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  1. Weather authorities sounded the alarm on Tuesday, as heavy rain, thunderstorms and gale-force winds threaten flooding and coastal damage in western parts of the country.
  2. Traffic jams are snarling entry to and exit from Athens’ Attiki Odos ring road after a key airport-bound section was shut for emergency tunnel maintenance.
  3. Athens taxi drivers plan a three-day work stoppage starting Tuesday, while the nationwide federation announced a 48-hour strike Wednesday and Thursday to protest pending legislation.
  4. With elections 12 to 14 months away, the market has begun to take for granted that the state is entering a preelection management orbit.
  5. A third option for free distribution of High-Cost Medicines was added on Monday to serve patients with serious illnesses, with the aim of definitively addressing the long waiting times at EOPYY pharmacies.
  6. Most experts agree that banning social media for kids under 15 or 16 will have beneficial effects, but they have reservations about how enforceable such a ban would be, especially at home.
  7. Greek historian Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, an emblematic figure of Greek and European intellectual life, has died at 99, leaving behind a vast scholarly legacy that reshaped the study of Byzantium and its place in European history.
  8. Greece posted a primary budget surplus of €3.51 billion on a modified cash basis in January against a target of €1.75 billion, preliminary data showed Monday.
  9. Republic of Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has greeted the report on Cypriot growth.
  10. Greece will participate as an observer in a Board of Peace meeting on Gaza convened by US President Donald Trump on February 19 in Washington, the government said. Deputy Foreign Minister Haris Theoharis will represent Greece at the session.