Lina Mendoni

The union representing employees at the Culture Ministry on Wednesday lamented Minister Lina Mendoni's decision to take disciplinary action against two colleagues who called the police to report the presence of minors at two screenings of fantasy thriller "Joker" last weekend.

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni on Monday said that public reactions to the forced ejection by police over the weekend of minors from two movie theaters in Athens showing the fantasy thriller "Joker" were justified.

Two Culture Ministry employees who called the police to two Attica cinemas to report the presence of minors at screenings of the R-rated Joker movie will be penalized, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said on Monday.

The two women acted on their own initiative without any order from the ministry, Mendoni told ANT1 television channel.

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos welcomed the European Commission's Vice President-designate Margaritis Schinas on Wednesday who is on a two-day visit to the Greek capital.

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni was lightly injured in a car accident on Monday morning, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

The accident happened at the corner of Mihalakopoulou and Kerasoundos streets in central Athens, when a vehicle crushed into the minister's car, injuring her and another passenger.

The Greek Culture Ministry is putting together an interdisciplinary committee of experts who will be responsible for drawing up a national action plan to tackle the impact of climate change on the country's archaeological sites and historic monuments.

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni says the British Museum must be kept under constant pressure to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Greece's culture minister is moving ahead with plans to restore the long-neglected summer palace of the country's former royal family, by boosting security over the past month and requesting the disbursement of 50,000 euros for the restoration of mobile items. 

Greece is preparing a formal request to borrow the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum for the 2021 celebrations of Greece's 200-year independence from Turkish rule, Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said Tuesday.

Greece is preparing a formal request to borrow the British Museum's sculptures removed more than 200 years ago from the ancient Parthenon temple on Athens' Acropolis.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni says her ministry is drafting a proposal for the loan, which would coincide with the 2021 bicentennial of the revolution that led to the formation of the modern Greek state.