Greece has long maintained that the ElginMarbles were illegally removed from their place high atop Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation. It remains a matter for the British ...
which then ruled Greece. Lord Elgin claimed he had been given permission by the Ottoman Empire for the transfer of the sculptures and sold them to the UK government in 1816 before the marbles ...
Sir Keir Starmer will refuse to budge on the ElginMarbles row when the Greek Prime Minister visits London tomorrow. The Prime Minister is set to tell his counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the ...
Labour could exploit a legislative loophole that would allow the ElginMarbles to be returned to Greece. The British Museum and other major institutions are barred by law from giving away the ...