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1. Bishops divided over pay raises

   Mixed reactions have emerged within the Church hierarchy over legislation granting substantial salary increases to senior clergy, a measure included in a Finance Ministry bill.

2. Court convicts amusement park owner in 2024 ride death

   A court in northern Greece has convicted the owner of a Halkidiki amusement park and three others over the 2024 death of a 19-year-old on a fairground ride prosecutors said was dangerously defective and poorly maintained.  

3. Kushner project being developed on disputed land, Albanian villagers say

   When Kostaq Konomi approached what he says is his land on the seafront in southern Albania last month, he was met with a barbed wire fence and men in black uniforms who refused him entry.

4. School loan pits Athens mayor against predecessor

   Athens Mayor Haris Doukas secured a €75 million loan from the European Investment Bank for school renovations, sparking criticism from predecessor Kostas Bakoyannis.

5. ‘Captain Giannis’ Skopelitis, legendary Small Cyclades ferryman, dies at 68

   Giannis Skopelitis, known to generations of islanders and travelers as “Captain Giannis,” the longtime master of the ferry Express Skopelitis and a symbol of the Small Cyclades’ connection to the wider Aegean, has died at 68.

6. Chance for productivity boost

   ESM sees opportunity for Greece to improve its economic stature thanks to investment flow.

7. New military drone factory marks Greece’s defense push

   Greece’s armed forces have drawn key conclusions about the state of the country’s domestic unmanned-systems sector following the national joint exercise “Doureios Ippos (Trojan Horse) 2026.”

8. Olympiakos women become European water polo champions again

   Olympiakos has won the European crown in women's water polo for a fourth time.

9. Court acquits father charged after sleeping beside daughter

   A court in Patra, western Greece, has acquitted a father charged with violating the sexual dignity of his 9-year-old daughter after he fell asleep next to her while watching television.

10. Giving voice to a vanished world

    Photographer Constantinos Pittas revisits his 1980s archive in new publication.