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1. Aliakmonas River floods, continuous rainfall in Kastoria area

   Continuous rainfall in the area of Kastoria in northern Greece since Tuesday caused the Aliakmonas River to overflow in the town of Nestorio, flooding the site where the River Party festival is held and damaging surrounding infrastructure.

2. Stages where age takes flight

   A rising wave of Greek choreographers are bringing intergenerational performers to the stage, challenging long-held assumptions about age in dance.

3. Euronext seals HELEX buy

   The acceptance rate of Euronext’s public offer to Hellenic Exchanges shareholders was confirmed on Wednesday at 74.25%, making ATHEX the eighth member of the Euronext network.

4. MSC Cruises ready to invest in a second cable car on Santorini if asked to

   MSC Group Cruise Director Pierfrancesco Vago said that the leading cruise operator is open to investing in a second cable car facility on Santorini.

5. ATHEX: Energy and bank stocks lead market rebound

   The Greek stock market enjoyed a notable rebound after three sessions of decline.

6. Archons express concern over reported meetings between Russian-linked clergy, US officials

   The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (AEP) have voiced concern over reports that Russian Orthodox clergy with ties to Moscow are meeting this week with White House officials and members of Congress.

7. Turkish paper: US mulls sanctions limits

   Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper reports that Washington and Ankara are weighing the suspension of certain US sanctions on Turkey – or exemptions from specific clauses – to reopen the way for new bilateral defense agreements.

8. November 17, uprising, memory, exceptionalism

   The historian Kostis Kornetis has written an insightful comment for Kathimerini on the Polytechnic uprising of November 17, 1973, “Why the Polytechnic was not a Greek exception: The uprising, not as a ‘miniature of Paris’ but as part of a decentralized ’68.”

9. Flooding damages riverside areas in Nestorio after severe rainfall

   Heavy rainfall in the wider Kastoria area caused the Aliakmonas River to overflow in Nestorio, flooding the site where the well-known River Party events are held. The rushing waters inundated all outdoor areas and sharply raised the river level, which damaged stone parapets along the banks and several buildings.

10. Athens and Thessaloniki to test AI road safety cameras

    Attica and Central Macedonia approved the trial installation of eight artificial intelligence road safety cameras in Athens and Thessaloniki as part of a new digital monitoring system. The cameras in Attica are expected to be installed by the end of November.