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Greece, Italy, Malta, Cyprus Call on EU to Share Migration Burden

Greece, along with Italy, Cyprus, and Malta, issued a joint statement on Saturday calling on EU member states to share the burden of undocumented migrants arriving on their shores. The four Mediterranean countries say they are bearing the heaviest burden...

Stunning Ancient Bronze Statues Discovered in Italy

History can never stay buried forever. Therefore, it is no surprise that the most recent excavations in Tuscany have revealed another stunning discovery. This time of two dozen Ancient Roman bronze statues in Tuscany. The sculptures depicting Hygieia, Apollo and...

Hellenistic-Era Grave Discovered in Italy

A spectacular Hellenistic-era grave featuring elegant grave goods was uncovered recently in Chieti, Italy as a result of a public works project. The discovery of the burial, estimated to be from around the fourth to third century BC, was the...

How Greek Olive Oil Becomes ‘Italian’

Greece is the second-largest supplier of the Italian olive oil industry, based on an analysis of the Italian olive oil sector by the Greek Embassy's Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs in Milan. In 2021, more than seventy-five percent of...

Etruscan Tomb Excavation Unearths Ancient Greek Cup

Archaeologists in Italy recently uncovered ten remarkable Etruscan tombs in the Monterozzi necropolis, where they also found ancient Greek artefacts such as Euboic drinking cups. Carried out in what the archaeologists called an “emergency campaign” to save the complex, the...

Italy’s Stromboli Volcano Eruption Spotted From Space

A striking image of the eruption of Italy's Stromboli volcano was captured in space by Europe's Sentinel-2 satellite, part of an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus Programme, shortly after it erupted. This fissuring of magma to the Earth's surface...

Greece Announces Preferred Investor For Igoumenitsa Port

On Thursday, Greece's privatizations agency named an Italian-led consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of a majority stake in the port of Igoumenitsa, situated in the northwestern part of the country. Italy's Grimaldi Euromed S.p.A. along with Greece's...

Greek Officer Assumes Command of EU’s Operation ‘Irini’ Off Libya

Greek commodore Stylianos Dimopoulos has taken over the command of the EU's Operation "Irini" deployed off Libya in the Central Mediterranean. Operation Irini was launched by the European Union on March 31, 2020 as part of the EU contribution to...