a litre. Speaking at an event marking Mount Olympus's UNESCO listing, the Prime Minister pointed to ancient Nikopolis as Greece's next World Heritage target

Parthenon Sculptures talks stall as Greece rejects British Museum loan

The British Museum insists its willingness to reach a deal is unchanged, but Prime Minister Andy Burnham has passed responsibility to its trustees, leaving both sides in search of a formula that avoids conceding ownership

Greek PM starts regional tours as government tries to end run of gaffes

Government fuel support measures are expected to be extended for two weeks on Wednesday, with heating oil relief due on 14 October, as former prime minister Antonis Samaras prepares a new party on the right

Greece and British Museum talks on Parthenon Sculptures collapse over ownership, Telegraph reports

Athens has signalled no early return to negotiations, despite the British Museum insisting discussions remain constructive, while Greek officials reject the Bayeux Tapestry loan as a model because France's ownership of the work is undisputed

Amal Clooney meets President Tasoulas in Athens for UNESCO visit

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney visited Athens for UNESCO's Goodwill Ambassadors meeting, meeting President Tasoulas ahead of a closed talk on artificial intelligence and culture, before an evening dinner at the Acropolis Museum in aid of UNESCO's anti-trafficking culture fund

UN urged to replace world map accused of shrinking Africa

Togo is leading a campaign, backed by the African Union, urging the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which depicts the African continent as barely larger than Greenland

Mount Olympus now in the same monument category as the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China: The 12 ‘secrets’ that put it on UNESCO’s list

Mount Olympus joins the same monument category as the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China: the 12 secrets that got it onto the UNESCO list

Prime Minister:”There are times when the intensity of such phenomena exceeds all human planning” – Support for wildfire victims will be immediate

Protecting human life remains our priority, says Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his weekly Sunday post, noting that the battle firefighters are facing exceeds the limits of human endurance

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