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Europe
Russia VS. NATO: Military Balance in Europe
The war in Ukraine has brought the military balance in Europe between Russia and NATO back to the forefront of geostrategic thinking.
After the end of the Cold War and the demise of the USSR, Eastern Europe's geostrategic importance as...
Europe
EU AI Act: Did Europe Just Kill Its AI Development?
The European Parliament recently adopted the world's first comprehensive regulation, known as the AI Act, on artificial intelligence.
According to EU officials, this landmark and historic piece of legislation aims to ensure that AI systems that are developed, sold, or...
Archaeology
Mass Grave of Plague Victims May Be Largest Ever Found in Europe
Archaeologists in Southern Germany have uncovered ancient burial sites that hold the remains of over a thousand people. These burial pits could be the largest mass grave ever found in Europe. The discovery was made during excavations prior to...
Archaeology
Ancient Greek Lion From Piraeus Now Adorns Venice’s Arsenal
The story of the Ancient Greek Piraeus Lion, which is now in Venice, is one of several which are part of Greece's long history of ancient sculpted masterpieces and their subsequent looting. This has meant that many of them...
Ancient Greece
Statue of Atlas Reconstructed at Greek Temple of Zeus in Agrigento, Italy
A colossal statue of the sky-bearing Greek titan Atlas, which was buried for hundreds of years among ancient ruins, has been reconstructed to claim its rightful place at the Temple of Zeus in Agrigento, Sicily after a twenty-year-long research...
Europe
Spyware Discovered on the Phones of European Parliament Members
The European Parliament said on Wednesday it found traces of spyware on the phones of elected politicians and staff on its defense subcommittee.
Members and staff in the chamber's subcommittee on security and defense (SEDE) have had their phones hit...
Europe
Greece Joins European Missile Defense Project
Greece and Turkey on Thursday will formally join the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), a German-led missile defense project, according to Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias.
ESSI is a project to build a ground-based integrated European air defense system that...
Europe
Study Shows How Mixture of Genetic Traits Shaped Europeans
A recent study shows just how the genetic traits of Europeans came about, with most of our attributes coming from the movement of peoples over the last 10,000 years.
It was at that time that local European hunter-gatherers intermixed with...
Archaeology
When an Amateur Metal Hunter Made the ‘Gold Find of the Century’
Last summer, an amateur metal detectorist in Norway discovered what archaeologists have hailed as Norway’s “gold find of the century”.
He dug up nine engraved gold pendants, ten gold pearls, and three gold rings—all dating to the sixth century A.D....
Europe
Ukraine Set to Start EU Accession Talks, But Hungary Blocks Aid
The European Union (EU) decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine but failed to agree on a $54 billion package in financial aid to the war-torn country.
The aid was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary’s leader...
Europe
Greece Ranks First in EU in Smartphone Recycling
Greece leads the European Union in smartphone recycling, boasting an almost 18 percent recycling rate, as per Eurostat data. This surpasses the EU average, where only 10 percent of Europeans recycle their old mobile phones.
Eurostat findings highlight Greece, Austria...
Archaeology
10,000-Year-Old Grave in Italy Has Earliest Infant Burial in Europe
The 10,000-year-old burial of a female infant, the earliest such burial known in Europe, shows that society even in Mesolithic times honored its youngest members and that females were treated the same as males in this regard.
Archaeologists at the...
Ancient Greece
Derveni Papyrus Found in Greece: Europe’s Oldest Book
The Derveni Papyrus found in northern Greece is of immense importance, registered by UNESCO in 2015 as the oldest handwritten "book" in Europe
Environment
Europe on Edge as Volcanic Eruptions Feared in Italy and Iceland
Europe is on edge over possible volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, and at the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland.
Italy’s Mount Etna shot lava into the sky on Sunday, 12 November, spewing ash high over the Mediterranean island...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Treasures Housed in Paris Museums
Numerous artistic treasures from or inspired by Greece are housed in Paris museums. Undoubtedly, the foundation of Western civilization is rooted in ancient Greece, and, whether architecture, philosophy, or other facets of human existence, the Hellenes (Greeks) were pioneers...