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Migrant amateur teams in Greece get into World Cup spirit before new EU border measures take effect

Migrant and refugee teams in Greece’s capital took part in a grassroots soccer tournament before the World Cup in North America.

 

Former Greek anti-austerity leader Alexis Tsipras steps back into politics

Alexis Tsipras, the combative anti‑austerity leader who railed against Brussels during Greece’s debt crisis, has returned to politics ahead of elections next year.

 

Olympiakos beats Real Madrid 92-85 to win EuroLeague title

Olympiakos has won the EuroLeague basketball title. It beat Real Madrid 92-85 on Sunday despite a late stretch of mistakes.

 

Greek far-left terror group leader is released at age 82. But the decision could be reversed

The head of a far-left Greek militant group that killed four American officials and 19 others has been released from a maximum-security prison.

 

Greece rejects reports of an exemption from biometric checks for British summer travelers

Greece says a new biometric screening system at airports for non-European Union citizens is fully operational, rejecting reports of a formal summer exemption for British travelers. The EU Entry-Exit System began operating at Greek airports on April 10, replacing passport stamps with biometric data.

 

Greece says attack sea drone found on island is Ukrainian, calls incident ‘extremely serious’

Greece’s defense minister has confirmed that a military sea drone discovered on a Greek island last week is Ukrainian built.

 

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Greece, birthplace of democracy, seeks to put humanity ahead of AI in updated constitution

Greece is preparing sweeping constitutional reforms that would require artificial intelligence to serve human society and protect individual freedoms.

 

Activists’ detention deepens Spain-Israel tensions as aid group says men have begun hunger strike

Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has demanded the immediate release of a Spanish-Swedish activist detained by Israel after an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted in international waters.

 

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The AP Interview: Ukraine bets on battlefield AI as the race for weapons autonomy intensifies

Ukraine is accelerating the use of artificial intelligence to retain an edge on the battlefield, as the war with Russia enters a new technological phase.

 

Russian attacks kill at least 2 as Ukraine strikes a Russian drone factory

Officials say Russian strikes have killed at least two people in Ukraine. A 16-year-old boy died in a nighttime drone attack on Chernihiv that also injured four others.

 

Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit

Wildlife is thriving again four decades after the nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant in what became the exclusion zone created by the forced mass evacuations of the population.

 

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A mass shooting in Ukraine’s capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman

A gunman armed with an automatic weapon has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine’s capital before he was shot and killed by police.

 

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating Putin’s Easter ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire as Orthodox Christians gathered to celebrate the holiday.

 

Orthodox Easter truce falters as Ukraine says Russia continues drone strikes

Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones despite a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire.

 

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Zelenskyy offers an Easter pause on energy strikes as Russian drone kills 4 in bus strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is proposing a pause in attacks on energy infrastructure over the Orthodox Easter holiday next weekend.

 

Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure

Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed two women and a toddler. The attack heavily damaged an apartment block, with rescuers pulling four people from the rubble.

 

After harsh winter, Ukrainians find joy in releasing bats rescued from war

Children and volunteers gathered at a nature park on the edge of Kyiv to release bats into the night sky.

 

European ministers call for profit caps on energy companies as Iran war drives price surge

Finance ministers from five European Union member states are urging the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies as surging oil and gas prices raise inflation fears.

 

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Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook

Across Greece and in Orthodox communities around the world, a centuries-old Lenten fast offers a modern lesson in diet and discipline.

 

After years of grief, trial opens over Greek rail disaster that killed college students

A criminal trial has opened in Greece over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed long-neglected safety failures.

 

Anti-war protests in Italy and Spain as high-stakes referendum on Italian judges looms

Thousands of people have protested in Italy against wars in the Middle East and proposed judicial reforms by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

 

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Before his return to the Oscars, Yorgos Lanthimos finds a still moment in Athens

Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has opened a photography exhibition in Athens days before he is due to attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

 

Man tells of pride as newly emerged photo reveals Greek grandfather being led to Nazi execution

Rare images showing the final moments of 200 Greek prisoners executed by the Nazis at a firing range in Athens have been acquired by Greece.

 

Man United’s Harry Maguire gets suspended sentence over 2020 nightclub incident in Greece

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been given a 15-month suspended sentence over a nightclub scuffle on the Greek island of Mykonos in August 2020.

 

Greek court upholds criminal convictions for far-right Golden Dawn party

A Greek appeals court has upheld the convictions of 42 members and associates of the far-right Golden Dawn party.

 

As Europe readies tougher migration measures, a Greek island sees illegal crossings spike

The European Union border agency Frontex is focusing surveillance efforts on the Greek island of Crete.

 

Jessie Diggins ‘full of gratitude’ after ending a glittering Olympic career in cross-country skiing

American cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins closed out her Olympic career with a grueling 50-kilometer race at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, leaving a legacy as the most decorated U.S. skier in the sport’s history.

 

Norway sweeps Nordic combined events with a win in the team sprint at the Milan Cortina Olympics

Norway dominated Nordic combined at the Milan Cortina Winter Games as the sport faces possible Olympic elimination.

 

Norway’s dominance at Winter Games based on tradition, depth and development

Norway is dominating the Milan Cortina Winter Games. It swept the men’s 50-kilometer cross-country podium for its 18th gold, a record, and set another mark by reaching 40 medals overall.

 

Americans find a silver lining at Olympic cross-country skiing, as men return to podium

The U.S. men’s cross-country ski team had won only one medal in the history of the Olympics before the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Now it has two more.

 

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