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The Greek culture minister said she hopes their return will set an example for other institutions to follow.

Greece on Friday unveiled ancient artifacts from Athens' Parthenon that were returned from the Vatican Museums, leading to mounting pressure for the British Museum to do the same.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Greece on Friday welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. The Vatican called the return an ecumenical “donation” to Greece’s Orthodox Church, but the gesture added pressure on the London museum to reach a settlement with Greece following a campaign launched by Athens 40 years ago. Greece argues that the Parthenon sculptures are at the core of its ancient heritage, while supporters of the British Museum maintain that their return could undermine museum collections and cultural diversity globally. Carved in the 5th century BC, the sculptures from the Parthenon were taken in the early 19th century by British diplomat Lord Elgin before Greece won independence from the Ottoman Empire. Culture Ministry officials in Greece have played down remarks made last month by British Museum chair George Osborne that the U.K. and Greece were working on an arrangement to display the Parthenon Marbles in both London and Athens.

Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago

Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago.

Serbia’s customs authorities say they have discovered nine migrants hiding among aluminum rolls in a truck headed to Poland from Greece

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago, and just a day after the embattled conservative prime minister announced an early election for May. The Feb. 28 head-on collision, the deadliest in the country’s history, killed 57 people and left dozens injured, with nine still hospitalized. The first train of the day was the 4:45 a.m. service from Athens to Inoi, 60 kilometers (37 miles) to the north. The suburban rail service from Athens to its international airport was also restored. Carrying a heavy backpack, 20-year-old Dax Edgar from Edmonton in Canada said the train restart would help him complete his trip around Europe.

Young people throughout Greece have staged large protests following last month's collision near the city of Larissa, which killed 57 people, many of them students.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Train services resumed Wednesday in Greece for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago, as the country’s center-right government struggles to regain its footing ahead of a general election. The Feb. 28 head-on collision, the deadliest in the country’s history, killed 57 people and left dozens injured, with nine still hospitalized. National and suburban train services restarted only along limited sections of the rail network, with additional train and station staff and compulsory speed reduction points at areas where the potential for a collision is considered higher. The first train of the day was the 04:45 a.m. service from Athens to Inoi, 60 kilometers (37 miles) to the north. The suburban rail service from Athens to its international airport was also restored.

Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — (AP) — Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp. Some marchers held a banner reading “Thessalonki Auschwitz 80 years: Never again” and white balloons carrying the same slogan were released. The first train carrying Jewish people departed from the station, which is now a freight terminal, on March 15, 1943; the last one, on Aug. 7 that year. Most Jews, more than 48,000 of them, were sent to the Auschwitz II-Birkenau sub-camp, where almost all were immediately gassed. “Thessaloniki has acknowledged its part of the responsibility” in the fate of the Jewish community, Sakellaropoulou said.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Greece announced on Friday an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing before sweeping cuts were imposed more than a decade ago during an international bailout. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the gross minimum monthly salary will go up on April 1 to 780 euros ($830) from 713 euros. Under pressure from lenders, Greece imposed severe pay cuts in 2012 during bailout programs funded by a European Union rescue fund and the International Monetary Fund. As the country was on the brink of bankruptcy, the government took control of wage policy ‒ previously set through labor negotiations ‒ and slashed the minimum monthly pay from 751 euros to 586 euros. Averaged over 12 payments, the new gross minimum monthly pay will rise to 910 euros.

Greece has announced an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing before sweeping cuts were imposed more than a decade ago during an international bailout.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Clashes broke out in Athens Thursday during a general strike in Greece that was called in response to a rail disaster last month. Riot police responded with tear gas and sound grenades, during the brief flare-up of violence that disrupted large, peaceful demonstrations. The strike grounded flights and extensively disrupted services, while large protests were also held in other cities across the country. The main protests were held in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, and in the capital Athens, where thousands chanted “this crime will not be forgotten” as they reached a police cordon outside a private rail operator. His political opponents argue that the poorly managed dismantling of agencies under state control has ultimately compromised rail safety.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — A general strike in Greece called in response to a rail disaster last month grounded flights and extensively disrupted services, as large protests were held in cities across the country on Thursday. The strike also kept ferries to the Greek islands at port, left public hospitals running with emergency staff, halted public transport services and led to class cancellations at state-run schools. Stores and banks lowered their shutters when the protesters filed past as the capital was brought to a standstill. A wide variety of labor associations — from those representing lawyers to delivery drivers — joined the strike. His political opponents argue that the poorly managed dismantling of agencies under state control has ultimately compromised rail safety.

