Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The government of Greece said on Sunday it will deport nine Europeans who participated in disruptive anti-Israel protests at the University of Athens School of Law in May.

Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative Monday when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara.

Turkey’s authoritarian Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, this week converted the historic Chora Church in Istanbul into a mosque, outraging Christian leaders and drawing a mild rebuke from the Biden State Department.

A large explosion reverberated around Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged city.

Greeks headed to the polls for the second time in less than two months on Sunday, with the Conservatives a favorite to win a wide majority.

Greeks return to the polls Sunday for a second general election in five weeks, with the conservative front-runners eyeing a landslide.

Conservative Mitsotakis scored landslide victory but short of outright majority, indicated he will seek a second election to consolidate.

Striking labor unions disrupted mass transit in Greece on Wednesday to protest the deaths of 57 people in the country’s worst train disaster.

Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned, saying it was his “duty” to step down “as a basic indication of respect” for those who died.

A train in Greece carrying hundreds of people, including many university students, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train, killing 36.

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, will be buried as a private citizen in Tatoi, the government said Wednesday.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias says he is concerned over his country’s relations with neighbouring Turkey, as Ankara has repeatedly threatened its supposed NATO ally in recent weeks.

The European Parliament has vowed to investigate allegations that the Greek government was actively spying on an opposition party leader.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticised Turkey’s intrusion of Greek airspace, calling for the countries to work together as NATO allies. 

The borders of Greece will be defended, the Minister of Citizen Protection declared as the country announced the completion of a border wall.

The Greek government is planning to offer €150 to young adults aged 18 to 25 if they take the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine.

Belarusian blogger and opposition leader Roman Protasevich appeared in a video on Monday in which he disclosed that he was in Belarusian government custody and confessed to “having organized mass unrest in the city of Minsk,” according to a translation from Agence France-Presse.

Several countries in Europe have condemned the government of Belarus for diverting a Ryanair flight in its airspace to arrest a dissident journalist on board.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s celebrations for the bicentenary of the start of the nation’s war of independence are culminating in a military parade and warplane flyby in Athens on Thursday, the country’s Independence Day.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — U.S. and UK military officers were among his victims before his armed group was dismantled in 2002 and he turned himself in.

Supporters of convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas vandalised the prime minister’s home, the latest of a series of attacks by the far-left.

A new Israeli-developed coronavirus treatment for moderate-to-serious cases that has been dubbed a “miracle drug” by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shown outstanding success in phase 1 trials, with all patients recovering within a matter of days.

Greece and Israel agreed to a coronavirus vaccine passport “trial run” scheme on Monday, the countries’ leaders announced in Jerusalem.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has spoken out against Germany’s plans to export Type 214 Class submarines to Turkey as tensions between the two NATO members are heightened.

The Greek government has appointed a new interior minister and a new assistant minister for refugee integration, both of which are said to hold anti-mass migration views.

Christians in Greece defied coronavirus restrictions to attend Epiphany services Wednesday morning, ultimately prompting the government to relent and officially allow churches to open, with some limits remaining on attendance.

Greece launched its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown on Saturday. One of the rules is that citizens must text the government for permission to leave their homes, and permission will be granted only for work, physical fitness, and medical needs.

In a move reminiscent of the notorious large scale migrant camps in Greece, the Home Office has commandeered a former army barracks to house some 400 migrants in Kent as record-breaking waves of migrants cross the English Channel.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart and NATO ally Emmanuel Macron on Saturday “not to mess” with Turkey, as the two continue to spar amid rising tensions in the Mediterranean.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is preparing to outline Saturday the details of a program to boost Greece’s defence capabilities, amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Turkey over rights to resources in the eastern Mediterranean.

ATHENS, Greece — Germany’s foreign minister was visiting Greece and Turkey on Tuesday in an effort to ease increasing tension between the two neighbors, which are at loggerheads over prospecting rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s prime minister is to convene the government’s national security council after Turkey announced its research vessel would be conducting exploratory drilling in the eastern Mediterranean in an area between Cyprus and Greece.

Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are celebrating officially becoming Greek citizens, according to the prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who posted a photo of him and his wife alongside the two Hollywood stars.

The European Commission has slammed the Turkish government over its Navtex alert issued earlier this week for seismic research off of the coast of a Greek island.

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Greek counterpart Tuesday he hoped to open Israel’s skies as soon as August after a prolonged closure due to the coronavirus, and that Greece would be among the first destinations for Israeli tourists.