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Greece has invited the eighteen members of the US House of Representatives who have formally requested, in a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the repatriation of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, to visit the country. Culture Minister Lina...

The Greek government has once again called on Britain to return the Parthenon Sculptures as the Acropolis Museum marks its 11th anniversary, The Guardian reports. Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told newspaper Ta Nea that Greek authorities will never give...

Two of Great Britain's most prominent newspapers, the Sunday Times and the Guardian, printed opinion and editorial articles respectively over the weekend in which they sided with Greece over the repatriation of its priceless Parthenon sculptures. In a strong show...

Presidents of all Bar Associations of Greece formed recently a National Committee to reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures, the Athens Bar Association said in an official statement on Friday. Their aim is to assist the country's efforts to repatriate the priceless...

During the third -- and last -- day of his official visit to Greece, Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China visited the Acropolis Museum in Athens. There, at this state-of-the-art museum, in front of the caryatids,...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday delivered a clear message on the immediate return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum. The president's statement came during the inauguration of the 24th Art Athina Annual International Contemporary...

The British Museum rejected on Monday the Greek PM's proposal to loan the Parthenon Sculptures for the 2021 bicentennial celebrations, saying that Athens must first acknowledge that they are owned by the Museum. “A precondition for any loan would be...

The British Museum made a statement on Monday regarding the issue of the Parthenon sculptures and their potential transfer, as a loan, to Greece in 2021. Responding to a question made by Greece's SKAI TV station, the British Museum said...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos asked for the return of the "stolen Parthenon sculptures" from the British Museum during his speech at Tsinghua University of China on Wednesday. Pavlopoulos, speaking at the headquarters of the Classical and Modern...

A UNESCO committee has called for talks between Britain and Greece over the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens, with no less than 12 nations throwing their weight behind the demand. The Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property...

Greece's president called for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures on Wednesday as British royals Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, kicked off their three-day visit to the country. “We hope that the return of the Parthenon Sculptures will, finally,...

As the 200th anniversary of the Parthenon marbles "captivity" in the British Museum approaches, Greece is looking to international justice for their repatriation. Greece's Ministry of Culture is resorting to the United Nations and international courts in order to bring...

The birth of Athena and Dionysus in colorful shorts carrying a handbag while taking a selfie, were only a few of the videos uploaded by Gucci on the company’s officials Instagram accounts. Other videos show Cecrops dressed like a...

The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum to Athens, a little after Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas stated that Greece will withdraw from the legal claim...

Chairman of the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, David Hill, during an interview with the Greek service of the Australian SBS state radio network, expressed his belief that the Parthenon marbles -- now on display...