Clashes have broken out in Athens and a southern city during a general strike in Greece that drew large protests called in response to a rail disaster last month.

The pain wells up inside Naki Bega as she remembers being herded onto a train to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi's most notorious extermination camp.The Nazis sent Bega to another concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in Germany shortly before Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the advancing Red Army in January 1945.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — State-employed archaeologists in Greece launched strike action Tuesday to protest an assault on an archaeologist responsible for the resort island of Mykonos, an attack they say may have been linked to commercial pressure to extend tourism development. Archaeologist Manolis Psarros was beaten by an unidentified man with a possible accomplice in Athens last week and was left unconscious and bleeding in the street. Planning permission in Greece is often subject to a veto by the local archaeological service, which is tasked with protecting the country’s ancient heritage. One of Greece’s best known holiday destinations, Mykonos was settled in ancient times and hosts an archaeological museum. It is located next to the tiny and uninhabited island of Delos, an ancient commercial, religious and political center that is considered one of Greece’s most important archaeological sites.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — State-employed archaeologists in Greece launched strike action Tuesday to protest an assault on an archaeologist on the island of Mykonos, an attack they say may have been linked to commercial pressure to extend tourism development. Archaeologist Manolis Psarros was beaten by two unidentified men on the island last week and was left unconscious and bleeding in the street. Planning permission in Greece is often subject to a veto by the local archaeological service, which is tasked with protecting the country’s ancient heritage. One of Greece’s best known holiday destinations, Mykonos was settled in ancient times and hosts an archaeological museum. The Culture Ministry condemned the assault, while Mykonos Mayor Constantinos Koukas described the beating as a “criminal and brazen attack that has shocked us all.”Copyright 2023 The Associated Press.

State-employed archaeologists in Greece have launched strike action to protest an assault on an archaeologist on the island of Mykonos

State-employed archaeologists in Greece have launched strike action to protest an assault on an archaeologist responsible for the island of Mykonos, an attack they say may have been linked to commercial pressure to extend tourism development.

Political protests of all ideological stripes have wielded the makeshift weapon in Greece.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Thousands of people protested on Sunday against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network nearly two weeks after dozens were killed in the country's deadliest train crash. The demonstrators also demanded punishment for those responsible for the head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train that killed 57 people Feb. 28. The protesters later marched to the offices of privatized train operator Hellenic Train. A memorial service was conducted for 12 students of Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University, Greece’s largest, who were killed in the train crash. Revelations of serious safety gaps on Greece’s busiest rail line have put the center-right government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the defensive.

Thousands of people have protested against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network nearly two weeks after dozens were killed in the country’s deadliest train crash.

Dimitra was one of many students killed in a crash that has unleashed anger over neglect in the railway.

After a deadly train crash in Greece, three more rail officials have been charged. The train crash killed 57 people and caused protests across the country.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — (AP) — Three more Greek rail officials were charged on Thursday in connection with a train crash that killed 57 people, as protests continued and the government promised to overhaul rail safety. Two station managers and a supervisor were charged with endangering rail safety leading to the loss of life, a senior official involved in the investigation told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, citing judicial policy. The charges are similar to those filed against a 59-year-old station manager who was arrested in the wake of the Feb. 28 crash in northern Greece and is currently in pre-trial detention. He vowed Thursday to press ahead with immediate and longer-term safety improvements that include higher staffing levels and stricter staff supervision along the rail network. He repeated a public apology for the crash but added that previous governments also shared responsibility for long-term failings regarding rail safety.

