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1. Endress+Hauser Hellas brings bunkering and emissions solutions

   Endress+Hauser Hellas will use Posidonia 2026 to present advanced measurement solutions supporting compliance, efficiency, and safe marine operations, as shipping accelerates its transition toward alternative fuels, emissions control, and data-driven processes.

2. The other Greece

   Events like the innovation festival, Panathenea 2026 can be a wake-up call for those who don’t participate.

3. Manufacturing TINA

   “OK – ‘Nikos Androulakis is inadequate, Alexis Tsipras is outdated, Maria Karystianou is pro-Russian,’ and as for Sokratis Famellos and Gabriel Sakellaridis, there is nothing even worth discussing.

4. ‘I write the novels that I want to read’

   “One of the Gallaghers came to live here recently,” my taxi driver says. “You know, from Oasis. We have a lot of celebrities here.”

5. ‘Will we only watch what Netflix serves us?’

   Dafni Bechtsi’s smile is contagious. So is her optimism, which she confesses to me, with some hesitation, although it is clear that it is an innate element of her character.

6. A perfect Saronic weekend: Exploring Aegina’s ancient highlights

   A compact archaeological guide to the island where maritime power, myth, and easy island living meet just an hour from Athens.

7. Copper crooks nabbed in Karditsa and Larissa

   Police in central Greece said they have dismantled a criminal gang accused of stealing nearly €900,000 worth of copper from electricity transformers in rural areas.

8. NPLs burden one in three

   Nonperforming loans still correspond to about 37% of the Greek gross domestic product.

9. Queues form on North Macedonia border following biometric entry-exit rollout

   Long traffic queues have formed at Greece’s border with North Macedonia following the introduction of the European Union’s new digital biometric border screening system, causing significant delays for travelers entering the country.

10. Report details MPs’ role in illegal subsidies

    An internal audit submitted to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office by former OPEKEPE auditor Paraskevi Tycheropoulou has introduced new details in the investigation into allegedly illegal agricultural subsidies involving 13 lawmakers from Greece’s ruling New Democracy party.