Italy
Environment
Supervolcano Megabeds Discovered at Bottom of Sea
Researchers have stumbled upon massive "megabeds" linked to ancient supervolcanoes at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. These colossal underwater deposits hint at a recurring pattern of disastrous events occurring every ten to fifteen thousand years in the region.
Megabeds...
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...
Animals
Lion Captured After Roaming Free Near Rome, Italy
A lion that escaped from a circus in Ladispoli, Italy, about 25 miles (41km) from Rome, had been roaming the small town for hours before being captured. The event unfolded on Saturday, November 11, causing a stir among local...
Europe
Italian Neo-Fascist Group Members Arrested in Greece
Police in Greece arrested 21 Italian neo-fascists at the Athens airport on Tuesday evening as they arrived to commemorate the killings of two Greek members of the Golden Dawn party in 2013.
Police say that the group was comprised of...
Greece
Vassilios Tsavaliaris, the First Victim of the Greco-Italian War
It was a few minutes after 5:00 AM on October 28, 1940. The Italian military forces were ordered to launch their first attack in the Greco-Italian War at the Greek-Albanian border in the Pindos Mountains.
Vassilios Tsiavaliaris, a 28-year-old Greek...
Greek News
OXI Day: Why Italy Attacked Greece
When Italy attacked Greece on the Albanian front on October 28, 1940, the Hellenic Armed Forces were expecting the move and were well-prepared
Business
Greece Completes Sale of Igoumenitsa Port to Italy’s Grimaldi
On Friday, Greece completed the sale of the majority package of shares (67 percent) of the Igoumenitsa Port Organization to a joint venture led by the Italian Grimaldi group.
The eighty-four million euro deal was hailed by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis...
Greece
Othonoi Island: The Beautiful Westernmost Point of Greece
At the junction of two seas, the Ionian and the Adriatic, there is a beautiful island that is known as the westernmost point of Greece. It was also famous for being Calypso's island in Greek mythology. Located northwest of...
Archaeology
Ancient Tomb Depicting Mythical Cerberus Found in Italy
Archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb depicting Cerberus, likely from around two thousand years ago during the Republican and Imperial Roman eras. The tomb, aptly named the Tomb of Cerberus due to its stunning frescoes, was unearthed near Naples.
The tomb...
Europe
Missing Italian Man Who Left Suicide Note Found in Greece 10 Years Later
A missing Italian man who disappeared from his home 10 years ago, leaving behind only a suicide note, has been found alive and well in Greece