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DISASTER1d agoBalkan temperatures swing as heavy rain heads for GreeceClear skies bring warm days and cold nights to Montenegro, while a low-pressure system moves towards Aegean SeaEurope live – latest updatesTemperatures fluctuated dramatically in the Balkans last week, with unusually large differences between daytime highs and overnight lows – known as the diurnal range.An area of high pressure over the region brought prolonged sunshine during the day, while clear skies at night allowed temperatures to drop rapidly as heat escaped into the atmosphere without cloud cover to slow the cooling. Continue reading...Guardian World
MILITARY3d agoSpain and Greece refuse to give Ukraine Patriot missiles nearing expirationGreece and Spain are holding stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles that are nearing their expiry dates and could bolster Ukraine’s air defenses.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 7‘Nobody wants a new Greece’: Calls grow for crisis election in RomaniaFar-right leader George Simion tells POLITICO Romanian president Nicușor Dan will face a campaign to oust him if he keeps refusing a snap poll to end months of deadlock in Bucharest.Politico Europe
POLITICSOct 5Greece and Turkey’s increasingly blatant hostility could turn lethalGreece Letter: Turkey, to extend its claims over the eastern Mediterranean, plans to create two marine parksIrish Times World
WORLDOct 3Remains of Bulgarian Tsar transferred from Greece to Sofia after a millenniumIn een basiliek in de Bulgaarse hoofdstad Sofia zijn afgelopen dag onder grote belangstelling de resten bijgezet van de middeleeuwse machthebber tsaar Samuel. President Radev, patriarch Daniil en duizenden anderen keken toe hoe de vorst zijn laatste rustplaats kreeg. Samuel, geboren rond het jaar 950, geldt als een van de belangrijkste heersers uit de Bulgaarse geschiedenis. Hij breidde zijn land in alle windrichtingen uit en wist grote delen van de Balkan onder de duim te brengen. Een glorietijd voor de Bulgaren dus, en een van de weinige periodes dat het land niet zelf overheerst werd door eNOS Buitenland
POLITICSOct 3Greece returns remains of Czar Samuel to BulgariaA warrior emperor who ruled the Bulgarian Empire in the Middle Ages, Czar Samuel is a symbol of Bulgarian national identity. But his remains have been in Greece for decades – and he is also claimed by North Macedonia.DW News [en]
POLITICSSep 29Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece causes stir in RomaniaKimberly Guilfoyle told embassy dinner in Athens ‘we can do that to any country’, in reference to Romanian government’s fallIrish Times World
MILITARYSep 27Turkey Mobile Missiles Raise Concerns In Greece ... These Are Their Potential Targetsi24news.tv · Israel
BUSINESSSep 17Moldova, Greece and Ireland: Where tourist arrivals are on the rise in Europe this yearIn the first half of 2026, Europe as a whole saw a 3% increase in tourists – but arrivals were down in Western Europe, partially due to heatwaves.EuroNews [en]
HEALTHSep 3West Nile virus: 290 cases and 24 deaths in Greece — Cyprus calls for calmEuroNews [en]
POLITICSJul 23EU agrees new sanctions against Russia as Greece secures LNG exemptionThe deal reached by ambassadors grants Greece an exemption to continue shipping Russian LNG to non-EU clients for the foreseeable future.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSJul 22Europe Today: Will Greece derail the EU's latest Russia sanctions?The EU is racing to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia, but Greece is unexpectedly blocking it. Meanwhile, one year after the EU struck a controversial trade deal with the US, we examine its impact on Europe and analyse Trump's recent move to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian goods.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSJul 17'Shameless': Greece and LNG emerge as major roadblock in new Russia sanctionsGreece has thrown a spanner into the works of fresh EU sanctions by demanding an exemption to a full ban on Russian LNG. Member states are aghast at the request, with one diplomat calling it "shameless".EuroNews [en]