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.
EU politics
The Guardian: EU silence over Catalan leader’s call for action speaks volumes
“However, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, the head of the Madrid office of the European council on foreign relations in Madrid, describes the EU’s role as positive. He said the EU has helped to uphold the […]
Corruption
Transparency International EU: EU civil society organisations and trade unions call for urgent corporate tax transparency plan rethink
The corruption in the EU appears to be limitless. Read here
Climate Crisis
CNBC: CO2 emissions set to hit record levels in 2023 and there’s ‘no clear peak in sight,’ IEA says
The new findings from the IEA come after it said the planet’s demand for electricity was set for a strong rebound this year and next. “Despite increased climate ambitions, the amount of economic recovery funds […]
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