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Greeks still skeptical Britain will return Parthenon Marbles

"Positive" talks between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have rekindled hope that the ancient friezes could be on their way back to Athens after more than two centuries. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Downing Street on Tuesday just as the British Museum confirmed it had been holding "constructive" negotiations …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

British Museum ‘still some distance’ from a deal with Greece on the Elgin Marbles, Osborne says

The Independent

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3 weeks ago

Greece claims ‘progress made’ on Elgin Marbles return – but Starmer won’t discuss with Greek PM

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Inspired by Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan's Greek vacay? Top places to visit in Athens for your next trip

Hindustan Times

Kareena Kapoor celebrated her husband Saif Ali Khan’s 54th birthday with a heartfelt throwback. As they say, must keep growing, which we did and quite well.” Kareena Kapoor shared a romantic throwback picture to celebrate her husband's birthday. The Parthenon, an ancient Greek temple built in the mid-5th century BCE, is dedicated to the goddess Athena. Temple of Hephaestus Located …

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1 year ago

British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Acropolis Museum launched an exhibition Tuesday that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a planned meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London a week ago, accusing him of seeking to “grandstand” by publicly campaigning for the return of the Parthenon Marbles while visiting Britain. …

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1 year ago

UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat

Associated Press

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of trying to “grandstand” over the disputed Parthenon Marbles and breaking a promise to the U.K. government. During the British prime minister’s weekly question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Sunak said “it was …

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1 year ago

Greece wants UK to return its Parthenon Marbles

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The sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, were taken from the Parthenon temple at the Acropolis in Athens in the early 19th century by British diplomat Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday he would push for the return of the Parthenon Marbles when he meets UK leader Rishi Sunak in Britain this week. The sculptures, also known as …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Just 350 of 2,000 objects stolen from British Museum have so far been recovered as chair George Osborne offers apology to MPs over 'inside job' - and he defends plan to strike deal with Greece over re

Daily Mail

Just 350 of 2,000 objects stolen from the British Museum as part of an 'inside job' have so far been recovered, MPs heard today. Mr Osborne also told MPs how the British public 'aren't wedded' to the Elgin Marbles remaining in the UK permanently, as he defended recent talks with the Greek government in his bid to strike a deal …

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1 year, 7 months ago

We want win-win solution on Elgin Marbles, says Greek prime minister

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum

Associated Press

VOLOS, Greece — Greece’s prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum. But he rules out any deal that would include the word “loan.” “We will never recognize that these sculptures are owned, legally owned by the British …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures, a move which could have a knock-on effect for the world’s thorniest cultural heritage dispute: the fate of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures. Schallenberg said that “technical talks are currently under way” between the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Acropolis Museum …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Explained: The Parthenon Marbles that the Vatican has returned to Greece

Firstpost

Three elaborately carved artworks, which were once on display in the Vatican Museums, have been officially returned to Greece. My personal wish is that others will imitate it,” Greece’s spiritual leader, Archbishop Ieronymos II, told the crowded gallery of the Acropolis Museum where the works will be displayed. Acropolis Museum Director Nikolaos Stampolidis holds the head of a bearded man …

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1 year, 9 months ago

With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Friday welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. Mendoni said Greece would be willing to lend the British museum ancient Greek artifacts for exhibition to “fill …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Vatican ‘donating’ its own 3 Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Associated Press

ROME — The Vatican and Greece finalized a deal Tuesday for the return of three sculpture fragments from the Parthenon that have been in the collection of the Vatican Museums for two centuries, the latest case of a Western museum bowing to demands for restitution. But it nevertheless puts pressure on the British Museum to conclude a deal with Greece …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Museum: London, Athens could share Parthenon Marbles in deal

Associated Press

LONDON — The chair of the British Museum said Thursday that the U.K. and Greece are working on a deal that would see his institution’s Parthenon Marbles displayed in both London and Athens. Carved in the 5th century BC, they were taken in the early 19th century by British diplomat Lord Elgin and ended up in the British Museum, which …

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1 year, 11 months ago

UK minister rules out permanent return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Firstpost

Taken by Elgin when he was the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Greece maintains the marbles were stolen and has long campaigned for their return while the UK maintains they were legally obtained London: UK culture minister Michelle Donelan on Wednesday said she did not support the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, following a report that a …

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2 years ago

Greece seeks ‘win-win’ deal on Parthenon Sculptures in UK

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Cabinet ministers from Greece and the U.K. discussed Greece’s bid to get the Parthenon Sculptures returned from London but gave no sign the world’s thorniest cultural heritage issue was any closer to resolution Tuesday. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe Leo Docherty that Athens seeks a “win-win” solution with the British Museum, where ancient Greek marble …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Greece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — It’s only the size of a shoebox, carved with the broken-off foot of an ancient Greek goddess. But Greece hopes the 2,500-year-old marble fragment, which arrived Monday on loan from an Italian museum, may help resolve one of the world’s thorniest cultural heritage disputes and lead to the reunification in Athens of all surviving Parthenon Sculptures — …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK

Associated Press

ROME — An Italian museum is lending a fragment of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in what both sides hope will become a permanent return that might encourage others — the British Museum, in particular — to send their own pieces of the works back, too. Sicily’s regional archaeological museum said Wednesday it had signed an agreement with the Acropolis …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK

The Independent

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Greeks still skeptical Britain will return Parthenon Marbles

British Museum ‘still some distance’ from a deal with Greece on the Elgin Marbles, Osborne says

Greece claims ‘progress made’ on Elgin Marbles return – but Starmer won’t discuss with Greek PM

Inspired by Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan's Greek vacay? Top places to visit in Athens for your next trip

British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles

UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat

Greece wants UK to return its Parthenon Marbles

Just 350 of 2,000 objects stolen from British Museum have so far been recovered as chair George Osborne offers apology to MPs over 'inside job' - and he defends plan to strike deal with Greece over re

We want win-win solution on Elgin Marbles, says Greek prime minister

Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum

Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

Explained: The Parthenon Marbles that the Vatican has returned to Greece

With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

Vatican ‘donating’ its own 3 Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Museum: London, Athens could share Parthenon Marbles in deal

UK minister rules out permanent return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Greece seeks ‘win-win’ deal on Parthenon Sculptures in UK

Greece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures

Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK

Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK