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1. Greek Deputy Labor Minister meets American Jewish organizations in New York

   Deputy Minister of Labor Kostas Karagounis has held meetings with American Jewish organizations in New York

2. Greens and Reds stumbled on the road

   The Greek teams did not travel well this week in the Euroleague, both suffering road losses that saw them drop in the standings.

3. A distinction for Greeks

   It took 16 years of very painful sacrifices for the country of “Greek statistics,” the country of “lazy people” and convenient scapegoats, to erase the stigma and take the reins of the Eurogroup. 

4. Experimental schools network growing nationwide

   The Education Ministry will add 13 schools to its experimental schools network over the next two academic years, bringing the national total to 133 units.

5. War of Independence admiral’s letters going online

   It was April 1827 and the Greeks were still trying to find a way to break the siege of the Acropolis, as one of the clashes in the broader Attica area ended in a Turkish garrison fortifying itself in the strategically important Monastery of Saint Spyridon in Piraeus.

6. Christmas retail opening hours begin in Athens this weekend

   Christmas opening hours are now in force for retail stores, which in Athens will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. according to the announcement by the Athens Traders Association.

7. ATHEX: Stocks slip on day and the week

   Friday’s session at Athinon Avenue resembled that of Wednesday, with minimal losses for the benchmark.

8. Four Turkish F-16s violate Greek airspace over central Aegean

   Four Turkish F-16s violated Greek airspace on Friday afternoon.

9. Conference tourism and daily struggles

   Two ministers, two deputy ministers and two general secretaries took part in the recent Rebrain Greece initiative event in New York.

10. Ministry to overhaul disaster compensation system

    The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection is preparing a major overhaul of the country’s decades-old system for distributing compensation after natural disasters. Deputy Minister Kostas Katsafados and General Secretary Petros Kampouris are leading the effort, aiming to replace a slow, paper-heavy process with a streamlined, digital model.