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1. Greek deputy foreign minister to miss Ankara trip

   Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou will be unable to travel to Ankara for the scheduled meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday due to a severe illness she contracted during a conference in the United States.

2. Financial prosecutor opens probe into alleged €73 million embezzlement

   Greece’s financial prosecutor, Panagiotis Kapsimalis, has received a report from the country’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority detailing the alleged embezzlement of more than €73 million in state and European Union funds between 2020 and 2025.

3. Survivors dispute Coast Guard account of fatal migrant shipwreck

   Survivors of a shipwreck that killed 15 Afghan migrants off Greece last week said that the dinghy they were in did not change course or ram a Coast Guard vessel, contradicting the official account by authorities.

4. Russian official suspected of ordering arson in Crete

   A 78-year-old Russian government official is suspected of orchestrating an arson attack on a real estate office in Almyrida, near Hania, last month.

5. ‘Irregular punctures caused by violent detachment’

   Three decades after the crisis that brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war, Kathimerini presents the declassified ballistics investigation and expert report into the causes of the helicopter crash near the southeastern Aegean islets of Imia, costing the lives of three Greek navy officers.

6. Low expectations ahead of Greece-Turkey meeting in Ankara

   After nearly two years without meetings and a period of relatively calm relations, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Ankara on Wednesday to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

7. Education minister highlights significance of World Greek Language Day

   Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki highlighted the special importance of celebrating World Greek Language Day in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). UNESCO ratified the decision on November 12, 2025.

8. Landslide threatens home in Ancient Olympia; family evacuates

   A rapidly developing landslide in the Ancient Olympia area of the Peloponnese has caused parts of a hill above a settlement to give way, damaging a single-family home and forcing its residents to evacuate, local reports said.

9. Australia MP marks World Greek Language Day

   Federal lawmaker Steve Georganas marked World Greek Language Day in Australia’s House of Representatives, highlighting the global significance of the Greek language following its recognition by UNESCO, The Greek Herald reported.

10. Man killed after car plunges into ravine in Evrytania

    A 59-year-old man was killed Sunday when his car veered off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine in the Evrytania region of central Greece, authorities said.