LEFTERIS PITARAKIS

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attend an ecumenical meeting and prayer for peace in Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Four centuries later, Easter’s date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine.
 
Crane, firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision, that killed 57 people, in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos, File)
Greek rail disaster report cites errors and major systemic failures
An independent investigative committee in Greece has released a long-awaited investigation into the country’s deadliest train crash.
 
A funeral procession, carrying a banner painted with the blood of dead demonstrators in Athens on Dec. 4, 1944, pauses opposite the Old Royal Palace, which was the scene of the clash with the police the day before, as a band plays a Russian Revolutionary Funeral March. File.(AP Photo, File)
Scars of December: A pivotal Cold War-era battle in Greece quietly passes its 80th anniversary
Eighty years ago, the December Uprising of 1944, known as the Dekemvrianá, turned Athens into a battlefield as British-backed forces clashed with communist-led resistance fighters in the waning days of World War II.
 
Flowers are placed outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Saturday, May 18, 2024. The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance Saturday as the nation's leader remained in serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid
Slovakia’s defense minister says the country’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remains in serious condition but now has a positive prognosis, four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation.
 
FILE - A firefighter sprays water at a fire on the mount of Penteli, in northern Athens, Greece on July 19, 2022. Greek authorities presented a new action plan on Thursday, March 21, 2024 for tackling wildfires which often ravage the country during its hot, dry summers.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Greek authorities overhaul wildfire response plans ahead of summer fire season
Greek authorities have presented new plans for tackling wildfires which often ravage the country during its hot, dry summers, including changes in the deployment of firefighting aircraft and increased staffing in specialized units.
 
The EU loses about a million workers per year due to aging. Migration official urges legal options
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.
 
A woman stands in a street of the storm-hit city of Volos, Greece, where power and water outages remained in some districts, on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Bad weather has eased in central Greece leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Storm eases in Greece but flood risk remains high amid rising river levels
Bad weather has eased in central Greece, leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month.
 
Soccer fans covering their faces, most of them from Croatia, are escorted by police as they leave the Police Headquarters in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Ninety-four fans of Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb appeared in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing over Monday night's fan violence that left a fan of Greece's AEK dead and another eight people injured. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans face murder, gang-related charges in Greece after deadly violence
Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans have appeared in an Athens court to face serious criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization, over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence.
 
A bather takes a shower during a hot day at Alimos beach near Athens, Friday, July 14, 2023. Temperatures were starting to creep up in Greece, where a heatwave was forecast to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country over the weekend. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Acropolis’ midday closure leaves many tourists in the lurch as a heat wave lashes southern Europe
Disgruntled tourists are bemoaning the temporary closing of the Acropolis in Athens as Greek authorities proactively shut the world monument’s gates between midday and early evening amid a heat wave gripping southern Europe.