At Least 18 migrants Die as Boat Sinks Off Greek Island of Crete
At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities said Saturday.

At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities said Saturday.

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis commended President Donald Trump for leading the world into a “more peaceful and prosperous future,” making the remarks during an interview with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle at the Doha Forum.

The Trump administration officially classified four European Antifa cells as terrorist organisations this week, marking the first international designations after the White House named the America-based branch of the far-left network as a domestic terror group in September.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former prosecutor and television host and a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, officially took office on Tuesday as the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple.

Migrants in Greece with rejected asylum claims will be required to wear ankle monitors as part of planned measures to speed up deportations.

Greek police said Sunday they seized over 270 kilograms (595 pounds) of cocaine with an estimated value of over 5.5 million euros ($6.5 million) and arrested three men.

Israeli tourist Stav Ben-Shoshan was enjoying a vacation break outside Athens with his wife when he was reportedly set upon by a group of anti-antisemitic, pro-Palestinian Syrian migrants.

A wildfire burned through a northern suburb of the Greek capital of Athens on Saturday and some residents were ordered to evacuate, the country’s Fire Service reported.

A bomb explosion targeted the home of the president of the Greek association of prison guards early Saturday morning in the country’s north.

Greek authorities arrested over two hundred illegal boat migrants over the weekend after Athens suspended accepting asylum applications from those who cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa.

The delivery of F-35 fighter jets from the United States to Turkey will remain on “hold” by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID), despite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent claim that he made progress on getting the planes in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit last month.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, President Trump’s nominee to serve as Ambassador to Greece, pledged at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to deepen defense cooperation, expand energy partnerships, and counter growing influence from China and Turkey.

A woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki when a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands, police said.

DELPHI, Greece — The Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan’s Regional Government in Iraq told Breitbart News exclusively that he and the Kurds look at President Donald Trump’s return to the White House as a historic opportunity for deeper business and economic ties between the United States and Kurdistan, as well Iraq as a whole.

ATHENS, Greece — Kimberly Guilfoyle is already a sensation in Greece, and she has not even had her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing yet.

ATHENS, Greece — The archbishop of the Church of Greece, Ieronymos II of Athens, told Breitbart News exclusively he is excited President Donald Trump won the election last year and believes Trump is a force for good in the world.

Greece signed a deal Monday to purchase anti-ship missiles from France as it seeks to bolster its defenses.

ATHENS, Greece — Greek Vice President and Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump’s trade actions against the Chinese Communist Party, while difficult for much of the rest of the world, are important to help the United States lead the West into a new era of prosperity.

A bomb planted near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, exploded Friday night in a busy district of central Athens, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries.

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Prime Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Breitbart News exclusively this week in an interview at his office here in Maximos Mansion that his nation is prepared to help President Donald Trump as he seeks to expand the Abraham Accords and with other major economic development deals.

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday he agrees with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s comments to Breitbart News about the potential for a “win-win” trade deal with the European Union (EU).

ATHENS, Greece — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Breitbart News exclusively in an interview in his office here he believes Europe can reach a “win-win” trade deal with American President Donald Trump that is “mutually beneficial” for the United States and the European Union.

At least seven people died, including two children, after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presented President Donald Trump with a Holy Cross on Monday and praised him as embodying “the values” of the Christian faith.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks for a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House on Monday, March 24.

Crowds of hundreds of thousands of people convened in nearly every major city in Greece on Friday to mark the two-year anniversary of the worst train disaster in the modern history of the country – and demand safety reforms to ensure it does not happen again.

A United States defense official shot down a report claiming that President Donald Trump is shutting down a United States military base in Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Authorities in Greece said Tuesday they detained 107 migrants in two separate operations near the island of Crete, as an official attributed an increase in people trying to cross the eastern Mediterranean to conflicts in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump’s return as leader of the free world is stoking excitement among Mediterranean officials about possibilities for peace and economic agreements in the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Thousands of residents and visitors have already left Santorini, frightened by the hundreds of earthquakes.

The president of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides told Breitbart News exclusively on Sunday that he is appointing a new “Special Representative” of his government for religious freedoms to focus on protecting Christians and other religious minorities throughout the Middle East.

Greece says migrant arrivals have increased by up to 35 per cent since fall 2023 amid rising numbers setting sail from the Libyan coast.

President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of Kimberly Guilfoyle as the Ambassador to Greece on Tuesday.

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was expelled from the ruling New Democracy party over his criticism of ‘woke’ government policies.

Greek police said on Friday that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man appears to have been caused by an improvised bomb.

Search off Greek island of Samos recovers bodies of two people reported missing overnight after a boat carrying 24 migrants ran into trouble.

A group of 75 migrants crossing to Europe from North Africa has been rescued from a crippled boat south of the island of Crete.

Greece’s coast guard says three people died and another five were rescued after a boat carrying migrants ran into trouble off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Samos.

The Houthis published a video they claimed showed their members boarding the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion and planting bombs.
