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The messages Rubio will deliver from Athens today: Energy, F-35 weapons and the speech at the Pnyx on the “Western spirit”
The curtain rises at the Foreign Ministry — The 6th Strategic Dialogue will follow, with three agreements — In the afternoon, the meeting with Mitsotakis and the speech at the Pnyx


US and Iran in a new head-on confrontation: Threats of sanctions on banks, Pezeshkian says “negotiations make no sense”
Washington warns financial institutions around the world, while Tehran rejects dialogue under sanctions and military pressure

The symbolism, agreements and agenda of Rubio’s visit to Athens: He will deliver a speech at the Pnyx
Formally, Rubio’s visit is linked to the 6th round of the Greece–U.S. Strategic Dialogue — but energy, defense, regional security, connectivity, investment and technology will be on the table, as well as an examination of geopolitical developments

Mitsotakis: Defending the sovereignty of frontline member states is Europe’s responsibility – The message to Turkey and the SAFE program
“We need reasonable European flexibility so that governments can support households and businesses by making use of the additional fiscal space,” the prime minister said in his remarks with the president of Lithuania
Egyptian prosecutors recommend rejecting appeals by Sinai Monastery – Ιt risks losing another 10 properties
What Egyptian reports say — Final decision by Egypt’s Supreme Court of Cassation due by October 24 — Another 28 properties are at risk under the prosecutors’ recommendation

Rubio in Athens, but not Ankara: What the US wants, what Greece wants – F-35s, new weapons and energy
For the first time, the US State Department has abandoned its diplomatic practice of maintaining equal distance from Greece and Turkey - ExxonMobil and Chevron exploration south of Crete, Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, Ukraine and Iran on the agenda of talks with Mitsotakis

Memorial to 1922 refugees unveiled at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: “Historical memory must not be confined to books”, rector says
An olive tree stands at the centre of the memorial, its roots symbolising ties to lost homelands, surrounded by 12 stone sections referencing, among others, Pontus, Trebizond, Smyrna, Ionia and Cappadocia



