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1. Greece eyes role as CO2 hub

   The foundations for Greece’s emergence as an energy hub, not only in the natural gas and electricity sectors but also in the capture, transport and storage of carbon dioxide, are being laid,

2. Project to install A/C in all Athens Metro trains gets under way

   The Transport Ministry and public transport operator STASY have issued a call for preliminary consultation for a feasibility study to install air conditioning on 16 first-generation trains on the Athens Metro that currently have only ventilation.

3. Farmers reject government talks

   Farmers protesting delays in agricultural aid payments and rising production costs have rejected a government invitation for talks, prolonging the ongoing deadlock.

4. Erdogan’s vision for Syria and the region

   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently praised Syrians born and raised in Turkey, who speak Turkish and have returned to Syria, saying a “brother nation that speaks our same language is rising anew from the ashes.”

5. Police detail new case of farm subsidy fraud

   Police investigators have outlined the alleged operation of a criminal organization accused of illegally collecting agricultural subsidies from the state payment agency OPEKEPE, according to an official statement. 

6. ‘If you see people at the cafe, it’s because of a funeral’

   The bronze statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis – a prominent Greek patriot in the War of Independence – stands as a vigilant sentinel in front of the church he oversaw the construction of in the 19th century in Valtetsi.

7. Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

   Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.”

8. Helena Paparizou shares recovery update

   Swedish-Greek singer and television personality Helena Paparizou said on Saturday that she is recovering and will return soon to The Voice of Greece, after being hospitalized earlier this week following an illness during filming.

9. Now farmers will strike in Cyprus, too

   Farmers across Cyprus are sounding the alarm over soaring electricity costs and dwindling water supplies, warning that recent state aid will barely make a dent.

10. Crete cooperative tied to fraud

    A farmers’ cooperative in Iraklio, Crete, is at the center of a newly uncovered subsidy fraud involving illegal payments from Greece’s agricultural payment agency, OPEKEPE.