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1. Cyprus growth is strong, but risks persist

   Cyprus’ economy keeps growing, with falling debt and a stabilizing financial system.

2. Atlantic-SEE LNG deal with Venture Global

   US liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global and Greece’s Atlantic-SEE LNG Trade on Thursday announced doubling of ‌volumes under their long-term supply agreement, as Europe seeks to bolster energy security.

3. Dismantling the maze

   Even the most straightforward investment projects often require navigating a maze of inconsistent regulations and public agencies that interpret them with considerable discretion – if not outright arbitrariness.

4. ATHEX: Bourse on highs unseen since 2009

   The Greek stock market got the final push it needed on Friday to take its benchmark to its highest point in over 16 years.

5. Hailstones damage crops in central Greece

   Farmers in central Greece are assessing significant crop damage after a severe storm swept through the region on Friday afternoon, bringing hail and strong winds, local media reported.

6. Turkish escaped convict found with thousands of pills

   A Turkish escaped convict wanted in his country to serve a long prison sentence was arrested in Greece Friday in possession of large quantities of psychiatric pills, police said.

7. Migrant boat in high-speed Aegean chase

   More than half a dozen Coast Guard patrol boats and a helicopter chased a suspected migrant-smuggling speedboat half-way across the Aegean Sea on Friday before bringing it to bay off the deserted islet of Keros, authorities said.

8. Ferry boat carrying more than 1,000 people diverted after bomb threat

   A ferry boat heading from Piraeus to the southeastern Aegean Sea islands with more than 1,000 passengers and crew was diverted to the port of Lavrio Friday following a bomb threat.

9. Athens arrest for drugs suspect wanted in Sweden

   Greek authorities have arrested a man wanted in Sweden for alleged involvement in the mail delivery of drugs, police said Friday.

10. Migrant rights will be safeguarded at third-country return hubs, EU migration commissioner says

    The European Union’s executive arm will monitor any agreement to set up so-called return hubs in non-EU countries so that the rights of rejected asylum seekers sent there are protected, the bloc’s migration commissioner said Friday.