A former European Commission chief has urged Sir Keir Starmer to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece as a gesture to reset ...

Margaritas Schinas, a former European Commission vice-president, tells the Prime Minister to ‘open a new era of mutual ...

Talk of the return of the Elgin Marbles has reached new intensity, now being described as a political gesture not just to Greece but to the European community as a whole. Roger Michel, director of ...

Roger Michel, director of the Institute for Digital Archaeology, in front of the real Elgin Marbles in the British Museum - Jeff Gilbert Few Greek myths have as many twists as the story of the ...

Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis The Chairman of the British Museum trustees is George Osborne, and he is thought to favour a long ...

Britain should return the controversial sculptures to reset relations with the EU, a former European commissioner has said ...

The diplomatic disagreement between Britain and Greece over the ownership of the Elgin Marbles has been brought into the spotlight once again as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Greek PM Kyriakos ...

Sir Keir Starmer's government is "open" to a deal over the Elgin Marbles with Greece, it has emerged. The Prime Minister is to meet his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, next week when the ...

Sir Keir Starmer will refuse to budge on the Elgin Marbles row when the Greek Prime Minister visits London tomorrow. The Prime Minister is set to tell his counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the ...

Sculpted in the age of Pericles, Sophocles and Euripides, the reliefs – also known as the Elgin marbles – depict a procession celebrating the birth of Athena. You will see battles between the ...

George’s great-grandson King Charles III is known to have a keen interest in the fate of the Marbles, although he is unable to get personally involved in any diplomatic discussions. Elgin was ...