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1. Pierrakakis: EU must become more competitive

   Europe is in a new geopolitical environment, where strategic dominance is now directly linked to economic survival and institutional strength.

2. Cartoon (05/03/2026)

3. ATHEX: Volatility is the only certainty

   The upward move that Greek stocks attempted on Thursday morning rapidly lost steam and the benchmark had to settle for moderate gains in the end, on reduced turnover, too.

4. Divergent viewpoints and frictions weaken the EU

   A few hours in Brussels, and contacts and discussions with officials of the European bureaucracy are enough to confirm the problematic image that the European Union conveys in terms of how it deals with crises and manages relations with other powerful players in the global economic and geopolitical scene.

5. Greece repatriates 91 from Abu Dhabi

   A Greek C-130 transport plane carrying 91 citizens from Abu Dhabi landed Thursday afternoon at Elefsina Airport, part of Greece’s ongoing effort to repatriate nationals from the Middle East.

6. Killer drones

   Just hours before these lines were written, two Greek F-16s took off from an air base in Paphos to intercept a “suspicious flying object” (that is, a drone) before it entered Cypriot airspace.

7. Some 200 migrants reach Crete from Africa in a day

   Around 200 migrants have reached the southern island of Crete in one day after making the dangerous sea crossing from northern Africa, authorities said Thursday.

8. Mitsotakis, el-Sisi discuss Middle East developments in phone call

   Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke by phone on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

9. Decline reported in new sheep pox cases

   New outbreaks of the sheep and goat pox epidemic that has plagued Greek livestock farming for the past year and a half have declined in number and range, updated government figures showed Thursday.

10. Greece says its response to Cyprus is driven by national interest

    Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Thursday defended Athens’ response to rising tensions in Cyprus, citing Spain’s recent decision to send a frigate to the island.