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1. EU focused on sustainable transport

   European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas referred to new European policies on the automotive industry, infrastructure, transport, industry, ports, air transport, shipping and tourism.

2. Walking Ymittos: A mountain at the edge of Athens

   Hiking lesser-known paths where history, nature and city life meet just above Athens.

3. IndiGo bolsters Greece-India connections

   Indian carrier IndiGo launched direct flights between Mumbai and Athens using India’s first Airbus A321XLR last Friday. 

4. Prisons overflow with soaring inmate numbers

   Greece’s prison system faces severe overcrowding at 122.9% capacity, with 13,583 inmates housed in facilities designed for 10,763, according to the General Secretariat for Anti-Crime Policy.

5. Body of 4-year-old recovered after migrant boat incident off Ikaria

   Authorities recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy during a search-and-rescue operation off the southeastern coast of the Aegean island of Ikaria, officials said Saturday.

6. Motorcyclist killed in collision with truck on Rio-Antirrio bridge

   A man died Saturday morning on the Rio-Antirrio bridge connecting the Peloponnese to mainland Greece after a motorcycle collided with a truck, officials said.

7. Authorities bust major drug shipment at Patra port

   Coast guard officials have seized large quantities of cocaine and cannabis in the western port city of Patra and arrested two men in connection with the case.

8. Diamantopoulou rules out cooperation with New Democracy after next election

   Anna Diamantopoulou, the main opposition PASOK party’s head of political planning, has ruled out any post-election cooperation with the governing New Democracy party, stressing the need for an independent political course.

9. Jason Mantzoukas makes it weird

   On a chilly January afternoon, actor Jason Mantzoukas, wide-eyed and bearded, tramped the streets of Manhattan with an air of light melancholy. He saw a pharmacy that had once been a bar, a bank branch that had replaced a cafe where he used to go for soup.

10. A new day for Greek and European security?

    Defense, security, peace, and alliances are top of mind these days.