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Aegean farmers replaced hunter-gatherers of ancient Britain 6,000 years ago: study
A wave of migrants from what is now Greece and Turkey arrived in Britain some 6,000 years ago and virtually replaced the existing hunter-gatherer population, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature. Scientists examining samples of ancient remains dating as far back ...
UNHCR warns of false rumors as migrants gather near Greece's northern border, seeking to cross
Dozens of refugees and migrants stuck in Greece gathered in a field near the country's northern border on Thursday, seeking to travel onward to Northern Europe. Small groups of people including children arrived at the field next to the migrant camp of Diavata near the ...
German migrant rescue ship renamed after tragic toddler Alan Kurdi
A German migrant rescue ship that operates in the Mediterranean was renamed Sunday after Alan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach at the height of the migrant crisis, sparking global outrage Alan's father, Abdullah Kurdi, and aunt, ...
After holding up its admission for years, Greece became the first nation on Friday to ratify Macedonia's membership of NATO after the two states resolved a decades-old name dispute last month. NATO members signed the accord with Macedonia earlier in the week, days after the ...
Guaido rallies EU support as Venezuelan army blocks U.S. aid shipment at border
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up efforts Wednesday to win recognition from EU holdout states and insisted the armed forces allow desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter the country. "Today we talked with representatives of the EU to consolidate their support for the democratic ...
Greece does 'mission impossible' in ratifying North Macedonia accord
Greece on Friday ratified a landmark accord that changes the name of neighboring Macedonia, ending a decades-old dispute with its neighbor and opening the way for the ex-Yugoslav republic to join the European Union and NATO. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who hammered out the deal ...
Clashes erupt in Athens as tens of thousands protest Macedonian name deal
Clashes broke out between police and a group of masked protesters in Athens on Sunday as tens of thousands demonstrated against a name change deal with neighboring Macedonia that the Greek parliament is due to ratify in days. The violence flared as Greek Prime Minister ...
Cold spell, stormy weather in Greece leave three people dead
Three people have died in Greece as stormy weather and freezing temperatures gripped most of the country, officials said Sunday. The bodies of two elderly men were found Sunday, two days after their car was swept away by flood waters near Athens, the fire department ...
2,400-year-old Cyprus shipwreck reveals ancient boat-building methods
Archaeologists working to excavate a 2,400-year-old shipwreck off Cyprus have gained insights into the evolution of ancient boat-building technology in the Mediterranean, authorities said Wednesday. The ship, which sank off Mazotos on the island's south coast in the middle of the fourth century BC, is ...
Greek authorities say lost ancient city of Tenea, settled by Trojan war prisoners, has been located
Greece's culture ministry said Tuesday that archaeologists have located the first tangible remains of a lost city that the ancient Greeks believed was first settled by Trojan captives of war after the sacking of Troy. A ministry statement said excavations from September to early October ...
World's oldest known shipwreck, an ancient Greek trading vessel, found in Black Sea
An ancient Greek trading ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found virtually intact at the bottom of the Black Sea to become the world's oldest known shipwreck, researchers said on Tuesday. The vessel is one of more than 60 shipwrecks identified by ...
Three women found apparently slain near Greece's Evros River border with Turkey
Three women of unknown origin were found dead, presumably murdered, on Wednesday on the Greek side of the river border between Turkey and Greece, police sources said, an area known for illegal migrant crossings. The bodies, found in a field by a passerby, lay a ...
