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Melina Mercouri – EU pioneer
Melina Mercouri Day: Honoring Greece’s Icon of Culture, Cinema, and Resistance
Cesaria Evora Orchestra | Athens | September 15
Wazee wa Mazingira awarded the UNESCO–Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for protecting Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve in Kenya
How Melina Mercouri's Never on Sunday became synonymous with Connie Francis
"Melina Mercouri Memorial Day" - Free Entry to Museums and Archaeological Sites
Laureate 2025
The 2025 Melina Mercouri Prize celebrates Indigenous knowledge and conservation
From the Stars and Stripes archives: 'Shady' role suits Melina Mercouri
"I act because I can do nothing else. It is because it's what I like to do. I have no maxims for life. I only know what is good for me. For me what is good is...
Melina Mercouri – EU pioneer
After democracy was restored in 1974, Mercouri returned home to begin a political career. She became Greece's longest serving Minister of Culture and in her...
Melina Mercouri Day: Honoring Greece’s Icon of Culture, Cinema, and Resistance
During Greece's military dictatorship, she became an outspoken opponent of the junta. She lived in exile, using her global fame to rally...
Cesaria Evora Orchestra | Athens | September 15
The Cesaria Evora Orchestra, honoring the late “barefoot diva” of Cabo Verde, performs a special concert at Athens' Melina Mercouri Open-Air...
Wazee wa Mazingira awarded the UNESCO–Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for protecting Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve in Kenya
Wazee wa Mazingira awarded the UNESCO–Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for...
How Melina Mercouri's Never on Sunday became synonymous with Connie Francis
After Connie Francis died last week, one of the songs that kept getting mentioned is Never on Sunday, thanks to the number of...
"Melina Mercouri Memorial Day" - Free Entry to Museums and Archaeological Sites
Today, 31 years ago, on March 6, 1994, Melina Mercouri passed away. Every year, this day is celebrated as Melina Mercouri Memorial Day,...
Laureate 2025
The Council of Elders - Wazee wa Mazingira - was awarded the 2025 edition of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the...
The 2025 Melina Mercouri Prize celebrates Indigenous knowledge and conservation
The prestigious prize supported by UNESCO and the Government of Greece is for the safeguarding of cultural landscapes.
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(1920–1994) Actress, cultural minister and prominent public figure who used her platform to promote women's visibility, cultural rights and public participation of women in Greece.