Member states of the European Union

In the EU in 2017, there were on average 116 prisoners per 100 000 people, a rate which is the lowest since 2000, Eurostat reported.

Athens is among the 20 nominees for Europe's best destination in 2020, being voted on by users of the website European Best Destinations in association with the continent's largest travel agencies.

Prior to the 1976 US presidential election excessive expectations were cultivated among Greeks regarding the expected election of Jimmy Carter.

The candidate was depicted as a philhellene and much was invested in his electoral victory.

Inhabited islands, such as Crete, are on the same footing as mainland coastline in the delineation of marine zones, US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said Monday in response to questions from reporters about the recent maritime border agreement between Libya and Turkey that ignores the presense of the Greek island.

Ankara denounced a recent meeting on Jan. 9 held between Greece, France, the Greek Cypriot administration, Egypt and Italy against a recent maritime delimitation deal between Turkey and Libya.

The Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, France and Egypt rejected on Wednesday two deals signed between Turkey and Libya's UN-recognised government in Tripoli, saying they further undermine regional stability and are both "null and void."

Recent developments in Libya, as well as security and stability issues in the Eastern Mediterranean were at the center of a five-way meeting in Cairo on Wednesday between the foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and Italy, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Donald Trump and Kyriakos Mitsotakis reaffirmed strong relations and close cooperation between the United States and Greece during their meeting at the White House, the Greek prime minister told reporters in Washington as he expressed "satisfaction" over talks with the US President.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis plans to brief US President Donald Trump on Turkish violations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean and the threat they pose to international stability and regional security, he told an event in Tarpon Springs, Florida, on the first of a four-day visit to the United States on Sunday night.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has renewed his criticism of Turkey's activity in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, while warning Ankara against crossing "red lines."