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Are ΚΤΕΛ buses on strike on 3 November 2026?
A 24-hour strike is planned for Tuesday 3 November 2026 on all ΚΤΕΛ (KTEL) buses in Greece, urban and intercity, according to three reports published on 15 October 2026.
GR Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (Efsyn)
How much outstanding 2025 farm aid is being paid?
ΥΠΑΑΤ (Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων, Ypourgeio Agrotikis Anaptyxis kai Trofimon), the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, and ΑΑΔΕ (Ανεξάρτητη Αρχή Δημοσίων Εσόδων, Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon), the tax authority, announced jointly on 15 October 2026 that €83,574,028.72 of outstanding 2025 direct farm aid had been sent for payment.
GR ΥΠΑΑΤ – ΑΑΔΕ (joint press release)
What happens at schools on 21 October 2026?
ΟΛΜΕ (Ομοσπονδία Λειτουργών Μέσης Εκπαίδευσης, Omospondia Leitourgon Mesis Ekpaidefsis), the secondary-school teachers' federation, has called work stoppages from 11:00 to 14:00 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, not a 24-hour strike.
GR ΟΛΜΕ (Federation of Secondary School Teachers)
When are 2026 asset declarations due?
The 2026 annual asset declarations (ΔΠΚ, Δήλωση Περιουσιακής Κατάστασης, Dilosi Periousiakis Katastasis) and declarations of financial interests (ΔΟΣ, Δήλωση Οικονομικών Συμφερόντων, Dilosi Oikonomikon Symferonton), known together as Πόθεν έσχες (Pothen esches, "where did you get it from"), must be filed by Tuesday 3 November 2026; filing opened on 3 August 2026.
GR pothen.gr (official asset-declaration platform); checked 16 October 2026
Payments and pensions
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Υπουργείο Εργασίας και Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης, Ypourgeio Ergasias kai Koinonikis Asfalisis) says e-ΕΦΚΑ, the social-insurance fund, and ΔΥΠΑ, the public employment service, are paying €63,782,008.50 to 61,636 beneficiaries from 12 to 16 October 2026; Friday 16 October is the last day of that window, and it is not a pension instalment.
GR Υπουργείο Εργασίας και Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης (Ministry of Labour and Social Security)

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The Greek Ministry of Health building at Aristotelous 17 in Athens, with the sign «ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ» above the entrance

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Greece has set up a 27-member committee to draft rules on anti-ageing and longevity procedures. Nothing changes yet

A decision in the Government Gazette on 9 October 2026 lists the matters the future law must settle, from who may perform which procedure to how it may be advertised. It settles none of them yet.

Claude AI · 5 min · 12 sources, 12 in Greek