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08 Feb 2019
Museum of Scotland says Egyptian pyramid stone is not stolen
Gordon Rintoul, director of the Museum of Scotland, insisted it had all the correct paperwork to show that a casing stone from the Great Pyramid of Giza was lawfully taken out of Egypt on behalf of Charles Piazzi Smyth nearly 140 years ago.
Source: The Guardian
06 Feb 2019
Germany allocates €1.9m for museums to research colonial-era acquisitions
An eight-member panel including Bénédicte Savoy will assess grant applications
Article: The Art Newspaper
06 Feb 2019
The government of UK has announced plans to widen the definition of "treasure".
The UK government has announced plans to widen the definition of treasure. At present, only items that are at least 300 years old and made substantially of gold or silver, or which are found with artefacts of precious metals, can be declared treasure, so long as an owner cannot be found.
Article: The Guardian
03 Feb 2019
Jean-Claude Juncker must close tax loopholes at Luxembourg freeport, MEP says
Members of the European Parliament are stepping up their fight against alleged money laundering and tax evasion through the use of freeports—high-security warehouses which hold art and other valuable assets, such as cars, wine and jewellery, tax free.
Article: The Art Newspaper
31 Jan 2019
Geneva Summer School - International Cultural Heritage Law
This years course in International Cultural Heritage Law by the Geneva Summer School will take place on 17 -28 July 2019. It is organized by the Art-Law Centre and the UNESCO Chair in the International Law of the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the University of Geneva, in collaboration with the University of Miami School of Law. We strongly recommend!
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