Greece is willing to "compensate" the British Museum if it returns the Elgin Marbles.
28/12/2023
A Labour Shadow Cabinet minister has said that Sir Keir Starmer was not "endorsing" Margaret Thatcher despite him praising her in an interview.
03/12/2023
Sir Keir Starmer has praised Margaret Thatcher in an interview in which he attempts to woo back voters from the Tories.
02/12/2023
Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at Rishi Sunak for "trying to humiliate" the Greek Prime Minister by cancelling a meeting at the last minute over the Elgin Marbles row.
29/11/2023
Rishi Sunak has been accused of being "disrespectful... to the Greek people" after he snubbed the country's prime minister over the Elgin Marbles row.
28/11/2023
Downing Street has accused Greece of focusing on "ancient grievances" in the deepening row over the Elgin Marbles.
28/11/2023
A minister has defended Rishi Sunak’s decision to not hold a meeting in person with the Greek prime minister in a row over the Elgin Marbles.
28/11/2023
Rishi Sunak has snubbed the Greek prime minister over his comments about the Elgin Marbles.
27/11/2023
India is set to help Greece pressure the UK to hand over the Elgin Marbles, alongside other countries whose artefacts were taken by foreign powers.
14/05/2023
India is set to pressure the UK to hand over thousands of treasures it claims were looted during the centuries of colonial occupation.
13/05/2023
Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: ‘We will never recognise that these sculptures are owned … by the British Museum.’
12/05/2023
Only 11% of Brits believe that Greece would return the Elgin Marbles to the UK after a proposed long-term loan, a new report from an Oxford historian has claimed.
20/03/2023
Rishi Sunak has said there are "no plans" to change a law which prevents the Elgin Marbles returning to Greece permanently.
13/03/2023
The first of the Elgin Marbles will be returned to Athens by the end of the year, Greek officials said amid talks with British Museum boss George Osborne.
22/01/2023
The Elgin Marbles could be handed back to Greece soon, with the British Museum's chairman George Osborne having drawn up an agreement with Athens as part of a "cultural exchange", according to reports.
04/01/2023