Elgin Marbles

2023 - 11 - 27

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Sunak cancels Greek PM meeting in Parthenon Sculptures row (BBC News)

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Rishi Sunak in London, but No 10 cancelled the meeting at the last minute. The Greek prime ...

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Greek PM slams Sunak as row over Elgin Marbles escalates (POLITICO.eu)

ATHENS โ€” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis lashed out at his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Monday in what would appear to be a bitter escalation ...

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Rishi Sunak snubs Greek PM in dispute over Elgin Marbles (Financial Times)

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, has delivered a snub to his Greek ...

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Rishi Sunak to reject Greek leader's appeal for return of Elgin Marbles (The Independent)

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will raise issue in meetings Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer.

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UK officials eye legally blocking Elgin Marbles returning as Greek ... (Sky News)

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis claimed Rishi Sunak "cancelled" a meeting between the pair at the "11th hour", although the UK says Deputy Prime ...

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Rishi Sunak cancels meeting with Greek leader as row erupts over ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Prime Minister pulls out of talks at last minute after his counterpart lobbied for Britain to change its stance on the ancient sculptures.

UK's Sunak Annoys Greece by Scrapping Meeting Over Elgin Marbles (Yahoo Finance)

(Bloomberg) -- A meeting between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Greek counterpart was abruptly canceled over a spat relating to the repatriation of ...

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Greek prime minister accuses Sunak of scrapping Elgin Marbles ... (The Independent)

A source on the Greek side said they were left 'baffled, surprised and not a little bit annoyed' by the alleged late cancellation.

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Parthenon marbles row: Rishi Sunak cancels meeting with Greek PM (The Guardian)

Tory source says 'it became impossible for meeting to go ahead' after Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged return of antiquities to Athens.

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UK's Sunak cancels meeting with visiting Greek premier over Elgin ... (Anadolu Agency)

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scuttled his scheduled meeting with visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek leader announced on Monday, ...

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UK's Sunak Annoys Greece by Scrapping Mitsotakis Meeting Over ... (Bloomberg)

Rishi Sunak triggered a diplomatic spat with Greece over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles by canceling at the last minute a one-on-one in London.

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Greek PM visit cancelled over Elgin Marbles row (Spectator.co.uk)

Talk about an undiplomatic row. Rishi Sunak has made much of his credentials on the world stage, most recently demonstrated at the Bletchley Park summit ...

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Greeks broke promise not to raise Parthenon Sculptures, No 10 says (BBC News)

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the BBC on Sunday that having some of the treasures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, in London and others in Athens was like ...

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Elgin Marbles row erupts as Greek PM accuses Sunak of cancelling ... (The Independent)

Kyriakos Mitsotakis left 'baffled, surprised, and not a little bit annoyed', source says.

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Labour attacks 'weak' Rishi Sunak for snubbing Greek PM over Elgin ... (The Independent)

The party piled pressure on Mr Sunak after he sparked a diplomatic row by cancelling a meeting with his Greek counterpart at the 11th hour.

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Why the U.K.-Greece Dispute Over the Elgin Marbles Is Heating Up (TIME)

The U.K. is under increased scrutiny over the disputed ancient Greek Parthenon sculptures. Here's what you need to know.

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What are the Elgin Marbles? (The Independent)

The Greek prime minister has pushed for the return of the marbles, saying the current situation is like the Mona Lisa painting being cut in half.

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Talks over Elgin Marbles break down between Greek and UK PMs ... (Museums + Heritage Advisor)

Sunak declines meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over โ€œlong-settled matters relating to the ownership of the Parthenon Sculptures.โ€.

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Elgin Marbles row intensifies as Greece denies promising not to ... (Sky News)

Greek sources say they didn't give assurances about the Parthenon Sculptures and their PM was left "baffled, surprised and not a little bit annoyed" at an ...

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Elgin marbles important part of Greek heritage - University of Reading (CentAUR)

Professor Amy Smith said: โ€œBy the late 18th century, the sanctuaries of Athena and other deities on Classical Athens' Akropolis had become a ruin: a Venetian ...

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Should the Elgin Marbles be returned? (HeritageDaily)

The Elgin marbles are a collection of decorative marble sculptures taken from the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens.

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UK claims Greek prime minister broke pact on discussion of Elgin ... (Financial Times)

Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis due to take place on Tuesday.

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