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Parthenon Marbles

Australians Doubt Parthenon Marbles Return

Australians for the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures, the Australian Association with the aim to promote, facilitate and support, nationally and internationally the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, published a media release entitled The Parthenon Sculptures at...

Greek Culture Minister on Return of Parthenon Marbles

Greek Culture Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos, addressing the presidents and members of the national committees for the return of the Parthenon Marbles of Cyprus, Germany, Sweden, Britain, Switzerland and Australia, in the framework of the International Conference held at the...

UNESCO Mediates Parthenon Marbles Fight

On October 6 in Athens the International Conference of committees will be held, which is a very important moment for the effort to return the Parthenon Marbles. After the meeting of the Greek Minister of Culture and Sports with the...

Kotsiras Wants Parthenon Marbles Returned

The Greek community of Australia is keeping alive the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles, stolen property housed in the British Museum, which refuses to give them back and claims they belong now to England. Minister of Energy...

Cooperation for Return of Parthenon Marbles

The return of the Parthenon Marbles was at the center of the meeting that the Minister of Culture and Sports Panos Panagiotopoulos held on Sept. 24 with the Delegate to the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon...

Critchley Says Parthenon Marbles Are Greece's

Simon Critchley, a professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City, brought the house down at the 23d World Congress of Philosophy meeting in Athens when he said the Parthenon Marbles stolen from the Acropolis nearly...

Acropolis Museum World’s 3d Best

The British newspaper The Sunday Times places the Acropolis Museum third in a list of the best 50 museums of the world, despite some criticism when it opened about its cement facade. “The Acropolis Museum, a shiny new home for...

Greek Committee To Claim Parthenon Marbles

Deputy Minister of Culture Kostas Tzavaras is setting up a special committee to push for return of the marbles stolen from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin, a British diplomat, more than 200 years and now housed in in the...

Cameron: Britain Will Keep Parthenon Marbles

British Prime Minister David Cameron has reiterated that England will keep the stolen Parthenon Marbles plundered from the Acropolis nearly 200 years ago by a British diplomat because he doesn’t believe in “returnism.” Cameron cited the marbles, stolen goods sold...

Students Wave Greek Flag at British Museum

Fifteen-year-old students of the 2nd High School of Corinth accompanied by three teachers traveled to London and gave their own message of the Parthenon Marbles waving four Greek flags and shouting the slogan: BRING THEM BACK! The students delivered 36...