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1. President meeting with former PMs in push to build consensus

   President Konstantinos Tasoulas is meeting with former prime ministers in an initiative aimed at reducing toxic political polarization and fostering dialogue among opposing factions. 

2. Gerapetritis travels to New York, will meet Guterres, members of diaspora

   Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to New York Tuesday for a visit that will include a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

3. Over €1.19 million recovered in farm subsidy checks

   A little over €1.19 million in undue payments has been recovered since the incorporation of the scandal-battered OPEKEPE farm subsidies agency in Greece’s independent tax authority in December 2025, the government said Monday.

4. Government outlines bill for new three-seat diaspora constituency, postal vote

   Government officials on Monday presented details of draft legislation that would allow Greeks living abroad to vote by mail in forthcoming national elections, choosing three members of the diaspora to represent them in Greece’s parliament.

5. Fifth body found after deadly explosion at Trikala biscuit factory

   Fire brigade investigators at the site of a deadly explosion and fire at a biscuit factory in Trikala, central Greece, early Monday morning have located the body of a fifth employee, raising the death toll to five, authorities said. 

6. Strike called in Trikala after fatal factory incident

   The Trikala Labor Center decided to hold a protest in the afternoon and a 24-hour strike on Tuesday tο condemn the working conditions that led to a deadly explosion at a cookie factory and left five workers dead.

7. Anti-drone shield for airports

   Greek airports are in need of protection measures against drones of any type.

8. Man charged with father’s murder 12 years after killing mother, had mental health issues

   An Athens prosecutor on Monday charged a man with stabbing to death his 80-year-old father in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, as new details emerged about the background of the suspect who, years earlier, had killed his mother.

9. Three arrested for drug trafficking in Athens, Piraeus

   Three men aged 76, 60 and 55, including the owner of a long-established grill shop in the Piraeus area, have been arrested on charges of drug possession and trafficking in central Athens and Piraeus, authorities announced.

10. 16-year-old arrested at Athens school with 3 knives in his bag

    Police have arrested a 16-year-old high school student allegedly found with three knives in his bag at a school in southern Athens, state ERT television said Monday.