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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:15:31 +0300</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy Easter from the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:48:54 +0300</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO Chair holder Prof Stavros Katsios invited for opening the new Laboratory of the UNESCO Chair at the Beijing Film Academy]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/34415</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:34:35 +0300</pubDate>
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Upon the invitation of the director of the UNESCO Chair in Film Art and Cultural Diversity of the Beijing Film Academy, Ms. Zhou Zhijun, the director of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and to Cultural Heritage-Related Activities at the Ionian University, Professor Katsios Stavros, visited Beijing and Qingdao in (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO expresses concern over the protection of cultural heritage sites amidst escalating violence in the Middle East]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/34205</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:46:03 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[2 March 2026
Last update:4 March 2026

On Monday 2 March, the Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was reportedly damaged by debris and the shock wave following an airstrike to the Arag Square, located in the buffer zone of the site in the Iranian capital.
UNESCO continues to closely monitor the situation of cultural heritage in the (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO Chair TCHER team at the COST Action CPP4ALL Kick-Off Conference]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/34175</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:05:06 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On 17-18 February, the team of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage participated in the COST Action “Cultural Property Protection for All” Kick-Off Conference, held in Podgorica, Montenegro. Prof. Kalliopi Chainoglou, Dr Ioannis Blatsos and Athina Fatsea represented the Chair and contributed as experts to the Working Group on Provenance and Traceability, which operates under the (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Tsirogiannis head of the illicit antiquities trafficking research for the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage at the Ionian University on interview with CNN]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/33812</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:25:55 +0200</pubDate>
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Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis head of the illicit antiquities trafficking research for the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece has been interviewed by CNN.
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<title><![CDATA[On the future of cultural heritage: The Report on Child and youth mental health in the WHO European Region.]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/33709</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:07:25 +0200</pubDate>
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For the first time WHO Regional Office for Europe brings together all of data available at the Regional level on child and youth mental health. One in seven children and adolescents aged 0–19 years old lives with a mental health condition, and this number is increasing over time. Females are particularly affected with one in four females (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO launches virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 02:46:36 +0200</pubDate>
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The UNESCO virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects project, launched on 29th September 2025, is dedicated to digitising stolen cultural objects. The website aims to contribute to raising awareness among the general public of the consequences of illicit trafficking of cultural property as well as contributing to the recovery of stolen objects. Visitors will be able to explore virtual (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage participated in the NATO (ACT) Conference "Hybrid Challenges in the Southern Neighborhood"]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/33554</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:07:31 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online Webinar (18.11.2025): "Cyber-Enabled Threats to Museums and Cultural Institutions"]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/33373</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:50:09 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As part of our UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage action programme, we have organised a unique online webinar on Cyber-Enabled Threats to Museums and Cultural Institutions (18th of November, 5-7pm GMT). 
Speakers: Stavros Katsios (UNESCO Chair), Jose-Carlos Mariategui, Iris Paraskevi (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The "management" of the Minoan Palaces as world monuments - Article by Eleni Methodiou*]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32946</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:04:35 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (Paris, 6-16 July 2025) approved the inscription of the six Minoan Palatial Centers (Knossos, Phaistos, Zominthos, Zakros, Malia, Kydonia) on the World Heritage List (the recommendation of ICOMOS, an institutional advisor, to return the file due to a lack of required information was not accepted by the committee).
The (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage proudly supports Corfu Literary Festival 2025]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32944</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:16:34 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 
UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage as a years-long supporter of Corfu Literary Festival is delighted to invite you to the eighth Corfu Literary Festival from Monday 8th to Sunday 14th September 2025. Corfu inspires the arts in all its forms and lives by the ethos of philoxenia (hospitality). In September, the island is a riot of wildflowers and sunshine, and we cannot imagine a (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Strategic partnership between the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, Ionian University and the CULTURIOUS platform]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32943</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 01:21:25 +0300</pubDate>
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The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage‑related Activities at the Ionian University has officially placed the CULTURIOUS platform under its auspices, marking the launch of a strategic cooperation focused on museum outreach, ethical digital engagement, and sustainable heritage practice.
This (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Legend and Reality around P. Potagos - A Lecture of UNESCO Chair's post-doctoral researcher dr. Nikos Mamalos]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32901</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 01:10:54 +0300</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Article on the British Museum – Museums and the Spoils of Empire: From the Benin Bronzes to Those Marbles Again]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32822</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 02:00:04 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new article by the Chair's member, Dr. Catharine Titi, Research Associate Professor (tenured) CNRS-CERSA, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas, written on the British Museum. The piece, is published in the Current Debates section of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, as the writer's reaction to Cullinan’s recent interview in The Times Magazine.
You can find the article attached to (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair of the IO: Traveling through Time with the Antikythera Mechanism - Astypalaia, 1 - 2 July 2025]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32808</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:51:59 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FIRST LIVE SESSION OF THE “OUR HOMELAND IS LANGUAGE” NETWORK
A Journey through Time with the Antikythera Mechanism Astypalaia, July 1 - 2, 2025
The Astypalaia High School and the Hellenic Library of Southern California are organizing the first live Session of the “Our Homeland is Language” Network, which will take place in Astypalaia, on July 1 and 2, 2025, with the following theme:
“A (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[April 23rd: World Book and Copyright Day - A celebration of the power of books]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32388</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:47:37 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Books are like a window onto another world – with each new page, they introduce us to new people, new cultures and new ideas. Every year, on 23 April, UNESCO celebrates World Book and Copyright Day to recognize the power of books as a bridge between generations and across cultures. 
This date holds immense symbolism in world literature, marking the death of several renowned authors, including (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO Endorses February 9 as World Greek Language Day]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:44:27 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Executive Board of UNESCO approved on April 14 the designation of February 9 as “World Greek Language Day.” The date coincides with the death of Dionysios Solomos, Greece’s national poet, in 1857. The proposal was submitted by Greece’s Permanent Representation to UNESCO and supported by 20 member states.
As stated in the UNESCO Executive Board’s decision, language serves as “a carrier of (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Easter Wishes from the UNESCO Chair at the Ionian University]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32370</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:05:12 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities at the Ionian University wishes you a happy Easter with health and love!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Elena Avramidou speaker in an event on Nikos Kazantzakis - under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32248</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:14:05 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Public Central Historical Library of Corfu, in collaboration with the Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu-Zante-Kephalonia and the N. Kazantzakis Museum, is organizing an event entitled "Nikos Kazantzakis, Tertsines, “ST THERESA"—poetry", reflection, search, exercise, divine love”. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 26 at 17:00 in the “Evi Laskari” Events Hall of the Public Central (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Meeting of the Director of the UNESCO Chair with students and teachers from the 3rd General Lyceum of Corfu]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32137</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:31:35 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As part of its efforts to connect its activities with primary and secondary education, on February 6, 2025, the Director of the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University met with a group of students and teachers for an informational session about the UNESCO Chair on the Protection of Cultural Heritage at the Ionian University and for an interview/podcast on the topics of Cultural Heritage Protection (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vocational Training and Professional Development Program: Cultural Heritage and Tourism: Protection and Sustainability]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/32018</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 02:32:57 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Scientific Responsible: Katsios Stavros
Registration Date Deadline: 10-02-2025
Courses Dates: 17-02-2025 to 15-06-2025
ECTS/ECVET: 15
Certificate of Specialised Training Awarded


The duration of the credit program is 4 months, totalling 375 hours and 15 credits. The total tuition fee is €1500 (including expenses such as information registration and certificate (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage becomes a member of the Living Heritage Network]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/31844</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:21:07 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities is a proud member of the Living Heritage Network.The Living Heritage Network is the most important hub for communication and exchange of ideas and experiences for the protection and promotion of the cultural heritage, as well as the strengthening of the carrying capacity of all its members. By focusing on the (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seasons Greetings from the UNESCO Chair at the Ionian University]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/31829</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 02:28:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO ICH - 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee - 4 December 2024]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/31724</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:55:02 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Inscribing in the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inauguration of the group art exhibition "Dialectic with the Minoan Art" under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/31245</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:13:57 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The group art exhibition entitled Dialectic with the Minoan Art will be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 9th at 19.00 in the afternoon, in the periodic exhibition hall of the Parnassos Literary Association (8, St. George Karitsi Square).
Twenty nine Greek visual artists create works of art inspired by the Minoan civilization, thus declaring their support for the promotion of our cultural (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO World Heritage List grows: 26 new sites inscribed. The Ionian University's UNESCO Chair as technical consultant.]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/31036</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:05:45 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee ended on Wednesday in New Delhi, India. The Committee inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The session concluded with Nauru ratifying the World Heritage Convention and becoming its 196th State Party.
The Committee inscribed 26 new properties, including making 2 major extensions to properties (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with Georgios Kakaris - CHIOS HIKING]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30984</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:57:45 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chios is famous for its mastic production, as well as its medieval villages and Byzantine architecture. Can you share how hikers can experience and learn about these cultural aspects while exploring the island's trails?
Hiking, in conjunction with walking in natural surroundings, offers opportunities to familiarize oneself with both the tangible and intangible aspects of the culture in a given (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Consultation on the revised UNESCO Framework for Culture Statistics]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30964</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:39:15 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What’s the role of culture in our lives and how can we ensure life is enriched, sustainable, peaceful and inclusive for the People and the Planet?
What are the culture’s socio-economic effects on sustainable development, being recognized as a public good that helps to build innovative and resilient communities?
