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1. Reds triumph at Ajax and graduate to the Champions League playoffs

   Olympiakos took its chance in Amsterdam and triumphed on Wednesday over host Ajax in its last group stage match of the Champions League.

2. Cartoon (28/01/2026)

3. Time for prevention

   Nature has already issued a warning.

4. US is exercising power with caution, without casualties

   With future developments in Iran and Greenland in focus, and the geopolitical risk posed by the future moves of the United States, Greek-American former US Air Force intelligence officer Dr Jake Sotiriadis examines the scenarios on US President Donald Trump’s table.




5. Taxman gets new online tool

   Near-live monitoring of transactions and commercial vehicle movements, to contain evasion.

6. Urban growth chokes Mt Ymittos streams

   Last Wednesday’s flooding highlighted the state’s failure to advance stream-control projects on the slopes of Mount Ymittos (Hymettus) and the recurring dispute over responsibilities and funding within local government, according to studies cited after the storm.

7. ATHEX: Index hits level unseen since 2009

   The Greek stock market is going from strength to strength and from record to record.

8. A Greenland in the Aegean Sea

   The Danes are worried – and rightly so. There’s little room for complacency given US President Donald Trump’s stance.

9. Income property market too shallow to attract investors

   Companies operating in the domestic income property market are called upon to devise alternative strategies, due to its shallowness.

10. Company behind scrapped Milos hotel project told to restore battered landscape

    The Environment Ministry has ordered the company behind a canceled hotel development project at a seaside Aegean Sea beauty spot to fill in the excavations left behind by interrupted construction work within one month.