European culture

"Yiannis Moralis: Master Teacher," on display at the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, sheds light on the celebrated Greek artist's capacity as a teacher and on the profound influence he had not just on hundreds of artists who passed through his classroom at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1947 until 1983, but on the Greek art scene as a whole.

Internationally acclaimed Turkish historian Kemal Karpat died on Feb. 20 in the United States aged 96, a Turkish official said.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila says the government is due on Thursday to discuss a multiannual culture investment programme, under which one billion euros will be allocated to showcase historical monuments, libraries, museums, cultural centres and concert halls.

A local award ceremony for the restoration of the Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamam, which won the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards in 2017 in the category of conversation, is set to take place on April 12 in Istanbul.

PARIS (Reuters) - The mayor of Paris wants to make all public transport free in an effort to reduce air pollution, but faces staunch opposition from the head of the regional transport authority who said the move would hit taxpayers.

Bulgaria will be represented by the specially created group "Equinox" in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

The song selected by the jury is called Bones, and the performers are Zhana Bergendorf, Vladimir Mihaylov, George Simeonov-Jay, Johnny Manuel and Trey Campbell. Composer of the song is Borislav Milanov.

An Albanian archaeological site and post-Byzantine churches, Bulgaria's UFO-like communist monument and an abandoned casino in the Romanian city of Constanta have been selected among the 12 finalists for the pan-European "7 Most Endangered Programme 2018".

In the French capital of Paris, an attack on a soldier was again carried out, the France press reported.

Two Greek monuments, the Byzantine Church of St. Peter in Kastania, Mani and the traditional watermill in Agios Germanos, Prespes, are among the winners of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2016 that will be celebrated at an event to be held in May 24 at Zarzuela Theatre in Madrid.

Culture Ministry of Greece and the Arcadia Antiquities Ephorate announced that the Tegea Archaeological Museum has been nominated as a candidate for the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) in 2016.

EMYA established in 1977 under the auspices of the Council of Europe and is awarded annually aiming to encourage the best practices and innovative actions by museums in Europe.