Greece News 2026

NEWS ARCHIVE - January 2026

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January 17, 2026 Saturday

The memorial service for Princess Irene

Story at Vanity Fair [English]

Huge increase in tourism in the Peloponnese

Story at Powergame [Greek]

The average age of the farm tractors in Greece

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Cold temps with snow in some areas

Weather at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Carnival in Patras

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Fire in Kazania

Story at Skai [Greek]

Greece over Turkey at Water Polo semi-finals

Story at Greek City Times [Greek]

Snow on the mountain at Palaios Panteleimonas Village in Leptokaria - see photo expanded and enlarged

January 16, 2026 Friday

The problem of youth violence in Greece

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

"Cognitive atrophy" and AI

"The question is not whether we will live with AI. We already do. The question is whether we will still remember what it is like to live without it." Story at Protagon [Greek]

Erdogan invited be a "founding member of the Gaza peace council"

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Minimum wage at €930

Story at Real [Greek]

Jealousy at the center of murder in Lithovounia

Story at Iefimerida [Greek] [Map of Lithovounia]

Mitsotakis to meet Erdogan in February

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

"Volcanic risk on Santorini is manageable"

Story at Cyclades24 [Greek]

How Athens went from being a "stopover" to a tourist destination

Story at Capital [Greek]

Tsipras: what progressives are looking for

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Giorgos Boulbasakos exits PASOK

Story at Skai [Greek]

Athens, Albanian PM Edi Rama and the Greek minority

Story at Iapogevmatini [Greek]

But the issue is not anthropological. It is political. Under the responsibility of the Greek political system, Albania is constantly becoming rougher, by word and deed, with the consequences mainly burdening the Greek ethnic minority in Northern Epirus. Athens, without ensuring the obvious for the minority, accepted the start of Albania's negotiations with the European Union, with the result that this was perceived by Rama, "rightly", as a sign of submission or indifference..."

Odeon of Herodes Atticus - see photo enlarged and expanded

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