Tag: ARCHITECTURE

Porto Lago / Lakki: a 1930’s model town in the Aegean

On the island of Leros in the Dodecanese archipelago of the Aegean Sea you can find a strange town that looks like an old movie set. This is the town of Lakki, or Porto Lago as it was originally called when it was built in the 1930s, during the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese. Some of its buildings have been declared monuments by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

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🌞 ALWAYS THE SUN

The Embassy of Greece in Riga had the honour of supporting the opening of ALWAYS THE SUN, an exhibition that brings the intensity, luminosity, and spirit of the Greek sun into dialogue with Riga’s contemporary art scene.

At the heart of the exhibition is the sun, not as a motif to be depicted, but as a way of thinking, seeing, and experiencing.

It explores how the intensity, luminosity, and particular qualities of Greek light have shaped aesthetic languages, perceptions, and ways of engaging with the world.
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🇬🇷 Greece’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2025

Greece’s total bilateral and multilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) reached USD 357.81 million in 2025, equivalent to 0.13% of Gross National Income (GNI).
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🏆 A new distinction for the Ethnological Museum of Thrace – Honorary Award for Angeliki Giannakidou

At the European Museum Academy Awards ceremony in Alicante, Spain, the Academy honored Angeliki Giannakidou, founder and President of the Ethnological Museum of Thrace, with the Longlife Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the preservation, documentation and promotion of the history and traditions of Thrace.

This marks the second European recognition for the Museum. In 2025, the Ethnological Museum of Thrace received a Special Distinction at the DASA Awards of the European Museum Academy for its innovative approach to museum education.

💬 As Angeliki Giannakidou said:
“The entire team of the Ethnological Museum of Thrace and I personally are deeply moved by this award. This second European recognition confirms the philosophy that guides our work: that museums belong to society.”