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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATIDU6ahL7M/sotiris-nikas.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[UniCredit Raises Alpha Bank Stake as Orcel Resumes Buying Spree]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/unicredit-increases-position-in-greece-s-alpha-bank-to-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/unicredit-increases-position-in-greece-s-alpha-bank-to-26</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Viktoria Dendrinou]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:36:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipYW1iLuA9S0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipYW1iLuA9S0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer uses an ATM outside an Alpha Bank branch in Athens.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UniCredit-Backed Alpha Bank Plans SRT on €1.2 Billion of Loans]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/unicredit-backed-alpha-bank-plans-srt-on-1-2-billion-of-loans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/unicredit-backed-alpha-bank-plans-srt-on-1-2-billion-of-loans</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Esteban Duarte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:22:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greece to Merge Hundreds of Water Firms as Drought Worsens]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/greece-plans-to-merge-hundreds-of-water-firms-as-drought-worsens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/greece-plans-to-merge-hundreds-of-water-firms-as-drought-worsens</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Tugwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i24T6.2kySWw/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i24T6.2kySWw/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Water reserves for the 4.4 million people in Athens and the greater Attica region have declined for three consecutive years due to heat and low precipitation.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greece Creates Marine Parks That May Revive Turkey Tensions]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/greece-creates-two-marine-parks-that-may-revive-turkey-tensions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/greece-creates-two-marine-parks-that-may-revive-turkey-tensions</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sotiris Nikas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:50:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igyLayXoEgNo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igyLayXoEgNo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>KOS, GREECE - MAY 24: An aerial view of Eleftherias Square in Kos Island, Greece on May 24, 2025. 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