Greece is asking the European Commission to exclude more than €1 billion in energy resilience investments from the country’s fiscal limits. The proposed spending, extending through 2028, would support renewable energy, efficiency measures and infrastructure intended to make the system less vulnerable to disruption. Athens argues that projects serving European energy security should not reduce the government’s room for other public spending.

Applications opened for the updated Tourism for All program, offering accommodation vouchers worth up to €600. Beyond the practical information, it provides a useful snapshot of the widening gap between Greece’s record tourism performance and residents’ ability to afford a holiday themselves.

The government has unveiled myAGRO, the digital platform intended to take over agricultural subsidy functions previously handled by OPEKEPE. Managed through Greece’s tax authority, the system is designed to connect subsidy applications with tax, property and farming records, making claims easier to verify and irregular payments harder to conceal. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the launch as a step toward transparency and fairness following the scandal surrounding the former agency.

French infrastructure investor Meridiam is entering the Great Sea Interconnector as majority shareholder, giving fresh momentum to the delayed electricity link between Greece, Cyprus and, eventually, Israel. The €1.9 billion project aims to carry up to 1,000 megawatts through one of the world’s deepest subsea cables. Greek officials present the agreement as both an energy security investment and a strategic alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean. Financing, scheduling and geopolitical risks remain, however.