The British Museum could face legal action unless it abandons “covert and ideological” negotiations with Greece over the Elgin Marbles, The Telegraph can reveal. Liz Truss, the former prime minister, ...

A man looks at the Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, at the British Museum. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters) ...

British Museum chairman George Osborne, the former chancellor, has previously said he is exploring ways for the Elgin marbles to be displayed in Greece. Labour has indicated that it would not change ...

Former prime minister Liz Truss ruled out supporting a deal to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece, despite George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum and former Tory chancellor, saying there is a ...

Greece has formally been lobbying for the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles since 1983, when Melina Mercouri, an actor, singer and Greece’s minister of culture in the 1980s (she died in 1994 ...

MPs will push to change the law to pave the way for the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Greece. Athens and the British Museum are locked in a stalemate in talks over a potential deal that would ...

More than half the country would support the British Museum returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece, according to a new poll. It comes as the long-running row over the 17 sculptures and part of a frieze ...

They were purchased by Parliament from Lord Elgin in 1816. Some of the temple statues are on display in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, and Greece has long called for the collections to be reunited.

Workmen install the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum, London, May 25th 1949. (Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin ...

Britain knocked back a proposal yesterday by Greece to exhibit the legendary Elgin Marbles in Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games, after a two-century tug-of-war over the archeological treasure.

The British Museum has said it continues to have “constructive discussions” over the possible return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece after 200 years. The 2,500-year-old sculptures were removed ...

The British Museum is prevented by British Museum Act 1963 from disposing of objects in its collection, which is held for the public, and it therefore lacks the power to hand over the Elgin Marbles.