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1. Greek winemakers are trying to go ‘green’

   Reducing its environmental footprint is one of the biggest and most complex challenges for any modern winery.

2. Mostly clear skies forecast for Clean Monday

   The weather on Monday, Clean Monday, a public holiday marking the start of the 40-day fasting period leading up to Easter and traditionally celebrated with kite flying, will be mostly clear across the country.

3. What’s open and closed on Clean Monday, a public holiday

   Athens’ Varvakeio central market will remain open until 12 p.m. on Monday for Clean Monday, a public holiday marking the start of the 40-day fasting period leading up to Easter. In Thessaloniki, the city’s Kapani market will operate until 2 p.m.

4. Over 115,000 short-stay assets recorded in 2025

   The number of short-term rental accommodations that operated in the Greek market in 2025 is estimated at 116,636, according to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).

5. The Tempe trial

   With the third anniversary of the 2023 Tempe train tragedy just around the corner, the time is also approaching when the case will finally be heard in court.

6. AEK and Olympiakos march ahead, as PAOK is held

   AEK and Olympiakos gained some advantage over PAOK, that dropped two points at Larissa on Sunday.

7. Teach the past, learn from it but let go of the enmities

   Since I am a historian it will not be a surprise to the readers that I want people to know and learn from the past.

8. Delacroix masterpiece to finally visit its inspiration

   Eugene Delacroix’s iconic 1826 oil painting “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi” will travel to Greece in April for the first time since its creation.

9. The universality of the Resistance

   The newly emerged trove of 12 black-and-white photographs that capture the execution of the 200 Greek patriots by German occupation forces during World War II in Athens are fragments of our history and must be reunited with its main body of evidence.

10. Europe in an age of competing transitions: Climate, technology and geopolitics

    This month, Greece announced a new offshore natural gas exploration deal with Chevron, covering areas south of the Peloponnese and Crete.