Three more Greek rail officials have been charged in connection with a train crash that killed 57 people, as protests continued and the government promised to overhaul rail safety.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Tens of thousands marched Wednesday in Athens and cities across Greece to protest the deaths of 57 people in the country's worst train disaster, which exposed significant rail safety deficiencies. More than 20,000 joined rallies in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, where clashes broke out when several dozen youths challenged a police cordon. But revelations of serious safety gaps on Greece's busiest rail line have put the center-right government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the defensive. Senior officials from a European Union railway agency were expected in Athens as part of promised assistance to help Greece improve railway safety. Safety experts from Germany also were expected to travel to Greece to help advise the government, Greece's new Transport Minister George Gerapetritis said.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Demonstrations took place Wednesday in Athens and cities across Greece to protest the deaths of 57 people in the country's worst train disaster, which exposed significant safety deficiencies. Labor unions and student associations organized the demonstrations, while strikes halted ferries to the islands and halted public transportation services in Athens, where some 30,000 people gathered to join the protest. But revelations of serious safety gaps on Greece's busiest rail line have put the center-right government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the defensive. Senior officials from a European Union railway agency were expected in Athens as part of promised assistance to help Greece improve railway safety. Safety experts from Germany also were expected to travel to Greece to help advise the government, Greek Transport Minister George Gerapetritis said.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Striking labor unions disrupted mass transit in Greece on Wednesday to protest the deaths of 57 people in the country's worst train disaster, which exposed major safety deficiencies. The strikes halted ferries to the islands and shut down bus and trolley car service in Athens, where thousands were expected to attend union-organized protests against the government. But revelations of serious safety gaps on Greece’s busiest rail line have put the center-right government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the defensive. Senior officials from a European Union railway agency were expected in Athens as part of promised assistance to help Greece improve railway safety. Safety experts from Germany also were expected to travel to Greece to help advise the government, Greek Transport Minister George Gerapetritis said.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Striking labor unions have brought transport services to a standstill to protest the deaths of 57 people in Greece’s worst ever train disaster that has exposed major safety deficiencies. The strikes Wednesday halted ferries to the islands and disrupted public transport in Athens, where thousands were expected to attend union-organized protests against the government. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who faces elections before the summer, has pledged full cooperation with a judicial inquiry into the deadly Feb. 28 collision. But revelations of serious security gaps on Greece’s busiest rail line have thrown his center-right government onto the defensive. At funerals held around Greece, the victims were buried in closed white caskets following a harrowing identification process.

Strikes by labor unions in Greece following a rail disaster that killed 57 people have disrupted public transport in Athens, as the government faces criticism for serious security failings on the country’s busiest rail line

Tens of thousands are marching in Athens and Greek cities to protest the deaths of 57 people and the serious safety deficiencies the country’s worst train disaster exposed.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Recovery crews in northern Greece cleared the final sections of wreckage from a deadly train collision from the tracks on Monday, as protests and political fallout from the country’s worst ever rail disaster continued. Heavy construction machinery was used to move remaining parts of shattered rail cars at Tempe, 375 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, where 57 people were killed in the Feb. 28 crash. A 59-year-old station manager in central Greece has been charged with negligent homicide and was jailed late Sunday pending trial. National rail services remain halted by strikes while protests were set to continue in several towns in Greece, mostly led by student groups, following days of often-violent demonstrations. In a letter sent Monday to a senior prosecutor heading the disaster investigation, Mitsotakis requested that the apparent lack of safety infrastructure be given priority in the probe.

Recovery crews in northern Greece have cleared the final sections of wreckage from a deadly train collision from the tracks, as protests and political fallout from the country’s worst ever rail disaster continue.

The 59-year-old stationmaster allegedly directed the two trains traveling in opposite directions onto the same track.

The stationmaster has been accused of causing the train crash in Greece that killed at least 57 people. The stationmaster testified for about seven and a half hours Sunday about what led up to the crash. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis blamed the train crash on human error. “Justice will very fast investigate the tragedy and determine liabilities.”Mitsotakis on Facebook, according to the BBC, asked for forgiveness following the train crash from the families of the 57 people who died. Following the crash, protests have sparked in Greece’s capital, Athens.

