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Espen Barth Eide, Nikos Kotzias

UN: Cyprus still 'very close' to deal despite halt in talks

Cyprus remains "very, very close" to an agreement to reunite the ethnically-divided island despite a breakdown in talks last ...

Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies

Constantine Mitsotakis, a former conservative prime minister remembered for fierce confrontations with Greece's liberal and ...

AEK beats PAOK 1-0 in Greek league playoffs

AEK Athens and Panathinaikos both won 1-0 in the penultimate round of the Greek league playoffs on Sunday. AEK beat PAOK, and ...

Espen Barth Eide, Mustafa Akinci, Nicos Anastasiades,

UN envoy calls off Cyprus talks, no deal on peace summit

A United Nations envoy called off talks with the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus on Friday after failing to find ...

Greek police recover illegally excavated statue, arrest 2

Greek authorities say they have arrested two men in possession of an illegally excavated ancient marble statue of a young ...

Former Greek prime minister recovering from bombing

Greek former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was recuperating well Friday from injuries suffered when a parcel bomb exploded ...

Greek ex-prime minister hurt as letter bomb explodes in car

Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was injured after a letter bomb exploded inside his car in a central Athens on ...

The Latest: Greek govt official describes blast as attack

The Latest on the blast that wounded a Greek ex-premier (all times local): 8:10 p.m. Greece's government spokesman has ...

The Latest: Greek police arrest 2 alleged refugee smugglers

The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki have ...

Espen Barth Eide

Cyprus leaders still 'far apart' on peace summit: UN envoy

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are still "far apart" on holding a final peace summit next month that would ...

Greek authorities investigate cargo ship with explosives

Greek authorities say they are investigating a load of explosives that was allegedly being transported by a Maltese-flagged ...

2 held in Greek border region for illegal herb harvesting

Greek police say they have arrested two Albanian men in a border region for allegedly illegally harvesting herbs growing wild ...

New deadline for Greece set after another stalemate

Hopes for a breakthrough in negotiations for cash-strapped Greece were dashed again and another deadline was set. Greece once ...

The Latest: 71 Syrians stopped trying to reach Greece by sea

The Latest on migration issues in Europe (all times local): 2:05 p.m. Turkey's coast guard says it stopped 71 Syrian migrants ...

Germany: Syrian wins case against deportation to Greece

Germany's highest court has upheld a complaint by a Syrian whose asylum claim was rejected because he'd already been granted ...

Greece falls short in efforts to secure deal with creditors

Greece and its European creditors failed to clinch a deal Monday that would have seen the cash-strapped country get its next ...

The Latest: Eurozone and Greece fail to agree bailout deal

The Latest on European Union finance ministers' meeting on Greek debt (all times local): 1:105 a.m. The eurozone's top ...

Cyprus president: Talks proposal could bring swift results

The Greek Cypriot president of ethnically divided Cyprus on Monday urged Turkish Cypriots to accept his proposal to deal ...

Diagnostic equipment thieves hit 3 more hospitals in Greece

Authorities in Greece say unidentified thieves are stealing vital medical diagnostic equipment from the country's ...

Germany, France confident of unlocking aid for Greece

The German and French finance ministers say they're confident of an agreement to unlock further aid for Greece, but Germany's ...