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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, …

Today the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has spoken to the Daily Mail about his meeting with UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, earlier this week. At the meeting, they discussed the Parthenon Marbles and the request for them to be returned to Greece. At the meeting The UK Prime Minister …

Yesterday the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hosted the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a meeting at Downing Street. As predicted, the Greek Prime Minister raised the issue of the Parthenon Marbles and the long-running row that has continued to take place over their request to be returned to …

Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Reunion of the Parthenon Sculptures, in the place where they were born, Greece The Prime Minister spoke about an “exiled” part of the Parthenon Sculpture collection in London, asking Britain for a bona fide dialogue with Greece. Greece’s rightful request for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures …

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 …