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In this undated photo from May, 2023 by a relative, Ali Sheiki, 29, poses for a photograph at an airport in an undisclosed location. Sheiki was trying to reach Europe from Libya on an overcrowded fishing vessel that capsized in the Mediterranean in the early hours of June 14, 2023, killing dozens of people, 104 passengers are rescued, and hundreds are feared to be missing. Sheiki's relatives in Germany and Syria told The Associated Press they had recognized Ali Sheiki among the survivors taken to a southern Greek port in social and other media photographs, but by the end of Thursday, June 15, they had not been able to make contact with him. (Courtesy of family of Ali Sheiki via AP)

Relatives fear worst with four men and a boy missing after Mediterranean ship disaster

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Paramedics carry an injured survivor of a shipwreck to an ambulance at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank off Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year. (AP Photos/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece finds no more survivors after sinking of migrant boat. Hundreds are still feared missing

By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Survivors arrive by yacht after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Authorities say at least 32 people have died after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece. A large search and rescue operation is underway. Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far following the incident early Wednesday some 75 kilometers (46 miles) southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region.(www.argolikeseidhseis.gr via AP)

At least 78 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing vessel sinks off Greece

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Culture Minister Theodoros Pangalos speaks to the media during a news conference in Athens in this Dec. 23, 1998 photo. The former Greek foreign minister, who held several government portfolios including that of culture, died at home Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at the age of 84, his family said. Pangalos was for years a senior official in Greece's once-dominant Socialist Pasok party.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis looks on during a meeting at the presidential palace in Athens, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. After the leaders of the top three parties in the May 21 elections returned the mandate to form a government, saying there was no prospect of forming a coalition, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou invited them for a formal meeting Wednesday to see whether they can agree on a caretaker government pending new elections. If, as expected, the bid fails, a top judge will be appointed caretaker prime minister. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece says it’s investigating claim migrants were illegally deported back to Turkey

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Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, addresses supporters at the headquarters of his party in Athens, Greece, Sunday, May 21, 2023. The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece faces new ballot in weeks, after election triumph fails to deliver center-right majority

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

A woman stands in front of the parliament, in Athens, Greece, Saturday, May 20, 2023, a day before the general elections. Sunday's Greek parliamentary election looks likely to be a dress rehearsal for a new round of voting in the busy summer tourist season — barring a surprise coalition deal by dissonant opposition parties. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greece votes in first election since international bailout spending controls ended

By Elena Becatoros and Theodora Tongas - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis gives a speech at the headquarters of his party in Athens, Greece, Sunday, May 21, 2023. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his conservative party are leading Greece's election by a wide margin, according to partial official results, but a new electoral law means he will be unable to form a government without seeking coalition partners, and a second election is likely. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority

By Elena Becatoros and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

From right to left, New Democracy leader and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Nikos Androulakis, Communist Party of Greece Secretary General Dimitris Koutsoubas, Greek Solution leader Kyriakos Velopoulos, and MeRA25 Secretary Yanis Varoufakis wait for the start of debate at the premises of public broadcaster ERT in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Sunday’s Greek parliamentary election looks likely to be a dress rehearsal for a new round of voting in the busy summer tourist season — barring a surprise coalition deal by dissonant opposition parties. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Focus on coalition horse-trading as Greek election looks unlikely to deliver a strong winner

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Volos, central Greece, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Greece's prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures currently in the British Museum. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, file photo, tourists visit the Acropolis hill with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the left, and the ancient Erechtheion temple on the right, in Athens, Greece. Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures, announced on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, which could have a knock-on effect on the world's thorniest cultural heritage dispute — the fate of the British Museum's Parthenon Sculptures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

By Nicholas Paphitis and Kirsten Griesgaber - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, poses for a photo with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential palace, in Athens, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Mitsotakis visited the Greek President to officially announce a general election on May 21. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Campaign for Greek election begins with dissolved parliament

By Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

A man holding an umbrella walks past a Jewish restaurant that Greek officials believe was one of the targets of a planned terrorist attack, in central Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Greek police said Tuesday they have arrested two terrorism suspects with Pakistani origin, who had been planning attacks in the country aimed at causing mass casualties. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece: Terror suspects offered money to target Jewish site

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Tourists visit the Acropolis hill with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the left, and the ancient Erechtheion temple on the right, in Athens , on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Greece is on course to beat its annual record for tourism revenue as southern European Union members made a surprise recovery following a two-year travel slump caused by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

By Derek Gatopoulos and Theodora Tongas - Associated Press

Protesters take part in a rally following a train collision in central Greece, in front of the parliament, in Athens, Sunday, March 12, 2023. Thousands of people protested Sunday against safety deficiencies in Greece's railway network and to demand the punishment of those responsible for the deadliest accident in the country's history, which killed 57 on Feb. 28, when a freight train and a passenger train that had been mistakenly directed to the same track collided head-on in central Greece. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Thousands take part in new Greece protest over train crash

By Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

Hooded demonstrators throw stones against riot police during clashes in Athens, Greece, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Thousands protesters, take part in rallies around the country for fifth day, protesting the conditions that led the deaths of dozens of people late Tuesday, in Greece's worst recorded rail accident. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57

By Demetris Nellas and Costas Kantouris - Associated Press

Cranes remove debris after a trains' collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Rescuers using cranes and heavy machinery on Thursday searched the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and prompted strikes and protests over rail safety. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Greece: Grim train search moves ‘centimeter by centimeter’

By Costas Kantouris and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Debris of trains lie on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed before midnight Tuesday with an oncoming freight train. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek stationmaster arrested after crash kills at least 36

By Costas Kantouris and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Debris of trains lie on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train before midnight on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead

By Costas Kantouris and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, early Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The collision between a freight and passenger train occurred near Tempe, some 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, and resulted in the derailment of several train cars. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Head-on train crash in Greece kills 36, injures at least 85

By Costas Kantouris and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press