"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its strong concern over the incidents that took place yesterday, 30 May 2026, in Zvërnec, Albania, during a protest by residents over their property rights, among whom is a Greek citizen who was injured," the Foreign Ministry stated in an announcement on Sunday.

The incidents that occurred on Saturday in the Zvernets area, near Vlora, brought to the fore a controversy that has been quietly developing for two years around one of the largest investment projects that have been announced in Albania.

The European Commission has lashed out at Turkey, which has excluded Cyprus from preparatory meetings ahead of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, calling Ankara’s stance “unacceptable”.

Greece, the United States and South Korea have signed a €1.35 billion trilateral agreement to transform the Elefsina shipyards into a naval defense and submarine construction hub for the Eastern Mediterranean, with the deal expected to generate up to 10,000 jobs and contribute 0.8 percent annually to Greece's GDP over the next five to seven years.