At least 57 people, many of them in their teens and 20s, were killed when a northbound passenger train and a southbound freight train collided late Tuesday north of the city of Larissa, in central Greece. He spent 7 1/2 hours Sunday testifying about the events leading up to the crash before he was charged and ordered held. "For 20 minutes, he was in charge of (train) safety in all central Greece,” the lawyer said of his client. With state railway company Hellenic Railways billions of euros in debt, maintenance work was put off, according to news reports. The 59-year-old was transferred back to the railway company in mid-2022 and started a 5-month course to train as a stationmaster.

At least 57 people were killed when a passenger train and a freight train collided late Tuesday north of Athens. Greece's railways long suffered from chronic mismanagement, including lavish spending on projects that were eventually abandoned or significantly delayed, Greek media have reported in several exposes. With state railway company Hellenic Railways billions of euros in debt, maintenance work was put off, according to the news reports. The 59-year-old was transferred back to the railway company in mid-2022 and started a 5-month course to train as a stationmaster. However, he spent the next month month rotating among other stations before returning to Larissa in late February, days before the Feb. 28 collision, Greek media reported.

A stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster has been charged with negligent homicide and jailed pending trial.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 victims who died after two trains collided head-on last week.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash is set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate Sunday after his deposition was postponed Saturday. The government has blamed human error, and the station master faces multiple charges of negligent homicide and bodily harm, as well as disrupting transportation. Days of protests against the perceived lack of safety measures in Greece’s rail network have taken place in the wake of the disaster. Per Greek law, authorities have not released the accused station master’s name. He transferred back to the company in June 2022 and was appointed station master in Larissa, an important railway hub, in January, after five months’ training.

The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash postponed his deposition and is now set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate on Sunday

The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash postponed his deposition and is now set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate on Sunday.

ATHENS, Greece — (AP) — Protests have intensified in Greece days after the country's deadliest rail disaster, as thousands of students took to the streets in several cities and some protesters clashed with police in Athens. At least 57 people — including several university students — died when a passenger train slammed into a freight carrier just before midnight Tuesday. The protests called by left-wing and student groups were fueled by anger at the perceived lack of safety measures in Greece’s rail network. Stelios Sourlas, a lawyer representing a 23-year-old victim of the collision, said responsibility for the deaths went beyond the station manager. Vassilis Kommatas and Giannis Papanikos in Larissa, Greece, Costas Kantouris in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Menelaos Hadjicostis in Nicosia, Cyprus, contributed to this report.

A newly released recording shows a station manager telling the train driver to pass the red light before two trains collided in one of the country's worst railway disasters in history.

Athina Katsara, a 34-year-old mother of an infant boy, was being buried in her home town of Katerini, in northern Greece. Checks of all the human remains recovered so far confirmed the death toll at 57, authorities said Friday. The bodies were being returned to families in closed caskets following their identification through next-of-kin DNA samples — a process followed for all the remains. Relatives of passengers still listed as unaccounted-for waited outside a hospital in the central city of Larissa for test results. The passenger train involved in the crash was traveling along Greece's busiest route, from the capital to the country's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.

Athina Katsara, a 34-year-old mother of an infant boy, was being buried in her home town of Katerini, in northern Greece. Checks of all the human remains recovered so far confirmed the death toll at 57, authorities said Friday. The bodies were being returned to families in closed caskets following their identification through next-of-kin DNA samples — a process followed for all the remains. Relatives of passengers still listed as unaccounted-for waited outside a hospital in the central city of Larissa for test results. The passenger train involved in the crash was traveling along Greece's busiest route, from the capital to the country's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.

The bodies from Tuesday's train crash in Greece are being returned to families in closed caskets. The collision was the deadliest rail accident in the country’s history.

LARISSA, Greece — (AP) — Authorities in Greece said Friday that all remains recovered so far from scene of this week's rail disaster have been accounted for, with the death toll from the crash remaining at 57. The bodies of victims from Tuesday's head-on train collision were being returned to families in closed caskets after DNA matches were confirmed. Relatives of passengers still listed as unaccounted-for waited outside a hospital for news, among them Mirella Ruci, whose 22-year-old son Denis remains missing. Flags, meanwhile, at the ancient Acropolis, parliament and other public buildings remained at half staff on the third day of national mourning, while national rail services were halted by a strike for a second day. The passenger train involved in the crash was traveling along Greece's busiest route, from the capital Athens to the country's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.

