'Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan Calls for Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece' the headline in Ta Na, report by Yannis Andritsopoulos.
"The Parthenon Sculptures should be returned to Greece," said Morgan in an exclusive interview with the Greek daily newspaper Ta Nea.
When asked about consecutive opinion polls showing that the British public, including in Wales, support the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, Morgan said: "I know this is a really sensitive issue. It's a matter for the UK government, but I think I've been on record in the past to say that actually they should be returned to Greece."
To read this report in English follow the link here.
Worth reading is the article that Yannis also published in To Vima.
How do you envision the relationship between Greece and Wales? Are there opportunities for collaboration?
There’s always been a strong connection between Wales and Greece. We have a significant Greek community here. I still remember the Greek grocer from the neighborhood I grew up in – the only foreigner in the area at the time. His impact on our community was huge, and incredibly positive.
We both come from warm, friendly nations with a deep tradition of hospitality. I believe we share many common values, so yes – there’s a real opportunity to build much closer relations.
We’ve heard you know Nana Mouskouri personally?
Yes! I spent quite a bit of time with her in the European Parliament (Editor’s note: Morgan served as an MEP from 1994 to 2009). She’s an extraordinary woman – always focused on collaboration and understanding the importance of compromise to achieve results.
A few years later, she came to Wales for a concert. I was in the audience and sent her a note that said, “I’m here – I’d love to say hello.” I had no idea if she’d remember me. But at the end of the show, she made this amazing speech: “We worked together in the European Parliament,” she said, “and I truly believe if Eluned and I were in charge of the world, we’d have peace.” It was a beautiful moment.
'Eluned Morgan is first senior Labour since general election to call for their repatriation to Athens', writes Ethan Croft for the Telegraph and this was printed in the Sunday paper 06 April 2025.
BCRPM would question Ethan Croft's reference to Giovanni Battista Lusieri and his men as 'bandits', they were being paid by Lord Elgin, surely a British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire would not hire bandits!
On the British Museum's claim that 'many of the relics were removed from the rubble around the Parthenon', that was questions by Professor Anthony Snodgrass and others, post the 2022 ICPRCP session in Paris when the then Deputy Director of the British Museum, Jonathan Williams, said the same!
BCRPM would like to thank Ethan Croft for concluding his article with the sentence regarding the contested permission that Lord Elgin is said to have been granted to enable his men to remove half of the sculptures from the Parthenon at the start of the 19th century.
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