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Many sacred sites such as temples, and churchyards are havens for biodiversity.
Macedonian Slavic wedding in the Prespes region in the border between Greece and FYR Macedonia.
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For the Greek government, having people speaking Macedonian Slavic in its territory did not sit well with its national ideology.
A March 2018 protest outside the European Commission in Brussels against the deal.
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In March 2016, the EU struck a deal with Turkey to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Greece. What has happened since?
Turkish ships on patrol.
The prospect of gas wealth has been escalating old rivalries and disputes between Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Greece.
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A giant rally in Thessaloniki and another in Athens show the strength of feeling in Greek Macedonia – and all over a country’s name.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the “G20: Compact With Africa”.
Reuters/Mike Theiler
South Africa will be well advised to start preparing itself for an International Monetary Fund programme as the country faces a deepening economic crisis.
Gemma Bird
Along the Balkan route, refugees and migrants are still in need of emergency aid.
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Before CETA fully comes into effect, it must be ratified by each EU member state. Greece might have cause to stop it.
The Plimpton 322 tablet.
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A 3,700-year old Babylonian clay tablet reveals an ancient method of constructing right-angled triangles that makes it the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table.
European Council President Donald Tusk and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras address the press.
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
Europe is experiencing a wave of optimism that its seven-year Greek drama may be finally coming to a close. Only one way to do that: Share Greece’s pain.
The Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. The painting depicts the death of Roman consul Paulus Aemilius.
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An ancient Roman fable imagines a cinaedus, well-known for his brazen effeminacy, fighting heroically. The story raises concerns over gender identity in the military – much like those seen today.
Forest fires are a key part of the lifecycle of the woods, but they can also be deadly.
Eduard Plana
Italy, Portugal and Spain have all gone up in flames in recent weeks, highlighting the need to rethink how Mediterranean countries protect people and save ecosystems.
Hard times.
Chris Acos
From hospital waiting lists to suicide rates, here’s how cuts affected health in Ireland and Greece.
Migrants arrive at the Austrian-German border near Passau, October 2015.
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Less than two years after Europe’s migrant crisis began, EU officials have said that the situation is under control. It’s not
An anti-U.S. protest in Yemen during Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
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Congress is trying to curb the president’s ties to human rights abusers, harkening back to landmark legislation of the 1970s.
Supporters of Jakarta’s former Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama.
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An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world’s largest Muslim majority country.
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A warning from Athens about facing political headwinds with a government barely worth the name.
Memorial to early 1990s war in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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Everyone has forgotten there were almost as many asylum seekers in Europe in the early 1990s as today.
For thousands of years, women’s tattoos have been permanent records of female power over adversity.
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For thousands of years, tattoos have been indicative of the passage from girlhood to womanhood, of female power and female beauty.
The fossil remains which have caused all the consternation.
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The theory that humankind originated in Europe is an old one. It was abandoned in 1924 when the first Australopithecus was discovered in South Africa.