Thursday, February 23, 2012

Greek museums

  • Greeces Culture Ministry says it is taking extra security measures at museums across the country after two major thefts in as many months netted antiquities and paintings by 20th-century masters.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • ATHENS, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A robbery at the Ancient Olympia museum has put Greek authorities on high alert on Friday, increasing security at museums nationwide.
  • (Xinhua News Agency)
  • After evidence of the museums participation in the illicit trade was uncovered by Italian and Greek investigators strict acquisition policy that has been used as a model by museums across the country.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • The Greek people have done everything they can and we are determined turn to large foundations and ask them to assume the cost of security at the countrys important museums in the next two to three difficult years.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Police said armed thieves had broken into the one of the two museums at Olympia in southern Greece, overpowered a female security guard and stole some 70 bronze and pottery objects.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • The Greek people have done everything they can and we are determined turn to large foundations and ask them to assume the cost of security at the countrys important museums in the next two to three difficult years. ($1 = 0.
  • (msnbc.com)
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  • (Arkansas Online)
  • It was the second major museum theft in as many months in debt-crippled Greece, and a culture ministry unionist said spending cuts have compromised security at hundreds of museums and ancient sites across the country.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)

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