Greece has apparently managed to get a clause for the return of the Parthenon Marbles in the draft Brexit bill prepared by the European Union. The clause is included in a revised version of the negotiating mandate that Michel Barnier, the European Commission’s Head of Task Force for Relations with …

High school students from Crete and Corinth held peaceful protests in the British Museum demanding the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. The students opened Greek flags in front of the Parthenon sculptures and shouted the slogans and sang popular songs. They handed letters to the Musuem Director and …

Greece will step up its campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from Britain and expects to win more support from European peers as Brexit sees British influence wane, Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said on Thursday. Speaking to Reuters, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said that she believes the …

Presidents of all Bar Associations in Greece have formed a National Committee to Reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures, the Athens Bar Association said on Friday. In their statement, the group said that in recognition of the national nature of the effort and the need for the greatest possible contribution to the …

“Not only do I agree with the return of the Parthenon Sculptures but you will also have our support,” Chinese President Xi Jingping said during an one-hour visit to the Acropolis Museum on Tuesday morning. Accompanied by the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the Chinese President was toured through the Museum …

It was beginning of August when Australian activist Mary Drost wrote to Queen Elizabeth asking the British Monarch to intervene for the return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Three weeks later, Drost received a reply. It is the first registered statement by Queen Elizabeth on the Parthenon Marbles. According to …

Tough words by the Greek President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, towards the British Museum on the thorny issue of the Parthenon Marbles. “The British Museum’s obsession is tantamount to supporting Elgin’s cultural grave robbing and theft. And, of course, this does not honor the people of Great Britain, with the story assigned …

Greek visitors to the British Museum in London were shocked to see mold and humidity in one of the most famous halls, the one hosting the Parthenon Marbles. The travelers from Crete shot pictures of the appalling conditions and sent “the evidence” to local media cretapost. Eroded glass roof They …

Greece must acknowledge the British Museum ’s ownership of the Parthenon Marbles before its Trustees consider whether or not to lend them to Greece. This is what a museum representative told the London correspondent of daily Ta Nea. “A precondition for any loan would be an acceptance of ownership of …

The British Museum will consider any lending request for the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, museums officials said Monday afternoon. This is the museum reaction to an interview by Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who said he would ask the Museum to lend the Parthenon Marbles during the 2021 celebrations that …

Greek Prime Minister , Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has called on British counterpart, Boris Johnson, a cultural swap: to allow treasures that have never been shown abroad before to be exhibited in London in exchange for the Parthenon Marbles being returned to Athens for the 2021 celebrations. Speaking to British newspaper Observer, …

French President Emmanuel Macro has accepted the proposal by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to lend a metope from the Parthenon currently at the Louvre Museum to Greece. The metope that is displayed at the Louvre Museum will be exhibited at the Acropolis Museum in Athens during the 2021 celebrations …

A British Museum Trustee favored the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece already 70 years ago. A two-page letter from 1943 revealed that British art historian, director of the National Gallery in London and Trustee at the British Museum, Kenneth Clark, had argued in favor of the return of …

“Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles is fair and essential,” said the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The struggle to return the sculptures “is not only about Greece and its historical and cultural heritage, but also about culture as a whole, given that its result will be a real …

“My solution to the Parthenon marbles – let’s split them in half Britain and Greece should stop arguing about the Elgin marbles and share them. It wouldn’t be the first time a cultural war ended in a truce.” This opinion article is written by Florian Schmidt-Gabain, a Swiss lawyer specialized …

“We don’t return, we don’t lend the Parthenon Marbles, Greece is not the legitimate owner,” said Hartwig Fischer, German historian and Director of the British Museum since 2016. Fischer has been actively involved in the debate over the last few years on the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, …

Brexit deal has been approved by the British cabinet, and as the European Union prepares to negotiate a whole new relationship with the UK post-Brexit, Greece might be able to make the United Kingdom an offer it can’t refuse. “What we have now is the only opportunity in 200 years …

The Greek government has launched a new bid to engage Britain in talks over the return to Athens of  ancient sculptures originally ornamenting the Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, scultpures that are formally known as Parthenon Marbles and Sculptures or Elgin Marbles. Greece’s culture minister has written her British counterpart …

Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed her Greek counter, Alexis Tsipras, at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon. The two leaders discussed about issues like the Brexit, migration and bilateral cooperation. The Greek Prime Minister brought up also an issue that for Greece has never given up the fight: the Return …

Britain’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to have the Parthenon Marbles returned to Greece if he is voted in as Prime Minister. “The Parthenon sculptures belong to Greece,” Corbyn told Greek daily Ta Nea in an exclusive interview. He said that if he is voted in as Prime Minister …