The need for cultural statistics is of paramount importance, as it serves (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Article by Eleni Methodiou in EFSYN Daily Newspaper: "The Monastery of Chora and the role of UNESCO" (in Greek)]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30840</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:02:46 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The opening of the Katholikon of the Monastery of Chora to Islamic worship was expected, given that the relevant decision of the Council of State of Turkey was published in 2019 (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Panel discussion on “Stolen Identities: Between Cultural Heritage, Art Collections, and Looting”]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30730</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 10:24:34 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On May 25, 2024, Professor Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Columbia University, organised  a panel on “Stolen Identities: Between Cultural Heritage, Art Collections, and Looting” at the Maria Callas Museum in Athens. 
Among the experts invited were two distinguished members of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University, Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis and Dr. Catherine Titi. The (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New book with coediting by A. Papadopoulos: Spatial Futures: Difference and the Post-Anthropocene, Springer Nature Singapore / Palgrave, 2024]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30698</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 02:39:16 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Spatial Futures: Difference and the Post-Anthropocene", Eds. LaToya E. Eaves, Heidi J. Nast, Alex G. Papadopoulos. Springer Nature Singapore / Palgrave, 12th June 2024 - 562 pp



 Spatial Futures invites readers to imagine power and freedom through the lens of the ‘Black Outdoors’, a transdisciplinary spatial concept that operates beyond the planetary, stratigraphic confines of the (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Professor Stavros Katsios, Chair holder, appointed Visiting Professor at the World Sinology Center of BLCU]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30572</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 13:12:42 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Stavros Katsios, Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair TCHER, has been appointed Visiting Professor at the World Sinology Center of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Easter Greetings!]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30544</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 02:14:03 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Easter Greetings!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A success story of UNESCO Chair's WG on Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities: Christie’s withdraws Greek vases from auction over links to convicted dealer]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30397</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:07:33 +0300</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Guardian: Christie’s has withdrawn four ancient Greek vases from Tuesday’s auction after a leading archaeologist discovered that each of them was linked to a convicted antiquities dealer Giannfranco Becchina .... 
The disputed antiquities include an Attic cup, decorated with warriors and other figures, from around 570-560BC. It had been estimated to fetch $15,000 to $20,000 in the Ancient (...)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Official presentation of the Greek Sinology Center in China]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30217</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:28:28 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a continuation of the signed Framework Agreement between the Ionian University and Beijing Language and Culture University for the establishment of the Greek Sinology Center at the Ionian University, its official presentation took place on March 5, 2024 at the headquarters of the World Sinology Center in the city of Qingdao, China, which was accompanied by the start of a series of periodical (...)]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[unesco@ionio.gr (Unesco Chair of Ionian University)]]></author>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Rights in the Era of Information]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30006</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:58:55 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 17 and Saturday 18 May 2024, Reading Society of CorfuHuman Rights in the Information Age:Reference points of history, law, ethics and culture
Co-organization of the Cultural and Historical Heritage Documentation Laboratory of TABM, Ionian University, the IHRC Research Group of TABM, Ionian University and the Association of Philologists of Corfu with the (...)]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[unesco@ionio.gr (Unesco Chair of Ionian University)]]></author>
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<title><![CDATA[Introduction of the Chinese Language to the Ionian University]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/30005</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:31:01 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[2024, the chinese year of the Dragon

Teaching the Chinese Language at I.U.
The teaching of the Chinese language is offered to the students of the Ionian University without tuition fees based on the relevant agreement signed between the Ionian University, the Department of Foreign Languages Translation and Interpreting and the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University with the Chinese Center (...)]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[unesco@ionio.gr (Unesco Chair of Ionian University)]]></author>
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<title><![CDATA[Asc Professor Elena Avramidou, member of the UNESCO Chair TCHER Steering Committee appointed as Consultant Specialist at the World Sinology Center]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/29915</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 21:26:45 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor Elena Avramidou, member of the UNESCO Chair TCHER Steering Committee has been appointed as Consultant Specialist at the World Sinology Center of Beijing Language and Culture University.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[unesco@ionio.gr (Unesco Chair of Ionian University)]]></author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ionian at the epicenter of academic cooperation between Greece and China Establishment of the Greek Sinology Center at the Ionian University]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/29913</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:22:26 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Following the recent introduction of Chinese language teaching at the Ionian University, the Rector of the Foundation, Professor Andreas Floros and the President of Beijing Language and Culture University , Professor Duan Peng signed a Framework Agreement providing for the establishment of a Greek Sinology Center. The goal of this joint effort is the development of Sinology and Chinese Studies in (...)]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[unesco@ionio.gr (Unesco Chair of Ionian University)]]></author>
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<title><![CDATA[Season's Greetings from the Team of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage!]]></title>
<link>https://unesco.ionio.gr/en/news/29711</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 22:35:09 +0200</pubDate>
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<author><![CDATA[unesco@ionio.gr (Unesco Chair of Ionian University)]]></author>
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