Ministry of Education and Culture – Department of European Union Relations

The Minister and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage ensures the freedom of artistic life and the continued evolution of national culture, maintains and protects the nation’s cultural heritage and historical monuments, coordinates these duties and provides professional leadership for the sector and operates supervisory and professional organisations. The Minister’s and the ministry’s duties include, among other things, the registration, preservation and protection of cultural goods and making these treasures available to the public, and to provide guidance for activities related to public education and collections and for the works of creative and performing artists. Further activities: drawing up drafts of legislation on the subject, adopting decisions for placing historical monuments and archaeological sites under protection, the surveillance of museums, libraries, and archives, the preparation of international agreements on cultural subjects, the overseeing of the operations of foreign