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  "title": "Greece today: Metro Line 3 stations close at 21:40, e-ΕΦΚΑ's online complaints system, and two strikes on 21 October",
  "dek": "Six Line 3 stations in north-east Athens close early on Sunday to Thursday nights until 22 October 2026, and a temporary bus covers the gap. From Monday, e-ΕΦΚΑ takes questions and complaints through a new online system.",
  "description": "Six Athens metro Line 3 stations shut at 21:40 from 11 October; e-ΕΦΚΑ opens online complaints on 12 October; teachers and doctors strike on 21 October.",
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  "published": "2026-10-10T11:31:00.000Z",
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  "glance": [
    "Six Athens metro Line 3 stations, from Panormou to Agia Paraskevi, close at 21:40 on 11–15 and 18–22 October 2026; the temporary X20 bus runs in their place.",
    "From Monday 12 October 2026, e-ΕΦΚΑ takes questions, reports and complaints through a new online system, without the need to e-mail different departments.",
    "On Wednesday 21 October 2026, primary-school teachers (ΔΟΕ) hold a 24-hour strike and hospital doctors (ΟΕΝΓΕ) strike with rallies across the country."
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    {
      "verdict": "missing",
      "claim": "Ta Nea reported on 10 October 2026 that November 2026 pensions are expected at cash machines from the afternoon of Friday 23 October and of Tuesday 27 October.[S20]",
      "finding": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's press release 427 gives only the payment dates, Monday 26 and Thursday 29 October 2026. It says nothing about money arriving earlier.[S19]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Taxheaven, Enikos and Newsit reported a new e-ΕΦΚΑ platform for questions, reports and complaints from 12 October 2026.[S8][S9][S10]",
      "finding": "e-ΕΦΚΑ's press release 426 of 7 October 2026 confirms the date. It gives no web address or login method for the new system.[S7]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Alfavita and Alpha reported a 24-hour ΔΟΕ strike in primary schools and kindergartens on Wednesday 21 October 2026.[S12][S13]",
      "finding": "ΔΟΕ's own announcement of 9 October 2026 refers to its 24-hour strike on 21 October 2026.[S11]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Mononews, Enikonomia and To Pontiki reported a hospital doctors' strike on 21 October 2026 with rallies across the country.[S16][S17][S18]",
      "finding": "ΟΕΝΓΕ's statement of 2 October 2026 calls the strike and gives the Athens rally as 12:00 at the Ministry of Finance. None of these reports calls it a 24-hour strike.[S15]"
    }
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  "unknowns": [
    "Whether the Line 3 evening closures will be extended beyond 22 October 2026, and how often the X20 bus runs. No source we read gives a frequency.",
    "Where exactly e-ΕΦΚΑ's new system is (which web address, and whether it sits inside myEFKA), how people log in, and whether the existing departmental e-mail addresses will be withdrawn. Press release 426 does not say.",
    "Whether the new e-ΕΦΚΑ system will work for people abroad or in languages other than Greek.",
    "How many primary schools and kindergartens will close on 21 October 2026, and how hospitals will run during the doctors' strike. We found no official figures or staffing arrangements.",
    "Whether ΑΔΕΔΥ (Ανώτατη Διοίκηση Ενώσεων Δημοσίων Υπαλλήλων, Anotati Dioikisi Enoseon Dimosion Ypallilon), the public-sector union confederation, or any transport union will join on 21 October 2026."
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