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Athens—At least sixteen people died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece’s coastguard said early Saturday, just hours ...

Pope Francis on Sunday urged respect for the "small and lowly" at a holy mass on the second day of his ...

Hundreds of firefighters, water-bombing planes and helicopters battled forest fires near Athens on Tuesday that saw villages evacuated and part ...

By Will Vassilopoulos, Chantal Valery Tilos, Greece—In the tranquil Greek island of Tilos, a wind turbine hums over a silvery ...

Three people died Tuesday as heavy snowfall not seen in more than a decade fell and gale-force winds hit Greece, ...

Greek police on Saturday said they had cracked one of the country's leading tobacco smuggling organisations, raiding a factory capable ...

Only about half of Greece's periptera, the little kiosks selling beer, cigarettes and newspapers in town squares across the country, ...

Greece on Sunday dismissed reports that Turkish soldiers had occupied a strip of Greek territory in the Evros border region, ...

Tokyo—Tokyo 2020 organizers on Monday rolled out the motto for this year’s Olympics, “United by Emotion”, which they said reflected ...

Athens"•Five thousand police will deploy in Athens on Sunday for an annual demonstration marking the anniversary of a 1973 anti-junta ...