After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.

I want to believe in a personal god who looks after me and my loved ones and knows every sparrow that falls. But the suffering of one single child, or more likely, millions is evidence against that belief. The one question I want to ask god: how do you explain or justify the suffering of a child?

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.