Rishi Sunak

The atmosphere at the event to mark the creation of the Seferis Office and the Roderick Beaton Reading Room at the Greek Embassy in London last Monday afternoon was wonderful and worthy of Greek-British friendship. Suddenly, "after the speeches, the atmosphere changed. The room went cold, we were all surprised," prominent writer Victoria Hislop, who was at the embassy, told Kathimerini.

Primary sources hold that had he not died prematurely in Messolongi almost 200 years ago, Lord Byron would have been offered the throne of Greece and ruled the newly established kingdom as its first monarch. It is quite possible that Lord Byron was the King George I that Greece never had.

Bruce Clark, a contributor to The Economist and the author of the recent book "Athens, City of Wisdom", which dives into the story of Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's "unprecedented" decision to snub Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the issue of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures. 

"I am baffled, as are most people," a leading member of the British Museum's Board of Trustees told Kathimerini in confidence a day after the the country's prime minister, Rishi Sunak, abruptly canceled a meeting with Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a decision prompted by the ongoing controversy over the 2,500-year-old Parthenon Sculptures that cast a pall over relations between the two coun

The Greek prime minister "paid for" the Tory collapse in public opinion polls, according to British analyst Simon Nixon.

For decades, Britain and Greece were able to differ, largely politely, over the world's toughest cultural heritage dispute: What's the right place for some of the finest ancient Greek sculptures ever made, which have been displayed in London for more than 200 years but which Greece vocally wants back.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has escalated his war of words with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing the Greek premier of trying to "grandstand" over the disputed Parthenon Marbles and breaking a promise to the UK government ahead of a planned meeting between the two leaders.

European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas has described a decision by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to cancel a meeting with visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "as un-British as it gets."

The diplomatic spat between Rishi Sunak and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, triggered by the UK prime minister's abrupt cancellation of a scheduled London meeting with his Greek counterpart after the latter restated Greece's claim to the Parthenon sculptures housed in London, is not anticipated to impact the ongoing negotiations for a potential deal on the artifacts, according to British Museum officials

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday described the abrupt cancellation of his planned meeting with UK counterpart Rishi Sunak in London as an "unfortunate incident." Despite this, he expressed confidence that it would not have any impact on bilateral ties.