[CPProt.net] Petros Tatoulis steps up efforts to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece

[MSN CPPnet (Ton Cremers)]

Petros Tatoulis steps up efforts to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 10:48 am [Link] 

Representatives of 15 countries concerned about the Elgin Marbles have
banded together to form a single international committee to persuade the
British government to relinquish the marbles.

Among the 15 countries (whose delegates met today after an invitation from
Deputy Culture Minister Petros Tatoulis) were Australia, New Zealand,
Britain, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the United
States.

The representatives met Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and President
Carolos Papoulias and visited the Acropolis and the site of the new
Acropolis museum, due to be completed at the end of next year.

According to the Greek authorities, the marbles were "stolen" in 1806 by
Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire which occupied
Greece at the time.

London maintains that the marbles were bought legitimately from the Ottoman
authorities. 

http://www.ellada.co.uk/