Greece is preparing sweeping constitutional reforms that would require artificial intelligence to serve human society and protect individual freedoms.
French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Cyprus to show support, days after a drone strike hit a British base on the island.
Greece’s government says seven fans of soccer club PAOK have died in a minibus crash in Romania while traveling to a Europa League game at Lyon.
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nine people, including three women, following the U.S. announcement of a second phase in the fragile ceasefire.
Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago, when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw it tossed out of the eurozone altogether.
A ceasefire in the war in Gaza is holding for the third day as aid agencies work to rush in more desperately needed aid into the besieged territory under the truce deal.
Google's DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the most valuable human skill for the future will be “learning how to learn” as artificial intelligence transforms education, careers and daily life.
European leaders have praised President Donald Trump for agreeing to allow U.S. military support for a force they are mustering to police any future peace in Ukraine.
The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has warned against the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence and automation, calling it an “impending robotocracy.”.
Greece’s prime minister has announced 1 billion euros in financial benefits for lower-income households and the country’s public investment program.
Greece’s center-right government has welcomed a credit rating upgrade by Moody’s, the last major ratings agency to lift junk status on government bonds that began 15 years ago during a severe debt crisis.
Protesters have launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece's parliament.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has visited earthquake-struck Santorini, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity.
Earthquakes are still rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes as authorities bolster their emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors in recent days are a harbinger of a larger quake to come.
Three Greek opposition parties say they are planning to challenge the conservative government with a censure motion over its handling of a 2023 rail disaster that killed 57 people.
Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s communist regime in 1990.
Large protests have been held in Greece as part of a 24-hour nationwide general strike called by labor unions timed to coincide with the government submitting its 2025 budget to Parliament.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece is set to make an early repayment of 5 billion euros or $5.3 billion in bailout-era debt in 2025.
The United Nations' annual climate conference continued Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey say that recent efforts to smooth the frequently volatile ties between the neighboring countries and regional rivals are bearing fruit, although significant differences remain, notably over maritime boundaries in the Aegean.
Preliminary results show Albania's governing Socialist Party candidate Vangjel Tavo has won the mayoral election in the southwestern town of Himara.
Firefighters battled wildfires that broke out on the eastern Aegean islands of Chios and Kos and injured five people, as Greece’s prime minister warned of a dangerous summer ahead.
The leaders of Greece and Turkey have met for talks that were supposed to underline their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes but also revealed deep divisions between them.
Old foes Turkey and Greece are set to test a five-month-old friendship initiative when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara.
Greece aims to create two large marine parks as part of an $830 million program to protect biodiversity and marine ecosystems.
The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern city Wednesday.
Greece has formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen.
Scores of tractors have been parked outside Greece’s parliament as thousands of farmers angry at high production costs shifted their protests to Athens.
Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage.
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from Church officials.
Lawmakers in Greece have begun a debate on a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
Years before starting a family of her own, Stella Belia was already waging a tireless campaign for legal recognition.
Police and student protesters have clashed in the Greek capital after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities.
Greece’s center-right government is speeding up its timetable to legalize same-sex marriage despite growing opposition from the powerful Orthodox Church.
The European Union’s top official for migration says member states will have to confront tough policy challenges to cope with the continent’s aging population.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used a speech on human rights to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia.
Longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey have made a significant step in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. on loan from the British Museum.
Britain's King Charles III has caused some raised eyebrows by wearing a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
Greek officials say they will continue talks with the British Museum on bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens.
A diplomatic spat has erupted between Greece and Britain after the U.K. canceled a planned meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, has suffered a damaging setback as nine lawmakers quit the party in protest against its newly elected leadership.
The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece has increased to 10 people, while another four remain missing, Greece’s climate crisis and civil protection minister says, as rescue crews in helicopters and boats are ferrying hundreds of people from inundated villages to safety.
A Greek prosecutor has brought criminal charges against an island ferry captain and three of his crew over the death of a tardy passenger who was pushed by a crew member into the sea as he tried to board the departing vessel.
Fierce rainstorms are battering neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, causing at least seven deaths.
Israel’s prime minister is floating the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula with Europe through Israel and Cyprus.
Greek firefighters have rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in northeastern Greece as flames from a massive wildfire burning for two weeks approached.
Greek authorities have sent 100 extra firefighters to the country’s northeast where a massive blaze in its 13th day has flared up again.
A massive wildfire is burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of water-dropping aircraft.
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes during talks in Athens with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pledging to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes, commenting after talks in Athens with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
All 105 soccer fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that ended in the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial.
Greece’s prime minister says his country wants to take full advantage of a more positive climate with neighboring Turkey in order to improve bilateral relations despite a string of decades-old disputes.
A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures.
Evening winds have caused a major wildfire burning west of Greece’s capital to flare up again.
Greece’s prime minister says his country is ready to “reset” relations with neighbor Turkey in an effort to bypass decades-old disputes between the two NATO members.
Greece’s conservative government has won a vote of confidence in Parliament to start its second four-year term.
Greece’s newly appointed defense minister has welcomed a de-escalation of tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
Greece’s newly-appointed foreign minister says his country is ready to start talks with Turkey to resolve a long-standing dispute over maritime borders that has repeatedly brought the two neighbors to the brink of armed conflict.
Greece’s new migration minister is promising to continue a “strict but fair” policy toward migration and attempts at illegal entry into the country.
Greece’s center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been sworn in as prime minister for a second consecutive term.
Far-right parties have made a comeback in Greek parliamentary elections, including the Spartans party backed by a jailed former lawmaker from an organization linked to violent street attacks against migrants and left-wing activists.
Greece’s conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory in the country’s second election in five weeks.
Greeks heading to the polls Sunday for a second general election in five weeks, with conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expected to win reelection by a large margin.
Authorities continued to search for victims and survivors of a trawler that sank off the coast of Greece with as many as 750 migrants on board.
Newly elected Greek lawmakers were sworn in Sunday but the Parliament in which they sit may be dissolved as early as Monday, ahead of fresh elections on June 25.
Greece’s outgoing prime minister says he has ordered a probe into a report that authorities illegally deported back to Turkey a group of migrants, allegedly leaving them on a raft at sea for Turkish authorities to pick up.
Greece is heading toward a new general election two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right New Democracy party won a landslide victory in a national vote but failed to clinch a majority in parliament.
Greece faces new national elections as early as June 25, after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed he wouldn't try to build a coalition government — despite having dominated the ballot hours earlier by the most decisive margin in half a century.
The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election victory Sunday but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government outright.
Sunday’s Greek parliamentary election looks likely to be a dress rehearsal for a new round of voting in the busy summer tourist season.
Greeks will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will have more control over the country’s economy for the first time in over a decade.
Greece's prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures currently in the British Museum.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview that he will extend “a hand of friendship” to the winner of the upcoming Turkish election and try to build on the momentum of recently reduced tensions.
Greece’s center-right prime minister has called a May 21 general election as his party’s long-standing lead in opinion polls has declined in the aftermath of the country’s worst train disaster.
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.
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.
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 and the location of his parents' graves.
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.
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.
