The Elgin Marbles – and the debate over which country owns them – are in the spotlight yet again after Keir Starmer met with his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today. The artefacts ...
The Elgin Marbles are in the UK in the National History Museum but there is a long-running dispute over where the ancient sculptures – also known as the Parthenon Sculptures – should be housed.
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.
Sir Keir Starmer will refuse to budge on the Elgin Marbles row when the Greek Prime Minister visits London tomorrow. The Prime Minister is set to tell his counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the ...
Rishi Sunak continues to be embroiled in a deepening row with Athens after he cancelled a meeting with the Greek prime minister at the “eleventh hour” over the Elgin Marbles. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who ...
The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Sculptures, are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures that were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. These ...
The dispute is over whether the sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, should return to Athens. Buckingham Palace suggested it was just a random choice of ties. Royal sources noted that the ...
"With the bunch we have (running Greece), let's just hope we don't lose the marbles we already have," he jibed. Known in Britain as the Elgin Marbles, the 2,500-year-old sculptures adorned the ...
Sir Keir Starmer should return the Elgin Marbles to prove he is serious about a post-Brexit reset in relations with the EU, a former European Commission chief has said. Speaking to The Telegraph ...
The marble statues have been displayed at the British Museum for more than 200 years (Yui Mok/PA) Returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece is not on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer as he meets his ...