A small marble fragment believed to be from a 6th-century B.C. temple on the Acropolis has been voluntarily returned to Greece by a family in Chile that had held it for nearly a century, the culture ministry announced.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended a reception in her honor by the president of the Greek Community of Santiago, Stefanos Stefanidis, on Thursday.

The agreements of the Air Services of Greece with Chile and Egypt, signed in Athens, on May 27, 2021, and on December 8, 2015, respectively, were submitted to Parliament for ratification.