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1. Ukraine’s allies push back on a US peace plan seen as favoring Moscow

   Ukraine's Western allies rallied around the war-torn country on Saturday as they pushed to revise a US peace plan seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed Ukrainians "will always defend" their home.

2. Seniors logging on, one trembling tap at a time

   At a municipal classroom in Mesolongi, 28-year-old mathematician Christina Dota finishes another session teaching people over 75 how to navigate a digital world that has become unavoidable.

3. Unreliability costs money

   When the state announces a program that will require citizens to make an expense, such as the subsidy for the acquisition of “green” vehicles, it must not only be reliable, but also pay for its unreliability. 

4. Can we see culture with different eyes?

   “The truth is that most people don’t come to Greece for the culture; they come for the summer experience,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a discussion with author Victoria Hislop about the relationship between culture and tourism at Kathimerini’s recent Reimagine Tourism conference.

5. Greece, Europe, and the China question

   Europe’s recent move to sideline Chinese telecom giants marks a turning point – not only for the continent’s digital future, but for Greece’s strategic identity. After years of hesitation, the European Commission is preparing to require member-states to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from their mobile networks.

6. The new European Union migration pact ‘will fail’

   Gerald Knaus, architect of the 2016 EU-Turkey deal, and founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI), was in Athens a few days ago, invited by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for a lecture on “Germany, Greece and the Future of European Borders.”

7. Bill introducing voluntary army service for women submitted for consultation

   The Ministry of Defense submitted for public consultation a draft bill that will allow the voluntary enlistment of women in the military, as part of a sweeping defense reform bill aimed at reshaping the Armed Forces into a more flexible force with higher combat readiness.

8. Five years, 525 meters

   It is only about 525 meters long, yet over the past five years it has dominated public debate more than almost any other street in central Athens. Vasilissis Olgas has become a symbol of the discontinuity and inefficiency of public administration, the absence of serious planning, and the political opportunism that repeatedly creates obstacles for […]

9. Suspects in tampering case to testify next month

   Eight defendants facing misdemeanor charges of breach of duty for altering the site of Greece’s biggest train crash in 2023 have been given until mid-December to testify.

10. Teens arrested for attempted rape of fellow student in Pyrgos

    Two teens, aged 17 and 16, were arrested in Pyrgos for the attempted rape of a fellow student.