With no time for a news conference, Ukraine's Zelenskyy takes questions on the fly. w/ Illia Novikov apnews.com/article/russ...

A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv's uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy.

#StormByron The Fire Service has received more than 580 calls for water pumping, tree cutting, and transport of citizens since Thursday morning. Severe weather is expected in the next 12 hours in southeastern Crete, the Cyclades, and the Dodecanese. 📸 Daphne Tolis, 15:18 pm

Defying a government warning, Greek farmers block border crossings in wake of EU subsidy scandal By Costas Kantouris apnews.com/article/gree...

There’s a metaphor there somewhere. (In central Athens)

Apollo called in sick: Olympic flame ceremony for Winter Games scaled back by bad weather. apnews.com/article/olym...

Populations of brown bears and wolves are burgeoning in Greece, thanks to conservation efforts. But not everyone is enthusiastic about the comeback.

Bears in the backyard, wolves at the door: Greek villages have a growing predator problem. By Costas Kantouris apnews.com/article/wild...

Trump ally, former prosecutor and TV presenter Kimberly Guilfoyle takes up position as the new U.S. ambassador to Greece. #Greece #Guilfoyle

Built in the shadows and launched at night, Ukraine's long-range drones are rattling Russia. w/ Volodymyr Yurchuk apnews.com/article/ukra...

Greece's Defence Ministry has a fully renovated exterior. Inauguration taking place now. #Greece

Drones and anti-drone systems on display for the first time at today's annual military parade in Thessaloniki. #Greece / HT Costas Kantouris

Greek Foreign Ministry statement with formal complaint to Israel over flotilla. #Greece (unofficial translation)

Oksana and Mykola Pastukh lost their new house in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv. Their grateful to the volunteers who rushed in to help them. w/ Vasilisa Stepanenko #Ukraine apnews.com/article/russ...

Greece's once notorious tax system has been transformed into one of Europe's most efficient, powered by drones, big data and real-time surveillance.

Old Athens: Door in bloom #Athens #UrbanPhotography

"We have a game tomorrow. That's just the thing that I know. The other aspects don't belong to me or to us." PAOK coach Razvan Lucescu on Wednesday's match against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League.

Greece’s tax system — once a byword for inefficiency — has been rewired by technology. #Greece apnews.com/article/gree...

Minted in the #AncientGreek city-state #Athens between 550-546 BCE., this silver coin depicts a #Gorgon's head, a symbolic ward against evil also known as a "gorgoneion." On the reverse, not pictured here, is stamped a square divided into four triangles. 📷British Museum, London. #AncientHistory

There are more than 1,000 whitewashed stone chapels on the Greek island of Tinos owned and cared for by private families as they have in some cases for centuries.

Divers have recovered artifacts from the Titanic's sister ship the Britannic for the first time since the ocean liner sank in the Aegean Sea more than a century ago after striking a mine during World War I.

#Greece Have you ever heard of Ikaria, the Greek island where locals seem to have unlocked the secret to long, joyful lives? I produced this episode of The Special List for BBC with 🎥 Angelos Tsatsis & ✂️ Anna Bressanin. Many thanks to our host Anna Katsas. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

Check out Petros Giannakouris' beautiful photo essay from the island of Tinos. apnews.com/photo-essay/...

The Greek boat "Oxygono" is leaving the port of Syros to join vessels headed towards Gaza and departing from Tunisia, Italy, Spain, and other countries. #Greece / From organizers' livestream

Google’s top AI scientist says ‘learning how to learn’ will be next generation’s most needed skill. #Greece apnews.com/article/gree...

Demis Hassabis, head of Google's AI research company DeepMind, at today's meeting with PM Mitsotakis. 🏀 A talk this evening was rescheduled to avoid a clash with the Greece-Turkey EuroBasket semifinal.

Trump's energy envoy sees Greece as hub to boost American natural gas exports. #Greece apnews.com/article/gree...

Academy of Athens. #Greece

Mag 5.2 earthquake northeast of Athens. Authorities say no immediate reports of serious damage. #Greece

PM Mitsotakis on Ukraine: “Inconceivable” not to be on the side of the defenders. #Greece Speaking at annual news conference.

Humanoid robots kicked soccer balls, boxed and even attempted archery at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia.

Experts warn: Household chores will be harder than space travel for robots. Developers and futurologists gather at Ancient Olympia #Greece apnews.com/article/robo...

Tower of Winds at sunset in Athens. #Greece

The growing demands of the holiday industry and leisure inflation have reshaped Greek summers. #Greece apnews.com/article/gree...

BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.

New Greek stamps honour Mikis Theodorakis, 100 years after the composer's birth. #Greece www.elta.gr/singleblog/d...

Greek authorities have moved to freeze the assets of individuals accused of unlawfully receiving European Union farm subsidies through the country’s payment agency OPEKEPE, Kathimerini understands. www.ekathimerini.com/news/1278391...

Spotted near Athens - a Hoopoe! #Greece

Empty streets in August: Painted kiosk shutters in front of Athens University. #Greece

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Trump-Putin meeting: "Enlighten the leaders ... so that they may bring peace to the world, end these murderous wars, stop the shedding of blood, let reason prevail."

Migrants on deportation list to wear ankle monitors, minister says. #Greece apnews.com/article/migr...

Summer look / Athens

Fire has lit up the night sky south of Athens. Huge deployment of police and fire service. #Greece

Fire worsening ahead of sunset. #Greece

Dramatic scenes in Keratea as flames tear through olive groves and reach homes. #Greece

Firefighting helicopters swooping low over flames southeast of Athens. #Greece

Wind riders: kiteboarders flock to Attica coast as August gales churn sea. #Greece apnews.com/article/gree...

Cruel heat is baking southern Europe as the continent slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. But under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, occasionally even deadly.

Outdoor workers swelter as heat bakes southern Europe. By @dgatopoulos.bsky.social apnews.com/article/heat...

The island of Symi in the southeastern Aegean is requesting government approval to impose a €3 fee on all day-trippers, aiming to manage the mounting pressure of mass tourism on local infrastructure and public services. #overtourism www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1275...