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1. Cyprus and Israel plan gas project

   Talks focus on the Aphrodite-Ishai field, a transboundary deposit located where the two countries’ exclusive economic zones meet.

2. Patmos partners with Marketing Greece to promote island beyond religious tourism

   The Municipality of Patmos and Marketing Greece have begun their first joint effort to promote the island, focusing on its everyday life, landscape and culture ahead of the 2026 tourism season.

3. Fifth installment of agricultural diesel excise refund paid to 57,422 farmers

   The fifth installment of the excise duty refund on agricultural diesel fuel for 2025 was paid on Thursday to 57,422 beneficiaries, for sales invoices issued and submitted through AADE’s myDATA and eSend systems for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025.

4. PAOK and Panathinaikos snatched the results they needed to qualify

   PAOK downed Betis in Thessaloniki and Panathinaikos drew at Ferencvaros, as they both advance in the Europa League.

5. Reds win in Turkey, Greens flop in Israel

   Olympiakos edged closer to the top four of the Euroleague table with its victory at Anadolu Efes on Thursday.

6. The same weaknesses

   Preventive measures must always be taken in cases of extreme weather and emergency alerts must be sent when there is need. 

7. The election of Costas Simitis, 30 years later

   The almost universal recognition of the work of late prime minister Costas Simitis, who headed Greece’s 1996-2004 socialist government, in recent years has overshadowed the difficulties that marked his election as prime minister, 30 years ago (on January 18, 1996).

8. Cartoon (22/01/2026)

9. ATHEX: Session of emphatic rise on bourse

   Greek stocks enjoyed a day of considerable growth on Thursday.

10. The division of the West and Athens’ moves

    For those who were lucky enough to live after World War II in a world that, despite periodic crises and wars (from Korea and Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq), generally followed some widely accepted rules, the uncertainty that has prevailed in recent months justifiably causes, not just concern, but terror.