What is happening there and why it matters.
So it makes sense
Greece is a holiday destination, but also a country on the Union’s sharpest border twice over. A migration route runs through it in the south — arrivals on Crete rose by half in 2026 — and in the east it has a tense relationship with Turkey: Turkish drones violate Greek airspace and Athens scrambles F-16s against them. On top of that come wildfires every summer, in 2026 including fatal ones on the island of Salamis. Greece has also moved a Patriot air-defence system to Crete as tension around Iran grows.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a Wednesday visit to Athens, called on Europe to shake off its long inactivity and strengthen its role.
