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  1. A delegation of Greek political and civic representatives concluded a series of institutional meetings in Ontario this week with provincial officials, economic stakeholders and diaspora organizations in a visit aimed at strengthening ties between local authorities in southern Greece and the Greek community in Canada while exploring cooperation in tourism and technology.
  2. More gaps in Greece’s agricultural subsidy oversight system have emerged during a fraud trial at Athens’ Court of Appeal, where 25 defendants face charges over allegedly illegal payments totaling more than €250,000 during 2016-2018.
  3. Olympiakos weathered the Panathinaikos pressure in the second half of the Derby of Eternal Rivals on Friday.
  4. The Greek state reacted quickly and ensured that the long-lost photographs from the WWII executions in Kaisariani were secured.
  5. The considerable drop of Greek stocks in this first week of the war was completed on Friday with another session of losses.
  6. The flippancy with which the US president entangled the whole world in an adventure with unpredictable consequences is the first great lesson of the war in Iran, no matter how it ends.
  7. Aegean Airlines has announced additional flight cancellations to and from several Middle Eastern destinations due to ongoing developments in the Middle East.
  8. Greek industry’s pillars are food, aluminum, chemicals and, in recent years, pharmaceuticals, with their contribution to total sales of industrial products increasing compared to that of petroleum products.
  9. Police arrested a man reportedly carrying two grenades outside Athens Police Headquarters (GADA) on Friday evening following a tense standoff that ended with a surprise operation by officers.