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Greece plans to ban social media use for anyone under 15 starting in 2027, requiring platforms to verify ages and face penalties under the EU Digital Services Act; parents would use a state-backed 'Kids Wallet' app to block access, a move backed by adults and aiming to spur EU-wide action.
A 58-year-old outdoors worker on a Greek island developed facial pain and a severe cough, then sneezed out worm‑like larvae. ENT surgeons removed 10 larvae and a puparium from her maxillary sinuses and identified them as the sheep bot fly Oestrus ovis, causing nasal myiasis with pupation. The team noted that anatomic factors (deviated nasal septum) and a high larval burden may have allowed pupation in a human, which is biologically unusual. After surgical removal and nasal decongestants, the patient fully recovered; the report underscores that human O. ovis infections, while rare, can occur and should be considered in endemic areas.
Divers exploring the Mentor, the Lord Elgin–owned brig that sank in 1802 while transporting Parthenon Marbles, recovered a marble fragment from the Acropolis. The fragment’s exact origin (Parthenon or another Acropolis feature) remains uncertain, adding fuel to Greece’s long-running dispute over the Elgin Marbles. Excavations have also yielded ship remains and 19th‑century artifacts; conservation and analysis are ongoing.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Paphos to meet Cyprus’s Nikos Christodoulides and Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis, signaling European support for Cyprus amid tensions tied to the Iran war.
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has been given a suspended sentence for a 2020 nightclub incident in Greece.
After Iranian-made drones targeted the UK RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus, Greece, France and Germany pledged military support to Cyprus: France will send a warship and extra anti-drone/anti-missile systems, Greece has dispatched four F-16s and two frigates, and Germany agreed to send a warship. The drones were reportedly launched from Lebanon, likely by Hezbollah. Cyprus activated its Unified Defence Doctrine as part of a broader EU response, while the UK said its bases in Cyprus will not be used by the US for Iran-related operations.
Greece has acquired a collection of 262 World War II photographs, along with 16 documents and four banknotes, depicting the last moments of about 200 men executed by German troops after the killing of a Nazi general. The photos, likely taken by a German soldier, were briefly listed on eBay before Belgian verification; they provide rare visual testimony of the 1944 Athens shooting during Nazi occupation and have provoked strong emotion among relatives and historians.
A Greek court jailed four defendants, including two Israelis, for breaching confidentiality and illegally accessing data in the Predator spyware scandal, totaling 126 years (eight years to be served). The verdict highlights Greece’s ongoing political crisis over the use of commercial spyware against politicians and journalists, with opposition leaders vowing continued accountability efforts.
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been indicted and will stand trial for allegedly promoting drug use after admitting on a podcast that he experimented with marijuana and ecstasy about 36 years ago at a festival in Australia; he is set to appear in court on December 16, with his MeRA25 party alleging political manipulation by the government.
Dana Eden, an Israeli producer behind Apple TV+'s Tehran, died unexpectedly in Athens during the Season 4 shoot; Greek authorities have opened an autopsy to determine the cause of death, while Apple TV and Kan mourn her loss and have denied foul play amid online rumors.
Dana Eden, a prominent Israeli TV producer and co-founder of Shula and Donna Productions, died unexpectedly at age 52 during the Season 4 shoot of Tehran in Greece. Greek police are investigating the circumstances, and the production company has denied rumors of criminal or politically motivated motives as colleagues and officials express their mourning.
Dana Eden, a producer and co-creator of Tehran, was found dead in an Athens hotel room during the fourth-season shoot; authorities are investigating, with her production company and the Israeli embassy saying there are no nationalist or criminal links suspected.
Greece plans to join the Gaza Stabilization Force with a 100–150‑strong battalion, including armored vehicles, medics and engineers, marking a more security-focused role than its ISAF mission; deployment timing is undecided and two Greek officers have already linked with the US-led coordination effort.
A genetic study of the Deep Maniots, a small, isolated community in southern Greece, finds an unusually strong paternal lineage dating back to a Caucasus origin about 28,000 years ago and little evidence of Migration Period Germanic/Slavic input. Maternal lineages are more diverse, with several Bronze/Iron Age connections; both paternal and maternal lineages show founder effects around AD 380–670 and 540–866, respectively, highlighting long-term isolation and a patriarchal clan structure that preserved ancient Greek ancestry in the Deep Mani region.
A new DNA study finds Maniots, inhabitants of the Mani region in southern Greece, descend from Bronze Age Greeks, suggesting strong genetic continuity with ancient Aegean populations.