Uzhhorod hosts Cooperation for Resilience Conference

Uzhhorod hosts Cooperation for Resilience Conference

UZHHOROD, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 1, 2025 - Minister of Culture of Greece Lina Mendoni attends the Cooperation for Resilience International Conference, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region, western Ukraine. The conference was the first summit of culture ministers aimed at protecting Ukraines heritage during wartime. (Photo by Anastasiia Smolienko/Ukrinform)

GREECE-ATHENS-KALAMATA INT'L DANCE FESTIVAL-CHINESE DANCERS

GREECE-ATHENS-KALAMATA INT'L DANCE FESTIVAL-CHINESE DANCERS

(230716) -- ATHENS, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Greek Culture and Sports Minister Lina Mendoni (C) watches the performance of China's TAO Dance Theater in Kalamata, Greece, on July 14, 2023. A troupe of artists from China's TAO Dance Theater opened Greece's 29th Kalamata International Dance Festival (KDF) on Friday evening, enthralling the audience with their performance. An enthusiastic crowd warmly welcomed with a big round of applause the 11 dancers who were the first Chinese artists ever participating in Greece's leading contemporary dance event. (Photo by Panagiotis Moschandreou/Xinhua)

Chinese troupe to open Kalamata dance festival in Greece

STORY: Chinese troupe to open Kalamata dance festival in Greece DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Greece's 29th Kalamata International Dance Festival (KDF) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Culture and Sports Minister 3. various of dance performances during the presentation of Greece's 29th Kalamata International Dance Festival (KDF) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): LINDA KAPETANEA, Artistic director of Kalamata Dance Festival 5. various of dance performances during the presentation of Greece's 29th Kalamata International Dance Festival (KDF) STORYLINE: A troupe of Chinese dancers will open Greece's 29th Kalamata International Dance Festival (KDF) this summer, the event's organizers announced in Athens on Monday. It will be the first time that a Chinese dance troupe participates in Greece's leading contemporary dance event. This year's edition of the annual festival will take place from July 14 to July 23 in Kalamata city, as well as

Greece welcomes repatriated antiquities under agreement with U.S. museum

STORY: Greece welcomes repatriated antiquities under agreement with U.S. museum DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports 3. various of the exhibition 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports STORYLINE: Greece has welcomed 15 antiquities which have been currently put on display in an Athens museum under an agreement with a U.S. museum, as efforts for the repatriation of more of its cultural treasures continue, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni said on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports "An entire extremely important collection that has been in New York all these years is gradually being repatriated." Hosted at the Museum of Cycladic Art, the exhibition is named "Homecoming, Cycladic treasures on their return journey." The 15 figurines dating back to 5,300 - 2,400/