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1. Protesting farmers: ‘We have nothing to lose’

   The discussions at the Karditsa blockade in central Greece stop and the farmers gather in front of the television. Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food Christos Kellas is a guest at the TV studio. “Be quiet so we can listen,” some farmers say.

2. Authorities revise Crete migrant boat death toll to 17

   Authorities have revised the death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off southeastern Crete on Saturday, confirming that 17 migrants have died, down from an initial report of 18.

3. Young boy dies in Zakynthos dog attack, parents arrested

   The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally mauled Saturday by the family’s recently adopted dog on Zakynthos have been arrested on negligent homicide charges and were later released by order of a prosecutor.

4. Greece-US cooperation reshaping Europe’s energy future, minister says

   Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou has told Fox News that his recent meetings in the United States underscored strong US-Greece cooperation and the central role Greece is poised to play in Europe’s energy transition.

5. PM on farmer protests: Solutions only through dialogue

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly, Sunday-morning post, said farmers are justified in seeking improved conditions, but stressed that meaningful solutions come only through dialogue. 

6. US Ambassador Guilfoyle: Greece a key pillar in Trump’s energy, investment, AI strategy

   US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has characterized Greece as a central pillar of President Donald Trump’s strategy on energy, investment, and Artificial Intelligence.

7. Peloponnese earthquake of magnitude 4.8, no damage reported

   An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck the Peloponnese, southern Greece on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of any damage.

8. ReBrain Greece is working – I know as a new Athenian

   December 7, 2025: In New York City, Greeks across the United States are being called into action. Not without historical precedent, “ReBrain Greece” is a strategic effort to curb the outflow of talented Greeks who have left in search of opportunity abroad.

9. How Israel’s settlement surge in the West Bank is displacing Palestinians

   For two decades, Muhammad Abdulrahman, 58, lived with his wife and his beehives on a remote hillside in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

10. FM: Greece can be an honest broker in an unstable world

    Greece can play the role of an honest broker in a period of international upheaval, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said speaking at the “Doha Forum” in Qatar.