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The Parthenon Marbles and Greek efforts to bring them home

John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera’s southeast Europe correspondent, joins us to discuss Greece’s efforts to bring the Parthenon Marbles home from the British Museum and his behind the scenes report on the restoration work taking place at the Acropolis.

You can read the articles we discuss on the Daily Roundup here:

Greece seeks return of Parthenon Marbles amid restoration project

Masks to be compulsory at more indoor public spaces in Greece

Turkey pauses energy-exploration research in east Mediterranean

Turkey to suspend research in waters disputed with Greece

Turkey issues new Navtex to send Barbaros in Cypriot EEZ

Donald Trump should lift the arms embargo on Cyprus now

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