GREECE

Updated May 2023

Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made by Greece, together with other restitution news. Entries are updated regularly.

May 2023

Hundreds of stolen artefacts are recovered from disgraced dealer Robin Symes after a 17-year legal battle

Artnet News



December 2022

Greek paper Ta Nea reports on progress in 'preliminary' discussions with the British Museum over the return of the Marbles

The Guardian

July 2022

Letters written while an undergraduate at Oxford reveal Boris Johnson denounced the British Government for not returning the Parthenon sculptures

Ta Nea

June 2022

Chairman of the British Museum, George Osborne, says there's a 'deal to be done' over sharing the Parthenon Marbles with Greece

The Art Newspaper

May 2022

The Ministers of Culture for Greece and Great Britain have agreed to convene formal talks about the possible return of the Parthenon Marbles

Hyperallergic

March 2022

Greece hopes new cutting-edge science which can recreate an exact replica of the Parthenon sculptures using 3D printing technology may help lead to their return

Greek City Times