Greece News 2026

NEWS ARCHIVE - October 2026

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2026, Tuesday October 20, 2026

Cyprus gov't rejects Libyan-Turkish memorandum

Story at Cyprus Mail [English]

The question in France after the riots: who will pay?

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Where's the number one honeymoon destination for 2027?

Story at Travel Tomorrow [English]

EU reacts to Libyan-Turkey memorandum "invalid"

Story at Skai [Greek]

Israeli ambassador Pninat Yanai "Greece is one of EU's success story"

Story at Protothema [English]

Special tax situation requested for heating in Western Macedonia

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

The "harsh" response to Tripoli and Ankara from Greece Foreign Ministry

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Greece rejects approval of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum "contrary to the International Law of the Sea"

Story at Skai [Greek]

Automobiles leading growth in Greek credit spending

Story at Powergame [Greek]

French government deploying military forces to deal with riots

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Dusk colors on Lycabettus in Athens - see photo expanded and enlarged

Saudi Arabia "financial obligations" and Patriot Missile batteries

Story at eKathimerini [Greek]

Golden Dawn back on the streets?

Story at Real [Greek]

Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou "the left fuels chaos"

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Sugar and eye health

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Huge success for Capital Maritime Finance Corp. listing onto Euronext Athens Market

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Mergers and changes in Hellenic military

Story at Bloko [Greek]

Getting harder to find a taxi in Athens

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Primary budget surplus has dropped

Story at eKathimerini [English]

Greece's Global Tax Competitiveness ranking for the world

Story at D News [English]

Greece declared European Rugby League "C" champions for 2026

Story at Greek Herald [English]

The politics in Greece around the disturbances in Europe

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

Athens Greece Dusk

Electricity costs and winter

Story at Powergame [Greek]

Could France default on debt?

Story at Liberal [Greek]

Patriot missile shipments to Ukraine paused

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

US Senator Rick Scott in Greece and on Cyprus

Story at Tampa Free Press [English]

The organ transplant scene in Greece in 2026

Story at Tovima [English]

Italy using troops to face riots in Milan

Story at Protothema [English]

Curfews in France

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Elections and ashes in France

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Disability benefits to go up

Story at Skai [Greek]

Migrant rescue operation near Crete

Story at In.gr [Greek]

Innocence declared in the Ark of the World case

Story at Protothema [Greek]

Katerina Notopoulou and Paschalis Tsarouchas are together due to "Zorba"

Story at Real [Greek]

"Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spies—academics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholars—who would come to be known as “the Greek Desk.” These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the world’s most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself." AMAZON

Stephan Talty’s compact, lively "The American School of Spies" tells the story of two sets of agents sent to Greece by the Allies, with distinct missions. One was to harass and kill Nazis by blowing up trains, calling down airstrikes and ferreting out military secrets. The second was to safeguard Greece’s trove of archaeological treasures..." – New York Times review June 2026

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"Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spies—academics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholars—who would come to be known as “the Greek Desk.” These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the world’s most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself." AMAZON

Stephan Talty’s compact, lively "The American School of Spies" tells the story of two sets of agents sent to Greece by the Allies, with distinct missions. One was to harass and kill Nazis by blowing up trains, calling down airstrikes and ferreting out military secrets. The second was to safeguard Greece’s trove of archaeological treasures..." – New York Times review June 2026

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