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Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Savvas Angelides

Greek minister says Turkey's drilling tests EU's credibility

Greece's new defense minister says Turkey's illegal gas drilling off Cyprus is testing the European Union's credibility as ...

Strong quake hits near Greek capital of Athens, 4 hurt

A strong earthquake centered northwest of Athens shook Greece on Friday, causing frightened residents to run into the ...

The Latest: Greece: 10 arrested over migrants medical fraud

The Latest on migration flows to Europe (all times local): 9:20 p.m. A doctor, two medical staff members, and a translator ...

Greece gets nod from creditors to ease bailout-era taxes

Senior officials from Greece's creditor institutions are meeting in Athens with the country's new conservative government, ...

15 killed as van carrying migrants crashes in eastern Turkey

A van carrying migrants rolled into a roadside ditch in eastern Turkey on Thursday, killing 15 people, a Turkish official ...

New Greek PM calls bond auction "vote of confidence"

Greece launched a 7-year bond auction Tuesday, the country's third effort this year to raise money from international markets ...

Greece: Suspect charged for US scientist's slaying in Crete

A 27-year-old man was charged with murder and rape Tuesday in the killing of an American scientist who disappeared on the ...

Turkey: EU sanctions over gas drilling 'worthless'

Turkey on Tuesday rejected as "worthless" an initial set of sanctions approved by the European Union against Ankara, and ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, CC Sabathia

MVP Antetokounmpo gives baseball a shot at Yankee Stadium

In hoops, Giannis Antetokounmpo is court royalty. But in baseball, he's a complete rookie. In fact, the 24-year-old from ...

EU slaps sanctions on Turkey over gas drilling off Cyprus

European Union foreign ministers on Monday turned up the pressure on Turkey after approving an initial batch of sanctions ...

Police say Greek man detained in American scientist's death

A Greek man has been detained for questioning in the slaying of an American scientist on the island of Crete, police said ...

Italian police clear migrant squatters amid burning debris

Migrants and squatters set up burning barricades at an abandoned school outside Rome on Monday after police were ordered to ...

The Latest: Greece vows to speed up migrant deportations

The Latest on Europe migration issues (all times local): 4 p.m. Officials from Greece's new conservative government have ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece announces bond issue, first under new government

Authorities in Greece say the country is planning tap financial markets with the issue of a 7-year bond, the first under the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader renews pitch for joint gas committee

The Turkish Cypriot leader on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus reissued a proposal Saturday to establish a joint ...

Strong 4.7 magnitude tremor shakes western Greece

Scientists say a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 has struck western Greece. Athens' Geodynamics ...

Manolas joins Napoli from Serie A rival Roma

Napoli has signed Greece defender Kostas Manolas from Serie A rival Roma. Napoli confirmed the news on social media on ...

Nikos Dendias

Greece recognizes Venezuela's Guaido as interim president

Greece's new government says it is recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president, ...

Greece: Emergency declared after deadly storm hits resorts

A state of emergency has been declared in an area of northern Greece after a violent storm tore through seaside resorts, ...

5 dead from storms on northern Greece

Powerful storms raged over Greece's northern Halkidiki region Wednesday, leaving at least five people dead and 20 injured as ...