Greece News 2026

NEWS ARCHIVE - October 2026

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Rick Steves Mediterranean Guide to Cruise Ports – Amazon

Friday, October 30, 2026

"Geography cannot be rewritten" Mitsotakis at the UN

Story at Protothema [English]

The auction section of the private debt bill has been withdrawn from parliament

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

German Ambassador praises Greece's digitalization progress

Story at Skai [Greek]

The "digital heist of $6.3 billion" at Binance

Story at Skai [Greek]

Sunset evening colors around Athens and Lycabettus – click on photo to expand and enlarge the image

New Greek naval frigate given name in solemn ceremony at shipyards in Lorient, France

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Wedding photo shoot in Constantinople almost ends with the bride flying away while gripping baloons

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

"...it did not come as a complete surprise..." how the Greek side got frustrated by the Libyan Parliament

Story at eKathimerini [English]

"Local storms" expected

Weather at Athina984 [Greek]

The situation on fuel subsidies for heat

Story at Powergame [Greek]

What platforms for AI are Greek users choosing?

Story at Euro2day [English]

Three arrests made of alleged perpetrators involved in the September Plaka explosion

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Six dead... for copper pipe

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Grava school to reopen

Story at eKathimerini [English]

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Controversy around gov't choice to abstain from UN vote on Cuba

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

Albanian prison mafia linked to remote-controlled bomb that detonated in Kolonos

Story at Real [Greek]

Going beyond Santorini: Greece in the "cheap months"

Story at Timeslife [English]

Is rock band U2 coming to Greece?

Story at Tovima [English]

Fatality from bus striking woman on Vouliagmenis Avenue

Story at National Herald [Greek]

Cryptocurrency hack pummels Bitcoin value

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

OXI Day parade in Athens

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Buying Property in Greece: The Foreign Buyer's Legal Guide to Real Estate, Golden Visa & Ownership by Attorney Stergios Tabakiotis

Ancient Greece in Fifty Monuments by David Stuttard - Stuttard taught classics for eleven years in Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and York, and has written numerous books on the classical world including Greek Mythology: A Traveler’s Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy and Roman Mythology: A Traveler’s Guide from Troy to Tivoli.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

The Plaka building explosion from September 25 linked to copper theft

Story at Real [Greek]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns attack on Greek-owned merchant ship made by drone

Story at Protothema [Greek]

Minister of Health accuses PASOK leader Androulakis "of small mindedness"

Story at Skai [Greek]

Mitsotakis proposes "global maritime truce"

Story at News Observer [English]

The schedule for ERT's "Sing for Greece"

Story at ESC Today [English]

How OXI Day was held in Athens and Thessaloniki

Story at National Herald [English]

Turkey's "faery chimney" has collapsed

Story at Protothema [English]

Mikrolimano Marina, Athens

Temps to rise, but for how long?

Weather at Iefimerida [Greek]

Two major changes to "My Home III" program for families to own homes

Story at Real [Greek]

Speech on the "Principle of Freedom" from October, 1941

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

European Commission planning on jump in umbers of border guards

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

The "no" after 86 years

Story at Protothema [Greek]

Negotiations back on between US-Iran

Story at Skai [Greek]

Ferencváros over Panathinaikos

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Sudden jeopardy on specialized cancer testing

Story at Tovima [English]

New upcharge on flights into Greece coming in April

Story at UK Daily Express [English]

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