Divers exploring ancient shipwreck find artifacts, retrieve wreckage
Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved pieces of the ship.
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Wildfires prompt evacuations from Greek island Crete
Firefighters struggled to gain control over a massive wildfire burning on the Greek island of Crete, as powerful winds fanned the flames.
U.S. man arrested in Greece after woman, baby found dead in Rome
The bodies of the baby girl and mother, also identified as Americans, were found in Rome's Villa Pamphili park.
Hiker dies after bear knocks him into 2,600-foot ravine
A veteran Greek hiker died in a ravine fall in the north of the country after a bear encounter, rescuers said.
Heads, torsos of executed 1940s prisoners found under park
The prisoners were tortured and executed during Greece's civil war era, according to historians.
Greece's finance minister in 2012: "Greece is in a coma"
Before Yanis Varoufakis became Greece's new finance minister, he told 60 Minutes that European lenders' austerity measures were stifling Greece.
Woman killed after bomb she was carrying explodes in her hands
The Greek police's division for organized crime was investigating the incident, while authorities were also investigating whether the woman might have had ties to extreme leftist groups.
Bodies found in mass grave had "bullets in the heads," officials say
Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late 1940s.
Construction work unearths remains of 33 skeletons, woman's shoe
So far, 33 skeletons have been found near a notorious prison, officials said. The grisly find included the discovery of footwear, including the remnants of a woman's shoe.
Nurse given 3 life sentences for killing her 3 daughters in Greece
Greek media have dubbed Roula Pispirigou a "modern-day Medea" after a figure in Greek mythology who murders her sons.
Scientists digitally "unroll" ancient scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're reading it.
Thousands flee Santorini as earthquakes hit popular Greek island
Experts say the Greek island of Santorini has been hit by more than 1,000 earthquakes, but they're not linked to the region's active volcanoes.
Greece on high alert as multiple earthquakes shake island of Santorini
The strongest earthquake recorded was magnitude 4.6 at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, at a depth of 14 kilometers (9 miles), the Athens Geodynamic Institute said.
2,000-year-old statue found dumped near garbage cans
Experts say the headless statue is from the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31 BC), according to police.
Latest Trump family ally tapped for role
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Kimberly Guilfoyle to serve as the ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle, who dated Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., is the latest family friend set to join the new administration. Political strategists Meghan Hays and Lance Trover join "America Decides" with analysis.
Trump to nominate Kimberly Guilfoyle for ambassador to Greece
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is nominating Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece.
Could Kari Lake become ambassador to Mexico?
Kari Lake, a two-time unsuccessful candidate for statewide office in Arizona, is a leading contender to be President-elect Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Mexico, according to a new report from Semafor. Shelby Talcott, a politics reporter for Semafor who wrote the article, and Laura Davison, politics editor for Bloomberg, join "America Decides" to discuss.
Crime-solving techniques may have solved medieval art mystery
A court handwriting expert may have helped reveal true identity of a leading Byzantine painter.
Suspect in Melbourne's oldest cold case arrested in Italy
The 65-year-old suspect is accused of killing two young women in January 1977.
Weather changes leave Greek town's waterways carpeted in dead fish
Officials in Volos, Greece, say the "strong stench along the seafront" from millions of dead fish is killing business.
Wildfires around Athens under control, officials say
Vasilis Vathrakogiannis, Greece's chief fire brigade spokesman, told the BBC that officials remain on high alert.
Crews in Greece working to contain wildfires
Fresh evacuation orders have been issued in Greece as the country battles the remains of a major wildfire near the capital of Athens. At least one person has been killed and 66 others injured since the blaze broke out on Sunday and the situation could worsen with winds expected to pick up throughout Tuesday. Jessica Parker with our partners at BBC News is following the latest from Greece.
New study estimates 47,000 heat-related deaths in Europe last year
Researchers say this is the second-highest heat related mortality burden in the last decade, following 2022 when an estimated 60,000 people in Europe died due to heat.
Cocaine worth over $3 million seized from boat carrying bananas
Customs agents X-rayed a container and found 80 packages hidden inside the container's cooling mechanism, officials said.
Researchers unearth "pot of gold" of Persian coins in Turkey
The team of archaeologists found the stash of Persian coins, alongside other artifacts, in a small pot buried under a large house in the center of the ancient Greek city of Notion.
FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf, Israeli investigators believe
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