Positive news from Greece
Greek archaeologists discover ancient theater in AthensAthens, Greece - Sections of an ancient Greek theater were discovered on Thursday during construction work in an Athens suburb, archaeologists said. |
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Coin hints Cleopatra had good personalityLondon, England, UK - So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. |
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Dig in Athens reveals ancient treasuresAthens, Greece - Like many treasures from antiquity, they were chance finds, but a fabulous hoard of more than 50,000 pieces unearthed during excavations in Athens has also provided a window on the ancient civilisation of Greece. |
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Ancient Greek Computer’s Inner Workings DecipheredAntikythera Island, Greece - When it came to making cogs and gears, the ancient Greeks got there more than a millennium before anyone else, scientists say. |
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Greece reclaiming plundered heritageAthens, Greece - Greece vowed Thursday to reclaim the country's plundered heritage after two sculptures were returned by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. |
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Green Gospels: Environmental movement aims for religious mainstreamAthens, Greece - More than a decade ago on an Aegean island, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians made a startling proposition: That pollution and other attacks on the environment could be considered sins. |
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Holland America ship rescues 22Aegean Sea - A Carnival Corp. & PLC cruise ship on early Tuesday rescued 22 people from the Aegean Sea in waters between Turkey and Greece, the cruise company's Holland America line reported. |
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Technology allows researchers new views of Europe’s oldest manuscriptAthens, Greece - The burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman might help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religion - using new digital technology. |
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Fisherman Nets Ancient Statue in GreeceAthens, Greece - A Greek fisherman has handed over to authorities a large section of an ancient bronze statue brought up in his nets in the Aegean Sea, officials said on Monday. |
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Olive Branch Buried by Volcano Revises HistoryIsland of Thera, Greece - The discovery of an olive branch buried in volcanic ash for centuries is helping scientists pinpoint the date of one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse