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1. How Israel’s settlement surge in the West Bank is displacing Palestinians

   For two decades, Muhammad Abdulrahman, 58, lived with his wife and his beehives on a remote hillside in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

2. FM: Greece can be an honest broker in an unstable world

   Greece can play the role of an honest broker in a period of international upheaval, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said in a discussion with journalist Matthew Boyle as part of the “Doha Forum” in Qatar.

3. Cartoon (06/12/2025)

4. Europe now holds Cyprus’ guarantee, not Turkey, not Britain

   A treaty can be broken not by words but by permanence – a pact meant to preserve Cyprus’ independence became, in a guarantor’s hands, its undoing.

5. Great benefit for traders receiving payments through IRIS

   The commission traders are charged for taking a payment through IRIS is up to a quarter lower than that charged when the payment is made by card.

6. Attica’s resilience

   The climate crisis has warned us. In recent years, extreme weather events have shown the limits of what the Attica basin can handle.

7. At least 18 migrants die when inflatable boat capsizes south of Crete

   An inflatable boat carrying at least 20 migrants capsized Saturday off the southeastern coast of Crete, resulting in a confirmed 18 deaths.

8. Has anything changed?

   Is remembering a good thing, or should the past stay in the past? The season brings back painful memories and a lot of sincere concern for the future of Attica – indeed, for the future of the country.

9. Turkish FM says yes to a High-Level Cooperation Council meeting

   The Greece-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council will take place soon, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has told Kathimerini, responding to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ statement Friday that conditions are “mature” for a meeting to take place. 

10. Can Germany learn from us?

    These days, praise for Greece from German politicians is hard to miss. The message is always the same: Germany, the argument goes, can now learn how to govern effectively from the very country it once had to rescue.