Thursday, 21 November , 2024

Monuments

The Palestinian flag at Acropolis

Palestinian flag unfurles at the historical Acropolis Temple and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Athens Feb 5, 2024 In the capital Athens, a group...

Post-Imperial rigor mortis and cultural hooliganism: The British Connexion

By Dr. William Mallinson In the darkest and dustiest corners of the human mind lurk such unfortunate traits as greed, active racism, cowardice, and even...

Parthenon Marbles: UK’s PM Sunak cancels meeting with Greek counterpart Mitsotakis

Nov 27, 2023 In a surprised and totally undiplomatic move, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis scheduled...

The Necropolis of Cairo broadcasts an SOS: They are demolishing our...

By Malvina Alexopoulou * The Necropolis of Cairo is in danger, the historic Cairo, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, is sending an SOS...

OPEN LETTER: Concerning the dire situation at the Acropolis, Athens World...

Berlin, 12 May 2023 Honourable Director-General of UNESCO Your Highness President of the World Heritage Committee Honourable Members of the World Heritage Committee Dear Director of the World...

British cultural piracy

UK PM Sunak rules out law change for return of Parthenon marbles March 13, 2023 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out changing a law which...

Stephen Fry calls for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens

By Nadia Khomami Thu 5 Jan 2023 The removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Athens was akin to removing the Eiffel Tower from Paris or Stonehenge...

Secret deal for timely limited return of Parthenon Sculptures raises furore

January 5, 2023 A plethora of publications in major international media, mainly British, but also in Bloomberg, have reported of an imminent agreement between the...

Italy’s return of Parthenon fragment to Greece shakes up debate in...

Originally part of the Athens temple, the marble sculptures on display in the British Museum are at the center of a 200-year-old restitution dispute...

Turkey: Another Historic Church on the Verge of Extinction

By Uzay Bulut Dec 23, 2021 Yet another historic church is violated and left to rot in Turkey. The decades-long victim of the abuse, the Surp...