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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a presidential decree on Friday turning the historic Holy Saviour in Chora, a medieval Byzantine church in western Constantinople that was a museum, into a mosque. The move follows the July decision to convert...

Two of Europe's most powerful leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, charged on Thursday that Europe must protect the sovereignty of the borders of its member nations. The two leaders made their remarks at a joint...

Greece's Public Heath Authority, EODY, announced on Thursday that there had been 269 new cases of the coronavirus detected in the country over the last day, tying the record, which was set earlier this week. However, no deaths attributable...

Police on the Greek island of Mykonos broke up a gigantic party which had as many as 500 revelers at a rented villa in the area of Ftelia early on Thursday morning. Local sources tell Greek media that there were...

Six Athens police officers, along with an unspecified number of detainees, were placed into quarantine for two weeks after one of the incarcerated men tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The Albanian detainee had been at the Omonoia Square...

Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras stated on Thursday that the country has put funding in place to cover the costs associated with the coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, potentially at the end of this year. Earlier on Thursday, the...

  The President of the European Council and the leaders of Germany and Austria reiterated the European Union's support of Greece and Cyprus amid the continuing escalations by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. They made their remarks following a special teleconference...

The Greek government released two charts on Thursday which it claims demonstrate the country is faring much better than other European countries of comparative population in terms of coronavirus cases and deaths. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas said that Greece is...

  In the second major announcement on Thursday regarding the availability of a coronavirus vaccine in Europe, the European Commission and the German firm CureVac stated that they were in the process of creating an agreement to deliver at least...

  A Russian politician who frequently is at odds against Russian President Vladimir Putin was stricken after drinking a cup of tea and is now in a coma in the Russian city of Omsk. Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman for opposition politician...