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The Guardian: “Let’s do a Brexit deal with the Parthenon marbles”
Not yet a week since the triggering of article 50, and already hope of cordial negotiations seems optimistic. At the weekend, amid early jostling over the post-Brexit fate of Gibraltar, former Tory leader Michael Howard implied that one way to resolve that situation could be a war with Spain.
Culture ministry: No specific proposal has been made to British Museum on Parthenon Marbles
No official and unofficial proposal has been made to the British Museum by the current leadership of the Culture ministry on the return of the Parthenon Marbles, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, responding to an article by “The Independent”.
International conference on latest evidence concerning the Parthenon Marbles
An international conference entltled "The Parthenon Marbles: 200 years since their expropriation by the British Musem" will be held at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on Saturday and Sunday, with the participation of distinguished Greek and foreign archaeologists, antiquities restorers and legal experts.