KOYO KOUOH LANDS VENICE BIENNALE TOP JOB. Koyo Kouoh, the 57-year-old Cameroonian Swiss museum director, has been appointed ...
As Sir Keir Starmer meets his Greek counterpart in London, Yahoo News explains the long-running dispute over the Elgin ...
The British Museum has loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia – the first time part of the priceless collection has been moved out of Britain since it arrived from Greece. The loan comes amid ...
Sir Keir Starmer's government is "open" to a deal over the Elgin Marbles with Greece, it has emerged. The Prime Minister is to meet his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, next week when the ...
Since the 15th century, Greece had been ruled by the Ottoman ... any man to touch them with a chisel.” From 1807, Elgin exhibited the marbles that had arrived in Britain in a house that he ...
Labour could exploit a legislative loophole that would allow the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Greece. The British Museum and other major institutions are barred by law from giving away the ...
I can’t remember precisely what I asked. I also asked him about the Elgin Marbles, in the British Museum. Should they be repatriated to Greece? Yes, said Constantine. Any Greek patriot would ...
A major new campaign to return the Elgin marbles to Greece is being launched in London. Various groups which have been urging Britain to hand back the disputed relics have come together under ...
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 ...
Greece has claimed progress has been made in negotiations to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ahead of a crunch meeting its ...