Among all the treasures left behind by the Byzantine Empire, the Throne of Maximian stands out as a striking symbol of raw power and political theater. It is the Byzantines' claim to Roman identity distilled into a single object....
More than two thousand years before Italians began leaving their bustling cities for beaches and vacation resorts every August, Roman Emperor Augustus was already encouraging his subjects to take a break during the hottest month of the year, not...
Renaissance art did not emerge from the protected environment of academic institutions where scholars engaged in polite exchanges of ideas over classical literature. On the contrary, it was born from a dynamic and often complex relationship between medieval Christian...
Germany is signaling that migrant and asylum transfers to Greece could resume under the European Union's new migration framework, raising fresh questions only months after Athens declared it had cleared outstanding obligations from the previous system.
The issue has emerged...
Italy has recovered three paintings worth more than $10 million that were stolen during a nighttime heist at a private museum near Parma, police said Friday.
The Carabinieri's art recovery unit said searches ordered by prosecutors led to the recovery...
It was August 15, 1940 when the Italian submarine 'Delfino' torpedoed and sank the Greek light cruiser 'Elli' at Tinos' port during the World War II.
World War II had been raging for almost a year in Europe, with Greece...
Italian police officers have begun patrolling central Athens alongside members of the Hellenic Police, while Greek officers are carrying out similar duties in Rome under a new bilateral security program between Greece and Italy. This is aimed at assisting...
At least eighteen migrants are dead after a sudden surge of arrivals from Morocco overwhelmed Ceuta, prompting Spain to deploy troops and reinforce its police presence in the North African enclave.
Spain’s Interior Ministry estimated Friday that about 49,000 people...
Concerns over another potentially dangerous marine species in the Mediterranean have resurfaced, shifting from the spread of invasive pufferfish to reports involving the gray triggerfish.
The latest alarm follows two incidents in southern Italy, where swimmers suffered deep leg wounds...
