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1. Protesting farmers leave tractors at Syntagma overnight

   Protesting farmers from across Greece who converged on central Athens on Friday, driving dozens of tractors to parliament, horns blaring, are expected to leave the capital at noon, after parking their tractors on Syntagma Square overnight.

2. PASOK faces internal discord before congress

   Main opposition party PASOK remains mired in internal conflict as it approaches its upcoming congress in late March, with party leader Nikos Androulakis and rival Haris Doukas exchanging sharp criticism over delegate selection procedures.

3. How the art of weaving in Naxos lights the future through the past

   The old-timers who knew about weaving had a beautiful expression: “Threads unite.” Not only because a thread develops a “kinship” with another to make the weave, but also because they bring people together.

4. CYTA eyes entry into power market

   CYTA is preparing an ambitious move into Cyprus' electricity market.

5. Power transmission operator to hold €1 bln share capital increase

   Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has decided to go ahead with a €1 billion share capital increase, its parent company ADMIE (IPTO) Holding said Friday.

6. Reds keep up with Fenerbahce, that saw off Panathinaikos in the very end

   Olympiakos is pushing to climb to the top of the Euroleague table, after beating Red Star Belgrade on Thursday.

7. The high cost of routine failures

   It is often the case that effective state care does not require major spending or long-term planning. It simply takes basic, minimally systematic scheduling. Maintaining road markings is one such task – a project of negligible cost.

8. Scanning the truth: A new tool for food safety

   A pocket-size “digital food detective,” developed by Giorgos-Ioannis Nychas of the Agricultural University of Athens, promises rapid, non-destructive checks of food quality and safety.

9. Cartoon (13/02/2026)

10. Winter stays: Four of the best guesthouses in the Pilio region

    Crackling fireplaces, homemade breakfasts and courtyards crowned with plane trees, all set within Mt Pilio’s magical winter landscape.