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1. Rally of Gods: Punishing four-day Acropolis Rally kicks off in Athens

   It’s dubbed the “Rally of Gods” — a punishing, four-day event on the World Rally Championship circuit that will take 69 crews from 31 countries across rough, treacherous terrain in Greece.

2. Ruling ND widens lead

   Ruling New Democracy holds a strong lead with 30.2% support if elections were to be held today, according to a new MRB poll, outpacing PASOK by 16.2 points.

3. Greece among best in EU in 5G

   Greece is very close to achieving the Digital Decade target in terms of 5G network coverage, according to the progress recorded in the European Commission’s annual report on the Digital Decade program for 2025, based on data in 2024, as reported in a Ministry of Digital Governance announcement on Thursday.

4. ONEX agreement for four new tugboats

   An agreement with a Greek-owned company to build four new tugboats will be signed for the first time within the coming weeks, in the wake of an agreement between ONEX Elefsis Shipyards and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore for the construction of 20 new tugboats signed on Monday, ONEX Group Chairman and CEO Panos Xenokostas announced.

5. Wildfire destroys homes in Attica coastal village

   A wildfire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in the coastal Attica area of Palaia Fokaia destroyed multiple homes and forced evacuations of residents and vacationers.

6. Cyprus back business hopefuls

   Cyprus is betting on young entrepreneurs to drive the country’s economic growth.

7. Scientists retrace 30,000-year-old sea voyage, in a hollowed-out log

   In 1947, against the best navigational advice, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members set sail from Peru on a balsa wood raft to test his theory that ancient South American cultures could have reached Polynesia.

8. Digital labor card protects 1.85 mln workers, says minister

   Minister of Labor and Social Security Niki Kerameus said on Thursday in a post on social media that a total of 1.85 million employees are protected by the Digital Labor Card.

9. Titan ranks among world’s top 150 most sustainable companies

   Titan Group has once again made the list compiled by Time magazine of the top 500 most sustainable companies in the world, for the second consecutive year, the group said on Wednesday.

10. The homeless in the city

    The issue of homelessness is not about improving Athens’ tourist image. The situation in some very central parts of the Greek capital is evidence of the state’s inability to take care of people who are in obvious need of support and care.