The American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman moored at the Souda Naval Base on Crete early Sunday for repairs following a collision earlier in the week with a merchant ship.

Europe needs a special envoy for Ukraine to ensure it gets a meaningful role in any peace process, two European leaders said on Sunday after the continent was ruled out as a partner in talks by US President Donald Trump's administration.

In an extensive interview with Kathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempts to respond to what he calls the “operation to instrumentalize” the 2023 Tempe rail disaster.

Greece will announce a 12-year, €28 billion defense modernization plan on March 4, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed.

A 20-year-old man from Germany was declared missing on Saturday after appearing to have headed into Crete’s Samaria Gorge, which he had driven to in a rented car.

The Environment Ministry has unveiled a bill aiming to crack down on illegal sewer connections and reorganize water utility operations.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in an interview with Kathimerini, has accused his political opponents of exploiting the Tempe railway disaster for political gain, condemning their approach as “blind protest that masks a lack of arguments” and a “dangerous attack on institutions.”

Santorini is still being rocked by strong quakes. And those few left on the island are getting tired of the constant state of emergency.

A 15-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured in a car accident early Sunday morning on the northern outskirts of Athens. 

This storied rarity, grown nearly exclusively in one small region and still relatively scarce there, appears to be coming into its own.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has strongly condemned remarks made by Metropolitan Theoleptus of Iconium, who publicly criticized the mother of a victim of Greece’s deadliest train disaster.

Accusing Europe of a lack of resolve is the done thing nowadays. It appears, however, that under pressure from the new administration in Washington, the European Union is starting to stir from its slumbers. 

Parliament and the Athens municipal authority celebrated Valentine’s Day in their own special ways, though in the former, the big sparks flew on Thursday and not on Friday.

Greek authorities issued an emergency alert Saturday, warning of intense storms expected to hit the Ionian islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and coastal areas of Epirus from Saturday evening through midday Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Saturday for the creation of a European army, saying the continent could no longer be sure of protection from the United States and would only get respect from Washington with a strong military.

Greek authorities are investigating fraudulent claims for EU agricultural subsidies, with thousands of farmers and applicants suspected of falsely securing funds.

European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday morning, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, to assess messages received from US and Ukrainian officials, EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas’ spokesperson said.

“These women suffer in silence, often becoming passive, struggling to recognize themselves as victims or to acknowledge the problem, let alone take action,” said Evi Minatsi, a sociologist and criminologist at the Women’s Counseling Center of the Municipality of Rhodes.

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Mount Athos monastic community in northeastern Greece on Saturday afternoon.

Two top European leaders stiffened their spines Saturday over unsettling new policies from Washington under President Donald Trump, as Ukraine's president urged creation of an "armed forces of Europe" and the leader of Germany denounced meddling in its election after US Vice President JD Vance met with a German far-right leader.