On Tuesday Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in London and while the the return of the Elgin marbles, also known as the Parthenon sculptures, was not officially on the agenda in ...
Standing alone in the corner of the British Museum in London is the caryatid – a statue of a female figure separated from five sisters for over 200 years. She is a long way from home, having been ...
Standing alone in the corner of the British Museum in London is the caryatid – a statue of a female figure separated from five sisters for over 200 years. She is a long way from home, having ...
The British Museum has loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia – the first time part of the priceless collection has been moved out of Britain since it arrived from Greece. The loan comes amid ...
Returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece is not on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer as he meets his Greek counterpart, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to ...
Sir Keir Starmer ruled out discussing a return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece in his meeting with his Greek counterpart on Tuesday despite claims from Athens that progress had been made on the issue.
British diplomat Lord Elgin was the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which then ruled Greece, in the early 19th century. He oversaw removal and shipping to the UK of the marbles in 170 crates and ...
Greece has claimed progress has been made in negotiations to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ahead of a crunch meeting its Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Sir Keir Starmer at Downing Street.
Mr Mitsotakis had compared splitting the Elgin Marbles from those still in Athens to cutting the Mona Lisa in half. Greece has long maintained that the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed from ...
While Downing Street has insisted its position on the Elgin marbles ‘has not changed’, representatives from Britain and Greece are reportedly moving closer to finding a solution. Talks between ...