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1. Storm sweeps into Greece, raising alert level

   Authorities issued heightened alerts Thursday as a powerful weather system nicknamed Byron began sweeping across the country, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms and gale-force winds that are expected to last through early Saturday.

2. US presses Athens on Ukraine fund

   Washington is pressing Athens to contribute to the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a fund gathering money to buy US weapons for Ukraine.

3. Taxi drivers extend strike

   Taxi drivers have extended their strike for a third day, pushing the end time to 6 a.m. Friday instead of Thursday morning as originally scheduled.

4. AADE uses data exchange to boost tax compliance

   The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) participated in the 18th Plenary Session of the OECD’s Global Forum on Tax Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, held in New Delhi, India.

5. Theoharis led business delegation to Egypt

   Deputy Foreign Minister Harry Theoharis paid a visit to Cairo leading a business delegation representing 20 key Greek companies.

6. Supermarket inflation in Greece edges up 1.75% in November

   Inflation in Greece’s supermarket chains rose by 1.75% in November compared with the same month in 2025, while compared with October it remained almost unchanged (-0.05%), according to the monthly survey by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA).

7. Papastavrou meets with US Interior Secretary in Washington

   The meeting took place in the wake of the PTEC conference in Athens and the momentum created by agreements and annoucements there.

8. ESM, EFSF approve Greece’s early repayment of €5.29 bln in loans

   The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) gave the go-ahead to Greece’s early repayment of loans worth 5.29 billion euros, in a statement released on Tuesday.

9. Inheritance law matters

   The provisions of Greece’s inheritance law that are being put up for revision were enacted nearly 80 years ago, in a completely different world.

10. E-kalathi lets down Cypriots

    Nearly six months after e-kalathi's launch, the Cyprus Consumers' Association says the government's price-comparison platform is falling short of expectations.