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Britain Rejects Returning Parthenon Marbles in EU Trade Deal

The British government ruled out any discussion of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece as part of its deal with European Union in the post-Brexit era on Tuesday. A Downing Street spokeswoman said the sculptures would not be...

Greek Students Sing for Return of Parthenon Marbles at British Museum

A group of students from a Cretan high school showed their defiance at Britain's refusal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece by singing a traditional song during their recent visit to the British Museum in London. Students from the...

Historic Day for Europe as the United Kingdom Leaves EU After 47 Years

This is -- finally -- it. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland officially leaves the European Union on Friday, January 31 at 23:00 UTC (midnight of February 1, Brussels time) after three and a half years of...

New Guidelines May Force the British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles

New hopes emerged last week that the Parthenon Marbles could eventually be returned to their rightful home after the British authorities ordered the country's museums to assess their collections with a new "decolonizing" checklist to ease the repatriation of...

Britain Confirms it Will Not Deport Unregistered EU Citizens After Brexit

The authorities of the United Kingdom will not deport any European Union citizen from the country after Brexit, even after the conclusion of the ''EU Settlement Scheme'' in 2021, it was disclosed on Friday. The revelation was made public by...

British-Cypriot MP Bambos Charalambous Re-elected in UK General Election

Bambos Charalambous, the only British Member of Parliament of Cypriot descent, was re-elected in Thursday's snap elections which were held in the United Kingdom. Charalambous managed to retain his seat representing his Enfield Southgate parliamentary constituency of Greater London. The Member...

Boris Johnson’s Conservatives Triumph in British Elections

Boris Johnson's Conservative Party was on course to secure a large majority in the House of Commons, putting Brexit firmly back on track and sending the opposition Labour party into a tailspin. Official results fell broadly in line with the...

Study Suggests British Museum Has Caused More Damage to Parthenon Sculptures than Athens’ Air Pollution

A recent scientific study published in the Academic journal Antiquity claims that the first decades of the Parthenon sculptures' presence in London caused irreparable damage, much worse than what Athens' air pollution would have caused to the ancient artifacts in the...

British PM Boris Johnson Reveals He Reads Greek Poetry to Relax (video)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed in a television interview on Tuesday that he solves quadratic equations and reads poetry in Greek to relax.

New Book Blasts British Museum Over Stolen Parthenon Marbles

Prominent British barrister, academic and author Geoffrey Robertson recently launched a scathing attack at the British Museum for exhibiting what he charges is “pilfered cultural property.” Robertson’s views appear in his new book, titled “Who Owns History? Elgin’s Loot and...