Authorities in Greece say all remains recovered so far from scene of a rail disaster have been accounted for, with the death toll from the crash remaining at 57

Protests have intensified in Greece, triggered by a rail disaster earlier this week which left at least 57 people dead.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — (AP) — Family members lined up to give DNA samples in hopes of identifying victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous. The collision of a passenger train and a freight train was the country's deadliest ever, and more than 48 people remained hospitalized — with six in intensive care — most in the central Greek city of Larissa. Among them was Dimitris Bournazis, who said the crash should lead to a full safety overhaul of the country's rail system. CRASH SURVIVOR DESCRIBES FIERY ESCAPEAbout 350 people were on the passenger train, many of them students returning from a holiday weekend and annual Carnival celebrations around Greece. We wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.”___Paphitis reported from Athens, Greece.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — (AP) — Emergency crews cut through the mangled remains of a passenger train on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their search for the dead from a head-on collision in northern Greece that killed at least 46 people. Rail workers went on strike to protest years of underfunding they say has left the country’s train system in a dangerous state. The passenger train and a freight train slammed into each other late Tuesday, crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots and forcing people to smash windows to escape. WORKERS SAY TRAIN SYSTEM IS UNSAFEThe cause of the crash is still not clear. CRASH SURVIVOR DESCRIBES FIERY ESCAPEMore than 300 people were on board the passenger train, many of them were students returning from a holiday weekend and annual Carnival celebrations around Greece.

As emergency workers continued to pick through the charred carriages, Greeks were turning their focus to a rail system that had long been in worrisome shape.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — (AP) — Emergency crews cut trough the mangled metal paneling of a passenger train on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their efforts to pull more bodies from the burned wreckage of a head-on collision in northern Greece that left at least 43 people dead. Rail workers went on strike to protest years of underfunding they say has left the country’s rail system in a dangerous state. The passenger train and a freight train slammed into each other late Tuesday, crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots and forcing people to smash windows to escape. WORKERS SAY TRAIN SYSTEM IS UNSAFERailway workers’ associations called strikes, halting national rail services and the subway in Athens. We wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.”___Gatopoulos reported from Athens, Greece.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — (AP) — Rescuers using cranes and heavy machinery on Thursday searched the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and prompted strikes and protests over rail safety. More than 50 people remained hospitalized, most in the central Greek city of Larissa, some in serious condition. Railway workers' associations called strikes, halting national rail services and the subway in Athens, to protest working conditions and what they described as a lack of modernization of the Greek rail system. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a message in Greek, writing "The people of Ukraine share the pain of the families of the victims. That I promise you.”___Gatopoulos reported from Athens, Greece.

Rescuers using cranes and heavy machinery are searching the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and has prompted strikes and protests over rail safety

Family members are awaiting the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece.

The train from Athens to Thessaloniki was carrying 350 passengers, many of them students returning from raucous Carnival celebrations. Hellenic Train, which operates all of Greece's passenger and cargo trains, including those that collided, offered its "heartfelt condolences" to the victims' families. PASSENGERS SAY TRAIN CRASH WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSIONA teenage survivor who did not give his name to reporters said that just before the crash he felt sudden braking and saw sparks — and then there was a sudden stop. It was the country’s deadliest rail crash on record. Minor clashes broke out as some protesters threw stones at the offices of Greece's rail operator and riot police and set dumpsters on fire.

“Most (of the bodies) are young people,” she told ERT. Rescuer Lazaros Sarianidis told ERT that crews were “very carefully” trying to disentangle steel, sheet metal and other material that was twisted together by the crash. ... My hair is burning,’” he told ERT, without giving his name. Tuesday's was Greece's worst rail crash since 1968, when 34 people were killed in a crash in the southern Peloponnese region. Minor clashes broke out as some protesters threw stones at the offices of Greece's rail operator and riot police, and set dumpsters on fire.

TEMPE, Greece — (AP) — Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out cars of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 38 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country's worst-ever rail crash. “The glass in the windows shattered and fell on top of us,” Stefanos Gogakos, who was riding in a rear carriage, told ERT. The train from Athens to Thessaloniki was carrying 350 passengers, many of them students returning from raucous Carnival celebrations. ... My hair is burning,’” he told ERT, without giving his name. Tuesday's was Greece's worst rail crash since 1968, when 34 people were killed in a crash in the southern Peloponnese region.

