LONDON: Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday (Sep 24) urged "political will and courage" in the country's protracted battle with Britain over the return of the prized Parthenon Marbles to Athens.The intervention follows several years of talks with the British Museum, which has held the anci

LONDON: Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday (Sep 24) urged "political will and courage" in the country's protracted battle with Britain over the return of the prized Parthenon Marbles to Athens.The intervention follows several years of talks with the British Museum, which has held the anci

The Greek prime minister has previously compared the removal of the sculptures from Athens to cutting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in half.

Pointing out double standard, Greek PM was ‘surprised’ by British Museum's loan suggestion for Parthenon Marbles, akin to Bayeux Tapestry