ATHENS - With the country’s population shrinking fast after an economic and austerity crisis and a high cost of living for low paid and heavily-taxed residents, Greece plans to spend 20 billion euros ($22.

ATHENS - The re-privatization of financial institutions was finished with the sale of a 10 percent stake in the National Bank of Greece (NBG) that raised 690 million euros ($762.

ATHENS - The escalating battles in the Mideast between Israel and enemies in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Iran have brought worries about refugees fleeing the conflicts coming to Greece as well as fears of terrorism.

THESSALONIKI — Greek authorities arrested eight Romanian football fans under fan violence laws on Thursday, after a knife and a retractable baton were found in the van they were travelling in ahead of a Europa League match.

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders.

NEW YORK – The new Consul General of Greece in New York, Iphigenia Kanara, met with members of the media on October 1 at the Consulate General of Greece in New York.

ATHENS - Greece’s push to keep tourists coming year round is working, with arrivals pouring in during the autumn - enjoying almost summer-like weather, and the National Bank of Greece expecting a record 36 million arrivals in 2024.

ATHENS - During a hectic schedule in New York where he attended the United Nations General Assembly and met community groups and visited Astoria, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged Greek-Americans to put their money into Greece.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s “extraordinary” path of destruction through Georgia on Wednesday as she left the campaign trail to pledge federal help and personally take in scenes of toppled trees, damaged homes and lives upended.

Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in.