Greece and the British Museum are “still some distance” from a deal to send the Elgin Marbles back to Athens, George Osborne has said. The former chancellor, now chairman of the museum ...

The Greek prime minister has reportedly held private meetings with British Museum officials ahead of his visit to the UK this week, where the return of the Elgin Marbles was discussed. Kyriakos ...

The head of the British Museum has said a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away.

Greece says they were stolen, but the British Museum rejects that and says they were legally obtained. Talks between Greece and the museum have been going on since 2021. Prof Stamatoudi ...

A senior source said these "private meetings" have been held between senior levels of the Greek government and the British Museum about returning the Parthenon Sculptures - also known as the Elgin ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the BBC on Sunday he wanted the artefacts - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned from the British Museum to Greece. The meeting was scrapped on Monday at late notice.

Former chancellor, George Osborne, who chairs the British Museum, has made efforts to strike a deal with Athens which would see some of the ancient frieze loaned to the the Greek capital's ...