Parthenon Marbles
Parthenon Marbles: UK’s PM Sunak cancels meeting with Greek counterpart Mitsotakis
Nov 27, 2023
In a surprised and totally undiplomatic move, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis scheduled...
Stephen Fry calls for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens
By Nadia Khomami
Thu 5 Jan 2023
The removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Athens was akin to removing the Eiffel Tower from Paris or Stonehenge...
Secret deal for timely limited return of Parthenon Sculptures raises furore
January 5, 2023
A plethora of publications in major international media, mainly British, but also in Bloomberg, have reported of an imminent agreement between the...
Parthenon Marbles: Johnson rebuffs Mitsotakis’ request. Despite irresistible offer?
November 16, 2021
The return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece was one of the key issues Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis intented to discuss with...
PM Mitsotakis formally requests the return of Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
November 12, 2021
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his speech in Paris in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO raised the...
« Le British Museum n’a jamais acquis les marbres du Parthénon...
La ministre grecque de la Culture juge que Boris Johnson n’est pas au fait « des nouvelles données historiques » concernant ces sculptures.
Par Simon Cherner
Mar.16, 2021
La...
Greece Hits Back at Boris Johnson Over the Parthenon Marbles
By Tasos Kokkinidis
March 12, 2021
Greece responded on Friday to Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, who had earlier ruled out the return of...
How to Mix Fact and Fiction
By William Mallinson
Athens, 15 October 2020
On 5 October, ekathimerini.com published an article by a Denis MacShane, né Josef Denis Matyjaszek, which can compete with...
How the Parthenon Lost Its Marbles
In 1801 a British nobleman stripped the Parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to England. Controversy over their acquisition by the...
The sane move is to give Greece back its Elgin marbles
How would we feel if Big Ben were permanently transplanted to Athens?
By Sarah Baxter
February 23 2020
An occupying army has laid waste to London and...