Greece — country in Southeast Europe

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Greece

country in Southeast Europe

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Five EU states—Denmark, Greece, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands—are moving toward outside-EU “return hubs” for rejected asylum seekers, aiming to have facilities ready by 2027 with partners in Africa such as Rwanda or Uganda. The plan follows a June EU migration rule overhaul to accelerate deportations, drawing criticism from rights groups about safety and due process as ministers push ahead with negotiations for third-country sites.

Investigations show Greece’s aging, largely overhead power network and faulty lines are driving a large share of wildfires, with a June short circuit linked to a July blaze and roughly 75% of the year’s burned area attributed to grid faults, prompting calls for maintenance amid concerns about undergrounding costs. In North America, authorities and researchers are studying how wildfires threaten the grid and how infrastructure itself can ignite fires, with efforts like Idaho National Laboratory testing and DOE reviews to bolster wildfire resilience after major disasters.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former California prosecutor, television personality, and close ally of President Donald Trump, officially assumed her post Tuesday as the first female U.S. ambassador to Greece. According to The…

Greece is pushing for Mount Olympus to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, with a decision expected during the 48th World Heritage Committee session in Busan as Greece lobbies for support amid growing optimism after earlier technical reservations. The bid underscores Olympus’s cultural, mythological, and environmental significance—including its status as Greece’s highest peak, its mythic role as the throne of Zeus, and protections from a national forest in 1938 to a biosphere reserve in 1981 and a national park in 2021.

LatestGreece proposes €15 billion EU 6G fundGreece has proposed pooling part of future national 6G spectrum auction revenues in a European Spectrum Union to fund strategic technology investment and ease pressure on the EU budget. The plan’s €12 billion to €15 billion estimate is preliminary and comes as member states negotiate financing for the bloc’s proposed 2028–34 budget.Sep 24, 2026

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