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1. AI is necessary for all Greek businesses

   Artificial intelligence is entering our daily lives much faster than we expected, senior Google officials have told Kathimerini.

2. Brakes put on Santorini sprawl

   New zoning plan seeks to make it nearly impossible to build tourism or residential facilities.

3. ATHEX: Index regains all ground lost on Friday

   The benchmark of the Greek stock market recovered all its Friday losses on Monday.

4. Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium wraps up in Athens

   The 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium concluded in Athens at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center, gathering young Greeks from 31 countries across five continents.

5. Olympiakos’ Christos Mouzakitis wins 2025 Golden Boy Web Award

   Olympiakos midfielder Christos Mouzakitis has been named Europe’s most promising under-21 footballer, winning the 2025 European Golden Boy Web award.

6. Greek officials to assist Cyprus in organized crime fight

   Greek officials will travel to Cyprus this week to help establish a new central agency to tackle organized crime.

7. Pierrakakis meets Central Bank of Ireland officials

   National Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis visited the Central Bank of Ireland on Monday, meeting with its Governor, Gabriel Makhlouf, and Deputy Governor, Vasileios Madouros, as part of his official visit to Dublin.

8. University deploys AI to track overstaying students

   The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens is deploying artificial intelligence to identify students at risk of becoming “eternal students” by exceeding graduation timelines.

9. Mitsotakis highlights economic recovery and EU convergence at Oxford

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford on Greece’s economic recovery and the need to converge with European Union standards.

10. Christmas bonus to employees to be paid early

    The Christmas bonus to employees will be paid earlier this year, as the scheduled date, December 21, falls on a Sunday. Employers must complete the payment before Sunday to avoid being late.