Greece

Conditional

Issuer: Greek Ministry of Culture (the competent Ephorate of Antiquities, Modern Monuments service, or museum) for archaeological sites, monuments, and museums

Cost: No permit for casual personal photography; filming and commercial photography at archaeological sites, monuments, and museums need a Ministry of Culture permit and fees set by Joint Ministerial Decision (Government Gazette 3046/B/30.12.2011)

Casual handheld photography in public needs no permit. Productions apply to the competent Ministry of Culture service with crew and equipment lists, dates per site, and a script synopsis or treatment; fiction films, commercials, TV, and documentaries also need a Hellenic Film Commission certificate that the script does not promote violence, racism, or sexism. A 2019 ministerial decision (Government Gazette B 2812/04.07.2019) sets the terms for licensing the reproduction and distribution of images of state-owned monuments, and UNESCO-listed sites can go to the Central Archaeological Council for a ministerial decision.

Governed by EU EASA rules administered by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority; professional aerial filming needs an HCAA commercial operation license

Aerial shots over archaeological monuments and historical sites carry a fee of 800 euros per day plus VAT, per the Hellenic Film Commission. For the category detail, see Drone Authority.

Yes to photograph people in public, but publishing identifiable images without consent, especially commercially, is restricted under GDPR and Greek privacy rights

Editorial and incidental use is more defensible than commercial exploitation.

Restricted

Greece has no general freedom of panorama: Article 26 of Law 2121/1993 only allows occasional reproduction by the mass media of works permanently sited in public places. Selling images of copyrighted public art is not free, and images of ancient monuments and archaeological sites are controlled by the state, with commercial use subject to Ministry of Culture licensing and fees.