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1. For Our Time of Water | Athens | March 6-June 27

   “For Our Time is the Time of Water” at TAVROS (11 Anaxagora) asks a stark question: Who owns water?

2. Boy’s bragging videos trigger arrest over forged cash, cloned cards

   An underage boy who allegedly posted videos on social media bragging about how he cloned other people’s bank cards to steal their money has been identified and arrested by the police cybercrime squad, officials said Thursday.

3. Aegean launches Middle East repatriation flights

   Aegean Airlines on Wednesday operated its first repatriation flight for Greek citizens from the Middle East at the request of the Foreign Ministry.

4. Foreign workers: Trapped between legal work and illegal stay

   “K,” a migrant from the Philippines, works legally in Greece, holding a work permit valid until 2029.

5. NATO’s Rutte does not see need to invoke Article 5 after missile incident

   The shooting down of a ballistic missile headed for Turkey by NATO ​air defenses does not provide immediate reason to trigger ‌the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defense clause, Secretary-General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.

6. Police operation targets cryptocurrency racket

   Greece’s organized crime squad has carried out simultaneous raids in the capital and on the island of Crete as part of a crackdown on a cryptocurrency racket.

7. Mitsotakis, Macron discuss Mideast crisis, Cyprus security, safe navigation

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to discuss developments in the Middle East and ongoing support for Cyprus.

8. Italy, Spain, France and Netherlands sending naval assets to Cyprus

   Italy, along with Spain, France and the Netherlands, will send naval assets ⁠to ⁠protect ​Cyprus in the coming days, ⁠Rome’s Defense Minister ⁠Guido ‌Crosetto ⁠said on Thursday.

9. Council of State orders intelligence service to hand over file on surveillance of journalist’s comunications

   Greece’s highest administrative court on Thursday postponed a ruling in a case brought by investigative journalist Thanasis Koukakis over access to records related to the surveillance of his communications.

10. Cyprus says drone that hit British air base took off from Beirut

    Cyprus says the Shahed drone that struck a British air base on the island nation’s southern coastline was launched from Beirut.