Greece News 2026

NEWS ARCHIVE - June 2026

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Rick Steves Mediterranean Guide to Cruise Ports – Amazon

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Two earthquakes rattle Crete

Story at Protothema [Greek]

The Parthenon's amazing new facelift

Part of an effort ongoing since 1975. Story at Washington Post [English]

Parthenon's "new look - unseen for 200 years"

Story at MSN New York Post [English]

"A Partial Glow-Up" for the Parthenon

Story at New York Times [English]

The western facade of the Parthenon, built in the 5th century B.C., is now in "its most complete form possible for the first time in about 220 years," the Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday, after restorers added marble slabs to fill gaps in the temple’s western pediment..."

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"Land cleanup" deadline is a day away

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Investigating the murder of a woman in Chania

Story at Kathimerini [Greek] [Map of Chania]

Pavlos Polakis makes accusations against the SYRIZA leadership

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

The ancient theatre of Epidaurus reviving the 1961 version of Medea that starred Maria Callas

Story at AFP News [English]

How new tech is changing the "tourism experience"

Story at MSN Euronews [English]

What to wear on a trip to Greece

Story at AOL [English]

"The strongest inflationary pressures in three years"

Story at In.gr [Greek]

New support measures legislation

Story at Protothema [English]

Hunt on for brutal killer of animal in Gastouni

Story at Parapolitika [Greek] [Map of Gastouni]

Inflation rose because of the Iran-USA conflict, will it drop off?

Story at In.gr [Greek]

What's going to happen to oil costs in the wake of the Iran-USA deal?

Story at Real [Greek]

Hiking across Evia

Story at Irish Examiner [English]

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Updated! Demographics of Greece to 2050 and beyond

Updated! The Political Parties of Greece, 2026

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