Emergency workers are searching late into the night for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in central Greece.

Fire officials say 29 people have been killed and at least 85 injured after a passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged NATO allies Greece and Turkey to calm rhetoric as both countries head to national elections.

Greek racer AJ Ginnis has finished runner-up to gold medalist Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway in the men’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships to earn his country its first medal at a worlds in any Olympic sport on snow or ice.

The chair of the British Museum says the U.K. and Greece are working on a deal that would see his institution's Parthenon Marbles displayed in both London and Athens.

Plans for a major renovation of the National Archaeological Museum in Greece have been announced by the country's Culture Ministry, expanding exhibition space at the Athens site that houses the most important collection of Greek antiquities in the world.

Greece's foreign minister is visiting the earthquake-stricken areas of Turkey, accompanied by his Turkish counterpart.

Greece's parliament has banned a far-right political party led by a jailed former lawmaker from participating in an upcoming general election expected in April.

Three migrants died and 16 have been rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos after a dinghy transporting them from the nearby coast of Turkey hit rocks in high winds.

High winds and a cold snap in Greece have halted ferry services and highway traffic and dusted the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens with snowy.

Greece’s government is seeking to ban a far-right political party led by a jailed former lawmaker from participating in a general election later this year.

Greece’s main opposition party says it won't participate in parliamentary votes until a general election is held later this year.

Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open championship has returned him to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

Credit ratings agency Fitch has raised Greece’s credit rating to one notch below investment grade.

An official in Greece says the country has prevented around 260,000 migrants from entering illegally in 2022 and arrested 1,500 traffickers.

The casket carrying the former and last king of Greece has emerged from Athens’ metropolitan cathedral after a funeral service attended by royalty from across Europe.

Greek media say that 1,000 police will be deployed for the funeral service and burial of former King Constantine.

A court on the Greek island of Lesbos has rejected charges against a group of aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations, ruling on procedural grounds to return the case to the prosecution for refiling.

Greece's government says the country's former and last king will be buried as a private citizen in Tatoi, the former summer residence of Greece’s royals.

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died.

A group of 24 Greek and foreign aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations on an eastern Greek island are on trial in a smuggling-related case widely criticized by human rights groups.

A Somali migrant is to be freed in Greece after winning an appeal against a life sentence for people smuggling.

Italy will play the United States in Sunday's final of the inaugural United Cup in Sydney after defeating Greece in a semifinal of the mixed teams competition.

Frances Tiafoe beat Britain’s Daniel Evans 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to move the United States into the United Cup mixed teams tournament semifinals.

Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation.

Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023 in a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly.

Pope Francis has decided to give back to Greece the three fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures that the Vatican Museums have held for centuries.

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in northern Greece for the funeral of a Roma teenager who died days after being shot in the head during a police chase over an unpaid gas station bill.

Thousands of protesters have marched through the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki and the capital Athens, as Roma community leaders appeal for calm after the death of a Roma teenager.

Greece’s foreign minister has lashed out at Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to hit Athens with ballistic missiles.

Lawmakers in Greece have approved legislation banning commercial spyware and reforming rules for legally-sanctioned wiretaps following allegations that senior government officials and journalists had been targeted by shadowy surveillance software.

A Greek police officer is appearing in court in northern Greece over the shooting and serious injury of a Roma teenager during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill.

Lawmakers in Greece are set to approve plans to outlaw commercial spyware following weeks of allegations that senior government officials may have been targeted.

Cabinet ministers from the Greek and British governments have discussed Greece’s bid to get the Parthenon Sculptures back from London.

Residents of a Roma settlement have lit fires near a police station outside Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki to protest the police shooting of a 16-year-old driver during a chase over an unpaid gas station bill.

The British Museum has pledged not to dismantle its collection following a report that the institution’s chairman has held secret talks with Greece’s prime minister over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.

Thousands of people have marched through central Athens, accompanied by a heavy police presence, to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that was brutally crushed by Greece's military dictatorship at the time.