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Greece stories: 51 news summaries

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Snowstorm Wallops Greece

Villages stranded, schools closed, flights canceled

Feb 18, 08 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A freak snowstorm stranded as many as 200 Greek villages and halted hundreds of flights yesterday and today in Athens, reports Bloomberg. Power and water supply problems were reported across the country and civil defense authorities were on alert. Up to six inches of snow buried the Greek capital, a... More »

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weather • Greece • Athens • snow • snowstorm • Acropolis • Crete

Kosovo Independence Splits EU

Some fear feisty new nation could inspire separatists elsewhere

Feb 18, 08 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A meeting of EU officials today to discuss Kosovo is likely to reveal deep-seated divisions within the European Union. While Britain, France and Germany are expected to recognize the newly independent Kosovo immediately, other states like Cyprus, Greece, Romania and Spain worry about the message such recognition will send to... More »

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China • Russia • United Nations • Serbia • Spain • Germany • European Union • France • Kosovo • Greece • Cyprus • Britain • Romania

Newfound Altar Predates Zeus Worship

Archaeologists uncover evidence of ancient pre-Greek diety

Feb 5, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Archaeologists in Greece have unearthed the remains of an altar that predates Zeus worship, the New York Times reports. The evidence of animal sacrifices to an unknown deity thousands of years ago turned up during excavation of a temple to Zeus in Greece's Arcadia region. “We went from BC... More »

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archaeology • Greece • Zeus • Arcadia • discovery

Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

Greek court clears
her of buying looted golden wreath

Nov 27, 07 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Greek judges cleared a former Getty Museum curator today of buying a looted golden wreath, the Los Angeles Times reports. They said the statute of limitations had ended on the charge that Marion True okayed purchasing the illegally dug up Greek artifact. But "at no stage of these proceedings... More »

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Italy • Greece • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting

Greek PM Wins New Term Despite Wildfire Fallout

Ruling party only loses 8 seats

Sep 17, 07 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis won a second four-year term and his conservative New Democratic Party retained its parliamentary majority, according to early results from yesterday's elections. The wildfires that recently ravaged southeastern Greece threatened to topple Karamanlis and his party, but they wound up losing only 8 seats in... More »

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Greece • wildfires • Kostas Karamanlis • New Democratic Party • election

Desperate Greeks Look to TV for Help

Fire victims appeal to broadcasters , not government, for help

Aug 30, 07 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Desperate Greeks have resorted to calling TV stations with pleas for rescue from wildfires that have been raging for the past week, Der Spiegel reports, highlighting what one critic calls a "deep mistrust of the capability of the state machine." And the stations have gotten results: "Wherever... More »

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television • Greece • wildfires • Peloponnese • Greece fires

Fires Are 'National Humiliation'

Officials say blazes are contained, but critics condemn 'national humiliation'

Aug 29, 07 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Firefighters in Greece said today they have tamed the wildfires that have ravaged the countryside, the BBC reports, but the political tempest over the handling of the crisis is just heating up. As protesters demonstrated in Athens against the government, crews said the fires that have claimed 63 lives are... More »

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firefighters • Greece • Socialist Party • wildfires • Costas Karamanlis • Peloponnese • Athens • Greece fires

Greek Fires Probed; Toll Hits 61

A prosecutor will probe whether the fires can be considered terrorism

Aug 27, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A day after flames were beaten back at the ruins of ancient Olympia, Greek officials are considering whether the blazes still raging across the country can be considered terrorism, and arsonists prosecuted accordingly. Wildfires started in may disparate places have killed at least 61 people. Several people have been held... More »

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Greece • wildfires • arson • Olympia

Greek Fires Continue to Rage

Flames kill 51; international help on the way

Aug 26, 07 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Greece is under a state of emergency as rampant fires continue to torch villages and threaten the vicinity of historic Olympia, Reuters reports. At least 51 are dead and thousands have fled their homes from a swath of flame that spread over 100 miles. PM Costas Karamanlis blames arsonists, and... More »

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Israel • European Union • Greece • wildfires • arson • Olympia • Costas Karamanlis

Fires Kill 41 Across Greece

Arson suspected as country burns in 100-degree heat

Aug 25, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forest fires raged uncontrolled across southern Greece for a second day today as the death toll from the blaze reached 41, including some children. Authorities suspect arsonists are to blame for at least some of the 170 fires, many of which have started after dark and away from other burning... More »

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European Union • Greece • wildfires • arson

First Computer May Be 2100 Years Old

Scholars may have finally figured out
what the Antikythera Mechanism is

May 20, 07 9:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unknown scientist in the first century B.C. may have invented the world’s first computer. Discovered by Greek divers in 1900 on the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the island of Antikythera, the so called Antikythera Mechanism lay in the National Museum in Athens mistaken for an... More »

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technology • Antikythera • shipwreck • archeology • Derek de Solla Price • Greece • Aegean Sea • computer

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