Prokopis Pavlopoulos

Tom Hanks’ family offered Greek passport too for fire help

By DEREK GATOPOULOSJanuary 14, 2020 GMT

Greece gives actor Tom Hanks honorary Greek citizenship

December 27, 2019 GMT

Tom Hanks may officially consider himself Greek.

Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has signed an honorary naturalization order allowing the 63-year-old actor to claim Greek citizenship, his office told The Associated Press on Friday...

Greek prime minister to ask president for early election

June 9, 2019 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a meeting set with Greece's president to ask him to call an early national election by dissolving parliament...

Obama arrives in Greece at start of his final foreign tour

By ELENA BECATOROS and JOSH LEDERMANNovember 15, 2016 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — President Barack Obama has arrived in Greece on the first stop of his final foreign tour as president.

Air Force One touched down midmorning in Athens after an overnight flight from Washington.