Keeping marbles like 'cutting Mona Lisa in half'

THE Greek prime minister has compared the British Museum's possession of the Elgin Marbles to the Mona Lisa painting being cut in half.

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Athens has long demanded the return of the Parthenon sculptures, which were removed from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said he will raise the issue during meetings with Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer in London this week.