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Elena Becatoros

A repatriated dog after arriving at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos on March 18, 2026, after being evacuated from Abu Dhabi amid the escalating US-Israeli conflict with Iran. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
March 19, 2026, 8:39 pm
Special Greek flight airlifts pets and their owners from war-hit Mideast
Passengers arriving in Athens from Abu Dhabi say it was hard to find a flight that would accept their canine and feline companions; one says her cat dealt with war better than her
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and Elena Becatoros
Tomoyuki Mimaki, representative director of the Nihon Hidankyo, attends a press conference after the group was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima on October 11, 2024. (JIJI PRESS / AFP)
October 11, 2024, 9:02 pm
Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo group wins Nobel Peace Prize for work against nuclear weapons
Award comes as Russia has signaled it is lowering its threshold for using atomic weapons; committee says ‘taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure’
By Mike Corder and Elena Becatoros
A wildfire in Avantas, near Alexandroupolis, in the northeastern Evros region of Greece, August 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)
August 23, 2023, 3:59 am
Firefighters in Greece find the bodies of 18 people in area burned by major wildfire
Fatalities are believed to be migrants who crossed border from Turkey, as dozens of fires ravage Greek countryside and other parts of southern Europe
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and Elena Becatoros
A man leaves the voting booth as he's votes at a polling station in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)
May 21, 2023, 1:08 pm
Greeks go to the polls, with rising cost of living on voters’ minds
First election since end of post-crisis international economic supervision pits conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis against left-wing Alexis Tsipras
By Elena Becatoros and THEODORA TONGAS
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
March 16, 2023, 5:59 am
US, Russia ratchet up rhetoric over downing of surveillance drone near Ukraine
After Russian warplanes down flight over Black Sea, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Washington to continue operating ‘wherever international law allows’
By Elena Becatoros and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, right, and his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos, inspect an honor guard before their meeting at the Greek Ministry of Defense, in Athens, Greece, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
November 18, 2022, 7:46 pm
In Athens, Gantz stresses need for strong regional ties against Iranian threat
After meeting Greek counterpart, defense minister cites Tehran’s nuclear program and drones, says implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘bleed through national borders’
By Elena Becatoros
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks to the media during a press conference after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at Maximos Mansion in Athens, October 27, 2022. (AP/Michael Varaklas)
October 27, 2022, 3:11 pm
Greece ready to ‘extend a hand of friendship’ to Turkey despite increased tensions
PM Mitostakis accuses Erdogan of spreading lies among Turks; German chancellor pans Ankara for questioning Greek sovereignty on islands
By Elena Becatoros
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky takes part in a national flag-raising ceremony in the recently retaken city of Izium, Ukraine, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
September 14, 2022, 5:54 pm
Zelensky visits territory liberated in Kharkiv counteroffensive
Ukrainian president says that as forces recapture land, ‘life comes back’; Russian divisions abandon scores of tanks, weaponry and ammunition as they retreat eastward
By Elena Becatoros and HANNA ARHIROVA
A Ukrainian soldier stands on a tank on the road in the freed territory of the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)
September 13, 2022, 5:43 pm
Urging surrender, Kyiv tells fleeing Russian troops they’re used as ‘cannon fodder’
Moscow claims it’s launching ‘massive strikes’ as Ukraine’s counteroffensive deals major blows, but no uptick in attacks reported
By Elena Becatoros and HANNA ARHIROVA
A Ukrainian soldier passes by a Russian tank damaged in a battle in a just freed territory on the road to Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 11, 2022. (AP Photo)
September 12, 2022, 1:16 pm
Ukraine claims to have reached Russian border as counteroffensive maintains momentum
‘In some areas of the front, our defenders reached the state border with the Russian Federation,’ Ukrainian governor says; army says 20 settlements liberated in one day
By Elena Becatoros and HANNA ARHIROVA
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on July 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
August 8, 2022, 5:19 pm
Greek PM ‘unaware’ opposition politician’s phone hacked with Israeli-made spyware
Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he ‘would never have allowed’ wiretapping of Nikos Androulakis, adding it ‘should not have happened’
By Elena Becatoros
Russian Emergency Situations Ministry workers disassemble a destroyed building in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
May 28, 2022, 4:20 pm
Ukraine pleads for weapons amid fears Mariupol horrors repeating elsewhere in Donbas
Luhansk province faces heavy fighting in last areas under Ukraine control; Sievierodonetsk mayor: City being ‘systematically destroyed’; US may send long-range rocket systems
By YURAS KARMANAU and Elena Becatoros
Undertakers lower the coffin of Ukrainian serviceman Oleksander Matyukhin, 32, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
May 24, 2022, 4:41 pm
Ukraine says 200 decomposing bodies uncovered in Mariupol basement
As war rages in east, UK says Russia achieved some ‘localized successes’ despite Ukrainian resistance; Kremlin-installed official asks Moscow to set up military base in Kherson
By Ricardo Mazalan, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and Elena Becatoros
Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin listens to his translator during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
May 23, 2022, 3:14 pm
Russian soldier gets life sentence in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial
Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating thousands of potential war crimes; in virtual address to Davos economic conference, Zelensky calls for ‘maximum sanctions’
By Elena Becatoros, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and Ricardo Mazalan
Patients rest at Pokrovsk hospital in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
May 23, 2022, 9:13 am
Ukraine defends eastern city from Russian bombardment
Poland’s President Duda travels to Kyiv, becoming first foreign leader to address Ukrainian parliament since beginning of war
By Elena Becatoros, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and Ricardo Mazalan
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