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Mitsotakis: No country is immune to the global storm, and no national measure can counter an international crisis
Greek PM criticises EU response to energy crisis: Simply urging people to switch off lights and use less petrol is not enough – Remarks made at the inauguration of an energy storage facility


EU threatens action if social media platforms livestream execution of Nidal Hasan
Brussels warns that Meta, X and TikTok must enforce their own content rules as Washington plans to broadcast the execution publicly

How Greece’s under-15 social media ban will work on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
Bill to be passed on Thursday, 22 October, with restrictions taking effect on 1 January. No children's personal data will be shared with platforms – Georgiadis highlights alarming figures on social media use among young people

No pathogen detected in immediate circle around 28-year-old researcher who died at Siberian plague institute
Russian authorities say almost 5,000 laboratory tests found no dangerous pathogen among those who had contact with a 28-year-old researcher who died at a Siberian plague institute, with the regional governor attributing her death to unrelated pneumonia
Mitsotakis at MED9: Europe must answer energy costs with joint initiatives
Speaking at the MED9 summit in Split, the Greek prime minister called for joint European initiatives to ease energy costs while protecting fiscal stability, and welcomed Brussels' positive response to Greece's proposed emergency migration mechanism

Europe’s €100 billion winter problem: how the energy crisis is pushing up costs for households and businesses
The European Commission foresees no supply shortages, but Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen warned of a difficult season, with Brussels weighing measures to curb transport fuel costs as energy poverty threatens to spread across the bloc

Ozone pollution: More than a third of the world’s population exposed to dangerous levels in 2026
Copernicus says heatwaves and wildfires drove the exposure, with 53% of Asia's population affected in the first eight months of the year, while the European Environment Agency links air pollution to 180,000 premature deaths annually

Israeli Prime Minister orders ICC case drawn up against Turkish President over Kurds and Hamas
The move follows Ankara's request for an Interpol red notice against Netanyahu, though sources say the legal file may never be submitted and is chiefly intended to deter Turkish escalation, the Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS reported


