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20 Apr 2021
Call for feedback on EU’s cultural goods importation rules
The art and antiques sector has until April 21 to submit feedback on new rules proposed by the European Union on the import of cultural goods. Following Brexit the UK will not adhere to the new regulations on this matter. But all EU nations will follow the new law when it comes into force, expected to be by 2025.
The form can be found online at: http://atg.news/EUculturalgoods
26 Mar 2021
Police barred from searching Queen's estates for looted artefacts
Police have been barred from searching the Queen’s private estates for stolen or looted artefacts after ministers granted her a personal exemption from a law that protects the world’s cultural property, the Guardian can reveal. Buckingham Palace and the government are refusing to say why it was deemed necessary in 2017 to give the Queen an exemption that prevents police from searching Balmoral and Sandringham.
16 Mar 2021
War, Cultural Objects, Looting and Restitution: An Introduction to the Legal Framework
A lecture by Evelien Campfens to take place on Thursday 18.03.2021. The lecture is part of the Guest Lectures Spring 2021 of the University of Leiden: Topical Issues in Museums, organized by Dr. Laurie Kalb Cosmo.
16 Mar 2021
Hellenic Blue Shield Seminars
The Greek Committee of the Blue Shield, the University of Nicosia and the University of Athens organize a seminar on the protection of Cultural Heritage.
Language: English
16 Mar 2021
The Parthenon Marbles: here we go again
Some food for thought...
Boris Johnson rules out the return of Parthenon marbles to Greece:
Renewed Debate over Cultural Property: Prof. David Gill - Heritage Futures