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1. Rough seas for ocean-going shipping

   The escalation of military conflicts in Iran is shaping an extremely complex and unstable environment for ocean-going shipping.

2. PASOK has its own constitutional revision agenda

   Greece’s main opposition has its own proposals for the upcoming review of the country’s Constitution, according to the party’s president, who argues that the center-right government doesn’t have the credibility to seek consensus over the changes it is planning.

3. Serial copper cable theft suspect arrested in Thessaloniki

   A 40-year-old man was arrested at dawn on Tuesday in northern Greece for removing copper wire from the facilities of OSE, the state-owned company responsible for rail infrastructure. 

4. France to send anti-drone systems to Cyprus, report says

   France plans to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones, the semi-official Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said on Tuesday.

5. Georgetown University opening Greece branch

   Georgetown University is establishing a branch in Greece in partnership with the Public Power Corporation (PPC), according to an application submitted to the Education Ministry for the creation of a University Legal Entity.

6. Security boosted at key sites

   Police have activated heightened security measures at critical sites nationwide amid developments in the Middle East, placing particular emphasis on locations linked to US and Israeli interests.

7. ‘This is not a war – it is a rescue operation’

   Nazia Matani is in tears. She is waiting for her daughter outside a school in Attica, and she has just hung up the phone with her sister who is in Tehran, as is their brother and his wife.

8. Opposition seeks broader consultation

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he is open to providing one-on-one briefings to any political leader who formally requests one, as opposition parties press for broader consultation over developments in the Middle East and Iran and the government’s decision to reinforce Cyprus with frigates and fighter jets.

9. Greece to deploy Patriot battery to Karpathos

   Greece will transfer a Patriot battery to the island of Karpathos, in the southeastern Aegean Sea, on Tuesday as part of the country’s efforts to boost its defense against possible aerial attacks, a day after a drone hit a British airbase in Cyprus, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.

10. Calm prevails on the border between Turkey and Iran

    “Trump has less dignity than the dog I’m holding. He drops bombs on us. He kills children. May he be cursed. We can and will endure.”