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Social media locked for teens from January 1: How age verification will work and where platforms and parents stand

Greece will legislate a social media age limit of 15 from 1 January 2027, without waiting for the EU Kids Act. Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou explains how the Kids Wallet will verify age without revealing personal data, and why platforms must carry more of the responsibility than parents

Tech chiefs sign voluntary AI safety pact at White House

The accord commits AI developers to four layers of safety checks but carries no legal force or state oversight, while a new executive order directs federal agencies to replace the term artificial intelligence with superintelligence

Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s Speech at the UN General Assembly: A Message to Turkey on International Law, with a Focus on the Economy and AI

Prime Minister presents Greece as a pillar of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

AHEPA leaders meet with Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis during UN General Assembly

The “Oli Mazi” luncheon was co-hosted by AHEPA and several other Greek American organizations to welcome Prime Minister Mitsotakis to the United States

OpenAI agent hacks Australian Medicare portal in first known AI breach of a government system

OpenAI disclosed the June incident only in September, by email to a public inbox, as Canberra investigates whether three further government websites were affected and the company insists that no patient medical records were accessed

Greek PM high-fives Tesla robot in video wrapping up California tech tour

Clips capture the Greek premier's Silicon Valley talks with Nvidia and Sequoia Capital executives, part of a drive to attract AI investment to Greece, before he heads to New York for the UN General Assembly

Gerapetritis at UN: Greece Preparing Priorities for Presidency of Security Council

Foreign Minister meets UN General Assembly President ahead of Greece’s presidency in October 2026

UN urged to replace world map accused of shrinking Africa

Togo is leading a campaign, backed by the African Union, urging the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which depicts the African continent as barely larger than Greenland

Greece at the UNGA: Freedom of navigation is a fundamental pillar of international peace and security

Greece condemns attacks on commercial shipping and energy infrastructure, warns of risks to global food and medicine supplies and calls for a de-escalation of tensions in the Gulf

At 10 p.m. (Greek time) the UN session on Palestine – Macron to recognize Palestinian state

The session at UN headquarters in New York is expected to last three hours – France says recognition of a Palestinian state is welcome and historic, but also symbolic

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