due to circumstances beyond my control = λόγω ανωτέρας βίας

[cosmasad]

If you want to cancel something like a reservation at a restaurant and you want to say "Due to circumstances beyond my control" you could say "εξαιτίας περιστάσεων πέρα από τον έλεγχό μου" --are there any other ways to say this?

 

[honionna]

Στα ελληνικά πολύ συχνά λέμε "λόγω ανωτέρας βίας", δηλαδή λόγω γεγονότων ή καταστάσεων που δεν μπορούμε να ελέγξουμε.

 

[cosmasad]

Wow!! Thank you very much! I like that!

 

[m_a_a_]

Στα ελληνικά πολύ συχνά λέμε "λόγω ανωτέρας βίας"

Wow!! Thank you very much! I like that!

Yeah, it's like force majeure has somehow found its way into a colloquialism - which would be unlikely to happen in English, I reckon...


Another wording I came to think of, which also renders the "...beyond my control" part of your query (but contains no causal connector such as due to/λόγω), is «Δεν περνάει απ' το χέρι μου», or «Μακάρι να περνούσε απ' το χέρι μου»...

 

[pontios]

FWIW ...
Due to circumstances beyond my control = due to unforeseen circumstances, due to insurmountable circumstances (sort of)?

... λόγω απρόβλεπτων/απρόοπτων/ανυπέρβλητων περιστάσεων/καταστάσεων;

More generally ...
λόγω εκτάκτου προβλήματος;
λόγω απροόπτου προβλήματος;
λόγω απρόβλεπτου και ανυπέρβλητου προβλήματος: (whatever the specific problem may be)

 

[nickel]

λόγω απροόπτου προβλήματος;

Not very good examples, pontios, but I'd especially like to point out that the shorter version of the above, λόγω απροόπτου, is a good equivalent of "due to unforeseen circumstances".