Lina Mendoni

The Culture Ministry has approved a proposal by the Central Archaeological Council (KAS) for antiquities unearthed during excavation work for the Thessaloniki metro to be removed and repositioned there at a later date.

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has described comments in an op-ed in the Sunday Times by British Museum Director Ηartwig Fischer about the Parthenon Marbles as "unfortunate, if not outright unacceptable."

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has described comments in an op-ed in the Sunday Times by British Museum Director Ηartwig Fischer about the Parthenon Marbles as "unfortunate, if not outright unacceptable."

After notorious delays, Greece's National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) will finally open its permanent exhibition hall to the public on Friday, it was announced yesterday during a press conference headed by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.

Greece's Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the government's top advisory body on the protection of antiquities, approved on Wednesday a study for the installation of a lift for disabled persons at the Acropolis Hill.

The new inclined elevator will replace the platform lift installed at the side of the hill in 2004.

An exhibition titled "This Is What We Fought For: Antiquities and the Greek Revolution" will open at Athens' National Archaeological Museum on February 11, as part of the 1821 bicentennial initiative. The event juxtaposes 26 antiquities from NAM's collections with 26 artworks from the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly by European artists.

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni chaired a meeting on Monday with members of the country's Security Research Center (KEMEA) about a plan to upgrade security at the Acropolis Hill and the Parthenon.

Greece will step up its campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from Britain and expects to win more support from European peers as Brexit sees British influence wane, the Greek culture minister said.

Plans for a major overhaul of the National Archaeological Museum (NAM), Greece's largest museum devoted to Ancient Greek art, are entering the final stretch in 2020, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said at an event held Wednesday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks on Wednesday at the Maximos Mansion in Athens with the president of the Onassis Foundation, Anthony Papadimitriou, who pledged to fund the installation of a new elevator for the Acropolis Hill to replace the problematic existing lift at the site.