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1. Presidential decree settles Kifissia patron saint question

   After decades of confusion, the northern Athens municipality of Kifissia has finally settled on who its patron saint should be.

2. Athens bets on ‘made in Greece’ military drones

   Greece has moved to advance domestically developed military drone systems, awarding initial research and development contracts for three unmanned combat aerial vehicles and two related defense technologies, the Ministry of National Defense and the Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation said Wednesday.

3. Dendias: Response to Bulgaria’s request strengthens regional security

   Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Thursday Greece’s swift response to Bulgaria’s request for military support strengthens regional security and highlights deepening defense ties between the two countries within the European Union and NATO.

4. Probe targets power network staff

   Four employees of Greece’s electricity distribution operator, DEDDIE, have been called to provide unsworn explanations as suspects in a preliminary investigation into a deadly wildfire that broke out in Keratea last August.

5. Athens dismisses latest Turkish protests over Karpathos missile deployment

   The Foreign Ministry has dismissed as “unfounded” a Turkish protest over the deployment of Patriot air defense missiles on the island of Karpathos, saying Ankara’s claims about the demilitarization of Aegean islands have long been rejected.

6. Saint Catherine monks locked in stalemate

   Once upon a time, the joke goes, there was a priest traveling by ship when it was caught in a storm and sank. As he struggled to swim through the raging waters, he began to pray, asking God to help him survive.

7. Price caps to remain in force until June at least

   The government announced a cap on profit margins for fuels and dozens of supermarket goods, describing the measure as its first line of defense against rising prices linked to the war.

8. PAOK to use Kaftanzoglio stadium during Toumba redevelopment 

   A Usage Concession Agreement and Memorandum of Cooperation allowing PAOK soccer club to use the Kaftanzoglio Stadium during the construction of its new Toumba Stadium was signed Thursday in Thessaloniki, in the presence of Deputy Sports Minister Giannis Vroutsis.

9. EU has yet to receive plan for OPEKEPE integration into AADE

   The European Commission has said it has not yet received Greece’s action plan for integrating the agricultural payments agency OPEKEPE into the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), despite the deadline for submission expiring Thursday.

10. Driver remanded in custody after fatal Thessaloniki pedestrian crash

    A 27-year-old man accused of fatally striking a pedestrian with his car in Thessaloniki has been remanded in custody following testimony before an investigating magistrate.