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  Talks have been taking place recently between Greece and the UK, in regards to the long fought over issue of the Parthenon Marbles and where they should be housed and shown.  Currently, a number of marbles, thought to be around 2500 years old, are housed in the British Museum, …

Parthenon Sculptures: Return of fragments and a new message from Mitsotakis from the Acropolis. The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, sent a clear message to Britain regarding the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece – What he said at the event for the return of Sculpture fragments from the National …

The Parthenon marbles are a large collection of marble friezes and statues from the Classical Greek era. They were made by the Greek architect and sculptor Phidias, and were an integral part of the temple of Parthenon, and other temples, on the Acropolis in Athens. The Parthenon temple is thought …

  Forestry work at Bochali Castle Some forestry work has taken place at the castle in Bochali lately. A team of twenty workers have cleared some of the old pine trees and vegetation from part of the castle grounds. The work was supervised by the Forestry Commission, and damaged or …