Greece

A Greek national was set to appear in court on charges that he helped the intelligence service of a foreign country target a journalist.

Giotopoulos was serving 17 life sentences . He was convicted in 2003 for orchestrating multiple murders, bombings and robberies.

DELPHI, Greece — Greek Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou told Breitbart News exclusively here in April that President Donald Trump’s “trademark move” as the leader of the West is to use energy deals to advance American interests with both friends and foes on the world stage.

The glitteriest night of the year in Eurasia and Australia will soon be upon us: the Eurovision Song Contest, a now 70-year-old music extravaganza beloved around the world for its shameless embrace of feather boas, sequins, pyrotechnics, and all brands of kitsch.

DELPHI, Greece — Qubad Talabani, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq, told Breitbart News exclusively here last month that President Donald Trump can secure a massive deal with Iran that creates a worldwide economic boom and is good for both the United States and Iran in the aftermath of the war between the two countries.

The Greek government has warned that there are over half a million migrants waiting in Libya to cross the Mediterranean and land in Europe, sparking concerns of another migrant crisis.

Greek police said on Tuesday that an 89-year-old man has been taken into custody for a mass shooting in Athens that injured five people.

Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle defended the United States and President Donald Trump at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist organization, on Thursday released a video that purportedly showed its forces seizing a civilian ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

DELPHI, Greece — Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Breitbart News he is pulling for U.S. President Donald Trump to secure a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran to end hostilities in the Middle East and restore stability to the region, opening the Strait of Hormuz and helping the world’s energy markets recover from the last couple months of “economic fallout.”

“A good outcome for the United States is a good outcome for the civilized world,” Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle said during an interview with Right2theBone and the Greek Conservative Network.

The world should not be shocked by President Donald Trump’s moves globally – from alliances to foreign policy decisions – Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle said during an interview with Right2theBone and the Greek Conservative Network.

ATHENS, Greece — Ties between Greece and the United States are at an all-time high, both envoys to each other’s nations say.

The Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East is hardly the only waterway on President Donald Trump’s mind worldwide at the moment.

A Greek-flagged oil tanker was damaged in a suspected drone attack in the Black Sea while approaching the Russian port of Novorossiysk, authorities said.

A Trump administration official told Breitbart News that Chinese officials have now threatened to detain Panamanian-flagged vessels in China, something that could disrupt global commerce and represents retaliation against Panama for recent developments taking control of the two ports on either end of the Panama Canal out of the hands of a Hong Kong company controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in Athens on Tuesday, February 17.

WASHINGTON — Cyprus’s Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump is in a “unique position” to restructure the “global order” and shape world affairs in a way that an American president has not in generations.

Authorities in Greece on Saturday detained 313 people in a raid on the university campus of the country’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, after riot police were attacked by mobs of people hurling more than 100 Molotov cocktails.

A Greek Air Force officer was arrested on Thursday morning and charged with leaking “secret information” to China through an online intermediary.

Leaders of a farmer’s union arrested as tractors overwhelm police roadblocks to drive into centre of Paris to protest a forthcoming EU deal.

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.