Cartoon (29/10/2026)
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Organ Donor Registrations Top 4,000 After Text Message Drive
A text-message drive pushed organ donor registrations in Greece past 4,000 in just nine days, as the country recorded 324 transplants so far in 2026. The Hellenic Transplant Organisation (EOM) recorded 4,264 organ donor registrations to the National Organ Donor Registry from 10 to 18 October. Its information website drew 11,392 visits over the same …
Subsidies and demographics
The demographic crisis and the slow death of the Greek provinces cannot be addressed with subsidies alone. Even if the financial incentives were more attractive than they are right now, a subsidy scheme still wouldn’t work. Source link
Greek PM Rejects Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal, Urges Black Sea Truce – Greek City Times
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has rejected a maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya’s eastern parliament, calling it “blatantly illegal, null and void,” and urged an international truce to protect commercial shipping in the Black Sea following attacks on vessels in the region. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks to reporters at UN headquarters in …
Bakery chain owner remanded pending trial over tax fraud
The owner of the Horiatiko bakery chain, who is accused of heading an alleged €100 million tax fraud scheme and other offenses, was ordered remanded in pre-trial custody Thursday. Source link
Countdown to Cyprus cable link surveys
Preparations are continuing for the resumption of surveys for the Great Sea Interconnector, an undersea electricity link between Greece and Cyprus, with the survey vessel Abeille Marengo docked in Iraklio, Crete. Source link
Seven Decades of EOT Art in Athens
Greek tourism posters made between 1929 and 1996 go on show at the Radisson Blu Park Hotel Athens, as the hotel marks 50 years since it opened. The exhibition brings together 30 works created for the state agency that promotes Greece abroad, known as the EOT. Together, they trace how Greece presented itself to the …
Thessaloniki man held over 2 kilos of marijuana mailed from US
A man with a history of drugs-related charges has been arrested in Thessaloniki after allegedly ordering just over two kilograms of marijuana from an unspecified vendor in the US, authorities said Thursday. Source link
police probe organised crime links
MELBOURNE, October 2026 — Homicide detectives are investigating the Reservoir shooting that killed Richmond man Elias Serevetas, 55, on Tuesday night. Police said he had links to organised crime. Officers went to Mahoneys Road in Reservoir at about 11.30pm on Tuesday 27 October, Victoria Police said. Mr Serevetas died at the scene. Police probe Reservoir …
Greek teenager says last-minute seat change may have saved his life in Spain train crash
An 18-year-old Greek passenger who survived a deadly train crash in Spain’s Toledo province, which killed at least 69 people, says a last-minute decision to change seats may have saved his life. Source link