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English author Victoria Hislop was on Thursday officially sworn-in as a Greek citizen during a special ceremony held at the interior ministry. Hislop was awarded an honorary Greek citizenship in July 2020 for her work promoting modern Greece’s history and culture. The ceremony was attended by the ministry’s secretary general for citizenship, Athanasios Balerbas, as […]
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told reporters on Monday that the archaeological museum and site of Mycenae will reopen to the public on Tuesday. She was speaking after her visit to Mycenae to inspect the damages of the fire that broke out there on Sunday. Earlier on Monday the ministry made known that the fire did […]
The Monastery of Chora in Istanbul is one of the most important Byzantine monuments, Culture & Sports Minister Lina Mendoni said on Friday, and turning it from a museum into a mosque is “an insult to world cultural heritage.” Responding to a decision by the Turkish government that follows a similar change recently for another […]
A 19th-century religious icon showing the Baptism of Christ and another 11 icons stolen in 2005 from the Church of the Dormition of the Visokos Virgin in Kalouta, in the central Zagori district of Ioannina, have been returned from the United Kingdom. According to a culture ministry announcement on Tuesday, the 12 icons were returned […]
