China lashes out against US’s Greece ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle – POLITICO

Guilfoyle's comments were a "malicious slander" against Sino-Greek trade relations and a "serious interference in Greek internal affairs," an embassy spokesperson said in a written statement…

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-us-ambassador-greece-kimberly-guilfoyle-port-of-piraeus/

Ancient texts depict all kinds of people, not just straight and cis ones – this college course looks at LGBTQ sexuality and gender in Egypt, Greece and Rome

The course also explores the lives of some Byzantine saints who were seen as women before they entered a monastery or became ascetics. Yet their self-punishing practices, such as extreme fasting, transformed their bodies, and the surrounding communities started to see them as men. These stories, which aimed to uplift their audiences, serve as a reminder that cross-dressing and gender variance were not always seen as objectionable…

https://theconversation.com/ancient-texts-depict-all-kinds-of-people-not-just-straight-and-cis-ones-this-college-course-looks-at-lgbtq-sexuality-and-gender-in-egypt-greece-and-rome-210182

Far-Right Terrorists Want Syria Crisis to Bring on Race War

It’s time to pay attention. The fighting in Syria’s Idlib province is sending refugee shock waves surging toward a Europe that’s unprepared politically—or morally—to receive them.....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-terrorists-want-syria-crisis-to-bring-on-race-war

'We are not animals': Refugees caught between Turkey and Greece have nowhere to turn | CBC News

Refugees tell of Greek border guards taking their belongings and sending them back into Turkey ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greece-turkey-syria-refugees-1.5488845

A Skull Bone Discovered in Greece May Alter the Story of Human Prehistory

The bone, found in a cave, is the oldest modern human fossil ever discovered in Europe. It hints that humans began leaving Africa far earlier than once thought. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/science/skull-neanderthal-human-europe-greece.html

Greece’s most liberal mayor gets beat up by a bunch of far-right protesters - The Washington Post

The 75-year-old was hospitalized overnight. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/20/greeces-most-liberal-mayor-got-beat-up-by-a-bunch-of-far-right-protesters/