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1. Winter swimmers mark New Year’s Day with icy dip near Athens

   A man swims in the sea at Palaio Faliro, south of Athens, wearing a Santa hat on New Year’s Day, as winter swimmers braved freezing temperatures to keep their annual tradition of welcoming the first day of the new year in the water.

2. Farmers weigh next steps in protests at nationwide meeting

   Farmers protesting delayed payments of European Union subsidies and other grievances appear set to step up their mobilizations, with attention focused on a nationwide meeting scheduled for Sunday in Malgara, near Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

3. Three injured, two critically, in separate road accidents in Attica

   Three people were injured, two of them critically, in two separate road accidents in the Attica region in the early hours of Friday, authorities said.

4. New landscape for railways in Greece

   Greek railways are entering a new era, with the commission of new trains up to 2027 and the revision of the contract between the Greek state and Hellenic Train.

5. Tourism requires spatial care

   Lack of clarity in framework discourages investments in the Greek destination, INSETE says.

6. Public investments exceed budget in 2025

   Greece fully implemented its Public Investment Development Program in 2025, spending €14.6 billion and slightly exceeding its approved budget, according to the Finance Ministry.

7. Consistency from everyone

   The decision by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) to fine public organizations and companies that fail to comply with deadlines for submitting their tax declarations puts an end to the double standards of an unfair system.

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9. Kapodistrias as a hypsipolis of Hellenism in the new film by Yannis Smaragdis

   “Man does not live on; his work lives,” Kapodistrias says to his accusers, who slandered him and plotted his destruction. This truth is precisely what the academic and filmmaker Yannis Smaragdis seeks to bring to light with his gripping and revelatory film “Kapodistrias,” thereby paying – on behalf of Hellenism – a long-owed national debt […]

10. New year brings full court docket of high-profile cases

    Greece’s judicial calendar for 2026 features a series of high-profile trials with major social and political implications, led by the long-awaited proceedings over the 2023 rail disaster at Tempe that claimed 57 lives.