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1. Greek-Cypriot partnership

   Enterprise Greece and Invest Cyprus signed the renewal of their memorandum of cooperation on Tuesday.

2. Cyprus is welcoming EU summit

   European Union heads of state and government are converging to Cyprus for the Thursday and Friday EU summit.

3. Greece in global elite of RES utilization

   Greece is among the top 10 countries worldwide in terms of the share of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in electricity generation, with percentages that are twice the European average and nearly three times the global average, according to the annual Global Electricity Review by the think tank Ember.

4. Papastavrou meeting with Joshua Volz

   Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou met with Special Envoy for Energy Integration at the US Department of Energy Joshua Volz in Athens on Tuesday and discussed strengthening and upgrading Greece’s and Southeastern Europe’s energy security.

5. Billions in tax fines in 2025

   Empty value-added tax returns from businesses with regular activity, “disappeared” traders involved in tax evasion schemes, fictitious invoices worth hundreds of millions of euros and inaccurate income and VAT declarations make up the picture of tax evasion revealed by the audits of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) in 2025.

6. Athena and Hermes make their way home from Chicago

   Five antiquities dating from the 6th century BC to the 2nd century AD are being repatriated from the US to Greece, the Culture Ministry announced. The objects include two Attic black-figure vessels from the 6th century BC: an amphora depicting Athena and Hermes welcoming Heracles to Olympus and a battle scene, and an olpe showing […]

7. The right kind of criticism

   No institution is above criticism in a democracy; even the justice system is subject to judgment for its decisions and how it handles cases.

8. ATHEX: Stocks decline on extended uncertainty

   The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 2,229.59 points, shedding 1.37% from Tuesday’s 2,260.67 points.

9. Container ship attacked off Iran heading for Gulf

   A Greek-linked container ship that came under attack Wednesday from an Iranian speedboat in the Strait of Hormuz is on the move, heading for the Persian Gulf.

10. Teenager badly hurt in hit-and-run accident is improving

    The condition of a 16-year-old pedestrian severely injured in a weekend hit-and-run accident in central Athens has shown signs of improvement in hospital, state ERT television reported Wednesday.