On Christmas Eve, children, especially boys, often go out singing 'kalanda' (carols) in the streets. They play drums and triangles as they sing. Sometimes they will also carry model boats. Carrying a boat is a very old custom in the Greek Islands.

Greece seems to have tidied up all of its Balkan affairs, and has tabled a proposal to host along with Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia, the EURO 2028 and/or the World Cup in 2030.

Over 200 wire snares for the poaching of wild animals have been found on the Greek-Albanian borders in the last three months by members of the Environmental Protection Association of Kastoria.

A Greek restaurant in Birmingham, UK, suffered three racist attacks, as reported by its owners.