| ATHENS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet on Thursday top Chinese officials to make Greece a “bridge” between the European Union and China, Greek media quoted a government source as saying at a time when relations between the two are fragile. Read more. Personal Doctors without specialty drafted to carry Greek primary health care. Greece plans to abolish the institution of “rural doctors”, utilising young physicians as “personal physicians” to boost the numbers and increase population coverage, but doctors warn about the implications, foreseeing further downgrading of the health services provided to the public. Read more. /// ROME Meloni talks about Ukraine ‘fatigue’ in Russian prank call. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has fallen victim to a prank call by comedians who made her believe she was discussing Ukraine and EU migration policy with the chairman of the African Union Commission, the prime minister’s office said in an official statement on Wednesday. Read more. /// MADRID Spain’s socialists strike deal with separatists, pave the way for second Sanchez term. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez could be sworn in for a second term sooner than expected after his Socialist Party, PSOE, struck a deal with Catalonia’s Republican Left to meet its last demand that parliament pass an amnesty law for those involved in the 2017 secession attempt. Read more. /// VALLETTA EU Commission reconfirms possible funding for Maltese gas pipeline linked to murder. Malta’s TransGas pipeline project has been re-added to the European Commission’s sixth ‘Projects of Common Interest’ (PCI) list, meaning it will be eligible for EU funding despite years of protests about the pipeline’s viability, environmental impact, and links to corruption and murder, a leaked document reveals. Read more. | 