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1. Stormy weather hits Greece on two sides

   A stormy weather front nicknamed Byron swept full-tilt into Greece from the south on Thursday, hitting the country in both the west and the east, with strong winds and heavy rain causing floods and rockfalls.

2. Straw hats, angry farmers and tractor blockades

   No, we are not dealing with what detractors claim is the “same old custom” of farmers deciding to take to the streets during the January hiatus after having gorged themselves on food and drink over the holiday season.

3. Med diet a powerful ally for healthy aging, says expert

   An expert in healthy aging, Andrea Maier often brings up our distant hunter-gatherer ancestors when talking about the factors that help lead to a long life.

4. What’s Tom Barrack up to?

   Henri Barkey and Endy Zemenides join Thanos Davelis as we dig into a recent interview Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, gave to Kathimerini, where he talked about Washington’s aspiration for a “new regional ordinance” and made head-scratching comments about Greek-Turkish relations and Cyprus.

5. Greek-American woman makes generous gift to ancestral village school

   A member of the Greek-American diaspora has donated thousands of euros in aid for the elementary school of her ancestral village in eastern mainland Greece.

6. Overtourism concerns block Serifos hotel plan

   An underground hotel proposal for the island of Serifos has been rejected by the Decentralized Administration of the Aegean, raising questions about large-scale tourism development on protected islands.

7. Mataroa: Revisiting a 1945 sea voyage

   As dawn broke on the morning of December 22, 1945, the Mataroa set sail from Piraeus to Taranto in Italy. It was carrying 124 Greek students representing a broad scope of the scientific and artistic fields.

8. Turkey ‘closely monitoring’ Greek ‘military activities’

   Turkey is “closely monitoring” the “military activities of our neighbor Greece,” the country’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday, days after Athens announced plans to deploy missile systems on Aegean islands to deter Turkish naval access.

9. Turkey building submarine as it ramps up homemade defense industry

   Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday construction work had started on its first indigenous submarine (MILDEN), adding that Ankara had also completed its first sale of a corvette warship to a NATO ally by inking an agreement with Romania.

10. Smart electricity meters not so smart after all

    Grid operator DEDDIE is installing smart meters that are actually not smart enough to take Greece into the era of dynamic tariffs.