Greece seeking Parthenon sculpture loan from Louvre : official

Greece has asked France to loan a Parthenon marble frieze fragment displayed at Paris's Louvre Museum to mark its 200th independence anniversary in 2021, an official said Saturday.State agency ANA on Friday said the issue had been discussed during talks between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris this week.In return, Greece will loan the Louvre a collection of ancient bronze artifacts, ANA said.