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1. PM upbeat on 2026 arrivals, sees no overtourism issue

   Greece can see a rebound in tourist arrivals if the situation in the Middle East is resolved soon, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday, but warned industry officials that they can't constantly hope for new record numbers of visitors.

2. ATHEX: Index suffers more pressure from abroad

   PPC’s share capital increase contained the decline of the Greek bourse benchmark on Monday.

3. Athens urges Israel to ensure Greek flotilla activists’ safety

   The Foreign Ministry has formally called on Israel to ensure the security of Greek citizens detained with other activists intercepted Monday off Cyprus in small boats trying to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

4. Court gives spy agency three months to hand over wiretap file on journalist

   Greece’s highest administrative court has ordered the National Intelligence Service (EYP) to submit within three months the official file on the lifting of the confidentiality of the communications of investigative journalist Thanasis Koukakis.

5. Foreign pickpockets sought fortune on Greek resort island

   Two women and a child who allegedly traveled to Santorini to prey on tourists have been arrested for allegedly stealing bags and purses from visitors in the Aegean Sea resort island's crowded streets, police said Monday.

6. The preelection period has begun

   As has often been the case before, the country finds itself in a preelection period, despite it not having been officially proclaimed as such.

7. Kalymnos fisherman faces murder charges over body found in the sea

   A fisherman has been arrested accused of murdering a man found unconscious overnight in the sea off the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Kalymnos, authorities said Monday.

8. UK police: No change in support for Needham investigation

   UK police have said there has been no change to its role in the investigation into the disappearance of Ben Needham, a British toddler who went missing on the Greek island of Kos in 1991. In a statement issued Monday, South Yorkshire Police said it continues to act as a conduit for information sharing between […]

9. Summer cooling to cost more

   After 80 days of conflict in the Middle East, Greece appears particularly vulnerable and risks paying the heaviest energy bill in Europe.

10. Greece to retire missile defenses deployed amid Gulf war to Karpathos, Evros

    Greece will withdraw air defense systems deployed at the start of this year's US and Israeli attacks on Iran to the eastern border with Turkey, whose presence caused consternation in Ankara, reports said Monday.