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BELGRADE, April 19, 2007 --
The Mnemosyne Centre for Protection of Kosovo's Natural and Cultural Heritage has been awarded a EU prize.
The Center's president Mirjana Menković received the
European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage - Europa Nostra Award for
the "Urgent Protection of Heritage in Metohija" project in Belgrade
Wednesday.
The award was presented the National Museum by Denis de Kergorlay,
Vice-President of Europa Nostra, a European association of cultural
heritage protection NGOs, the government reported.
Menković expressed her satisfaction at the fact the project
was carried out in cooperation with seven monument protection
associations in Europe and the Central Registration Institute in Rome
as well as the Serbian Orthodox Church, and with support Italian NGO
Intersos' support.
The project's aim was to attract public attention to the
alarming situation in Kosovo and the necessity of creating basic
prerequisites for protection, preservation and revitalization of
damaged buildings there.
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