The purpose for 2025 is to replace the Interpol database on Cypriot antiquities, which have been misplaced overseas, with data on the non-public collections that have been within the occupied territories till 1974 and have since been misplaced, Deputy Minister of Tradition Vassiliki Kassianidou instructed KYPE .
Answering a query about whether or not the not too long ago introduced repatriation of antiquities has been accomplished, Ms. Kassianidou defined that the antiquities from London and Los Angeles have already been returned, noting that the antiquities which are within the Cypriot embassy in Vienna and are due to this fact now within the possession of the Republic of Cyprus will even be step by step returned.
Requested if the repatriation of different antiquities is deliberate inside 2025, the Deputy Minister of Tradition mentioned that there’s nothing concrete to announce. On the similar time, he famous that the Division of Antiquities and the Fee for the suppression of antiquities and the unlawful trafficking of antiquities are in steady motion.
As he mentioned, officers of the Division of Antiquities and the Police monitor the auctions and, as quickly as they discover a Cypriot antiquities, they begin the method to analyze its possession and whether or not it has been illegally taken out of Cyprus or not.
A purpose for 2025 has been set to proceed updating Interpol's database of misplaced antiquities with data on non-public collections that have been within the occupied territories till 1974 and have since been misplaced, the Deputy Minister of Tradition mentioned. As he defined, for some years the Division of Antiquities has been digitizing its archives with funding from Switzerland and Norway.
“As soon as we've digitized the non-public collections, that data can now go into Interpol's database in order that we are able to then extra simply declare if any of these things seem in the marketplace,” he concluded.
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