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1. Mitsotakis makes mini cabinet reshuffle amid election speculation

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday carried out a mini reshuffle of his conservative cabinet, as speculation grows over a possible snap election in the autumn.

2. Greece, Cyprus, US and Israel to launch East Med Energy Center

   Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the US – also known as the 3+1 scheme – will announce on Thursday in Houston, Texas, the creation of the East Med Energy Center, implementing a provision of the EastMed Act that has remained pending since 2019, when the relevant law was passed.

3. Prosecutors charge Palestinian man with four terrorism-related felonies

   Prosecutors have filed four felony terrorism charges against a 37-year-old Palestinian man accused by authorities of preparing an attack against a target linked to Israeli interests, officials said Monday.

4. One of Australia’s most wanted fugitives arrested in Greece after 27-year manhunt

   Greek authorities have arrested one of Australia’s most wanted fugitives, a Greek-Australian man accused of a fatal stabbing outside a Sydney nightclub in 1999, ending a nearly 27-year international manhunt, police said Monday.

5. Urban planning chief resigns amid corruption probe

   The Environment and Energy Ministry said Monday it has accepted the resignation of its top urban planning official, as authorities investigate an alleged corruption ring involving municipal planning services.

6. Gender studies debut at Greek university

   The University of the Aegean is launching Greece’s first undergraduate gender studies program, reflecting an academic field that emerged from women’s studies and expanded internationally from the late 1980s. 

7. Turkey targets more defense sales as West rearms, alliances shift

   Two decades of state investment have transformed Turkey into a major exporter of drones and other military equipment, and the NATO member is now looking to build on that momentum as the West rearms and security alliances are reshaped.

8. Cyprus to lodge complaints over interference with European defense ministers’ flights

   Cyprus said Monday it will lodge formal complaints over reported interference with aircraft carrying the defense ministers of Greece, the Netherlands and France en route to the island for an informal European Union defense meeting.

9. Mini cabinet reshuffle expected this week amid mounting election rumours

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce cabinet changes on Thursday, amid mounting speculation that the government may call early elections this autumn.

10. Burglars break into Ano Liosia factory

    Unknown assailants broke into a wood-processing factory in the western Athens suburb of Ano Liosia early Monday, stealing a safe and several electronic devices, police said.