January 27, 2015

New Greek government & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis

Posted at 2:22 pm in Elgin Marbles

Over the years since I started taking an interest in the Parthenon Marbles, while Greek governments have come and gone, the Culture Ministry (under a variety of name changes) has changed leadership more than most departments. Ministers have come and gone, although only a few have made a real impact, perhaps for me, the most notable being Venizelos (who spearheaded campaigning in London in the lead up to the 2004 Olympics) and Samaras (who oversaw the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, although its construction started well before that). Both of these understood that it was an international issue & needed to be dealt with on an international level, if there was to be any traction.

Following Sunday’s poll, a coalition dominated by Syriza is now leading Greece. Its charismatic leader Alexis Tsipras hass already made his views on the Parthenon Marbles known a few weeks ago.

Today, the re-organisation of various government departments was announced, along with the naming of the new Culture Minister – Nikos Xydakis, who is already relatively well known to many in Greece as a political commentator in Kathimerini.

It will be interesting to see in the coming weeks how he feels that the Parthenon Marbles issue should be handled by Greece.

Greek culture minister Nikos Xydakis

Greek culture minister Nikos Xydakis

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  1. Aph_Kay said,

    01.27.15 at 2:25 pm

    “@elginism: Blog post: New Syriza government in Greece & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis http://t.co/NJ5UBIGG6C”

  2. zakir_spinoza said,

    01.27.15 at 2:44 pm

    RT @elginism: Blog post: New Syriza government in Greece & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis http://t.co/29bLV2hAJB

  3. maximos62 said,

    01.27.15 at 3:18 pm

    RT @elginism: Blog post: New Syriza government in Greece & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis http://t.co/29bLV2hAJB

  4. MarblesReunite said,

    01.27.15 at 3:19 pm

    RT @elginism: Blog post: New Syriza government in Greece & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis http://t.co/29bLV2hAJB

  5. rogueclassicist said,

    01.27.15 at 4:36 pm

    New Greek government & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis http://t.co/Q4e4Wn7cIz

  6. mat8iou said,

    01.28.15 at 9:11 am

    RT @elginism: Blog post: New Syriza government in Greece & new Culture Minister, Nikos Xydakis http://t.co/29bLV2hAJB

  7. ELENI said,

    01.18.16 at 7:17 pm

    Hello

    As a result of my knowledge in certain matters, whose source I would like to keep confidential, I suggest that an inquiry is conducted in certain Hotels that were built in the Greek island of Hydra Beach, which is located near the island Hydra in Greece.

    These Hotels were built during the 60’s and the Engineer in charge was someone by the name of Kouros; I don’t remember his first name

    During these constructions, his workers discovered Ancient ruins, some were at the bottom of the sea, however, instead of reporting it to the proper authorities they were instructed to keep silent and to continue the construction of the Hotels, which, as I understand it, were constructed over the ancient findings.

    I could not keep this inside me for much longer. I feel that this knowledge should be addressed to the proper authorities and that inquires as well as excavations are warranted

    I hope that I reached some type of proper authority for these types of matters.

  8. Matthew said,

    01.26.16 at 1:40 pm

    Thank you for your concerns. What you are asking about is not really within the scope of this website however, and the website is in no way connected to the Greek Government.

    Possibly writing to the Culture Minister at the Ministry of Culture may be more successful?

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