They point out that Elgin had a permit from the Ottoman occupying forces in Athens to take what he liked from the Acropolis — which, they insist, gave him the right to own and to sell on whatever he removed…..Imagine if the Nazi occupying forces in Paris had granted some gentleman a permit to remove statues from the Louvre. Or if Putin’s men in Mariupol were, today, to grant a visiting antiquities dealer a permit to remove priceless artefacts from a local museum. The very notion that these permits bestow secure property rights over the removed artefacts is an affront to every decent person worldwide.
Austerity
Financial Post: Europe’s rise in temporary work contracts puts lives on hold
Nuno Mendes, a 40-year-old Portuguese worker lives on six-month contracts. He earns 1,200 euros a month. Banks won’t give him a mortgage. “Everything in my life is on hold — starting a family, making long-term […]
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov: Azerbaijan is already friendly with Israel. Why the push to ‘normalize’?
Smells like another pressure campaign against Iran. Read HERE Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, Photo: Creative Commons
EU politics
Pymnts: Italy U-Turns on Policy Supporting Cash Payments
The current Italian government, like the one before it and the one before that and the one before that, is not going to do anything to upset the EU – and bugger the Italians. Read […]
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