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  1. In many ways, Robert Icke’s “Oedipus” resembles the classic tragedy many people know and learned in school.
  2. “Last night, the European Commission approved the Greek government’s action plan for the payment of agricultural subsidies,” Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Thursday in statements to Open TV.
  3. Threats against sovereign states are automatically rejected', diplomatic sources in Athens respond.
  4. In order to properly design a strategy to address a social problem such as the housing crisis, it must be based on accurate data.
  5. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited Stanford University as part of a trip focused on military modernization and technological cooperation.
  6. Greece’s top administrative court has again fined four ministries (Education, Infrastructure, Environment and Development) for failing to implement rulings issued over 13 years ago regarding technical college engineering graduates’ professional rights.
  7. The family of Evangelia Fragkiadaki has issued a statement firmly rejecting public claims that they are part of a “criminal organization” or involved in professional criminal activity, following her death in the November 1 shooting in Vorizia, Crete.
  8. The Greek stock market moved in harmony with most other eurozone bourses on Thursday.
  9. Greece’s national men’s soccer team has climbed two places in the FIFA world rankings, moving to 46th with 1,480 points after a win over Scotland and a draw with Belarus in the recent World Cup qualifiers.