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Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives has reportedly approved the controversial 2019 maritime memorandum with Turkey, reversing its previous opposition to the agreement and raising fresh concerns over the balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean. According to Reuters, two Libyan lawmakers confirmed the decision on Tuesday, while Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported that the parliament …

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Vasso Mazonakis and pastry chef Dimitris Makryniotis are reportedly preparing to exit Routina, the all day café and pastry shop they opened in Glyfada in 2025. Vasso Mazonakis and pastry chef Dimitris Makryniotis are reportedly preparing to sell their joint business in Glyfada, marking a potential turning point in their professional partnership. According to Greek …

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New reports have revived questions surrounding Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis’ involuntary admission to the Dromokaiteio psychiatric hospital in 2025, bringing renewed attention to his family dispute and conflicting accounts of the events leading to his hospitalisation. The reports revisit concerns reportedly raised by his sisters, who sought his involuntary psychiatric assessment, prompting a prosecutor’s intervention …

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The Sifnos Vagabond feature, a 10-page spread in a leading Swedish travel magazine, presents the Cycladic island as “Greece in its authentic form”, the Municipality of Sifnos said. Fredrik Brändström, the editor-in-chief of Vagabond, wrote the piece after a press trip the municipality had planned. Visit Sifnos, the island’s official tourism account, also shared the …

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HERAKLION, October 2026 — A Frontex vessel carried out a Gavdos migrant rescue of 47 people on Tuesday 20 October, after about 70 others were saved south of Crete earlier that day. Rescuers took the 47 safely to the port of Karave on Gavdos, a small island south of Crete, authorities said. The Joint Rescue …

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