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1. Remembering the Fall of Constantinople in Mystras

   Deputy Defense Minister Thanasis Davakis represented Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the ‘Palaiologeia 2026’ commemoration Friday in Mystras, in Sparta.

2. Financial support for the media

   The 2026-2030 program to help financially support the country’s media enterprises will begin, following the issuance of a joint ministerial decision.

3. Ferry route from Cyprus to Lebanon?

   A Lebanese shipping company is advertising a ferry link between Cyprus and Lebanon.

4. State property agency to be ready by this fall

   By the end of the fall, the Real Estate Acquisition and Leaseback Agency will be operational, Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis said Friday.

5. Turbomed to demonstrate onboard turbocharging balancing at Posidonia

   Turbomed specializes in turbocharger repair, onboard maintenance solutions and spare parts supply.

6. Stalled reform

   Starting Friday, tens of thousands of families will live through the anxiety of the nationwide university entrance exams. The system is incorruptible – but that is also its only advantage.

7. Cartoon (29/05/2026)

8. New parties, old politics

   Let’s say a young person is undecided and does not yet know who to vote for in the next election. The conservative government, on a daily basis, demonstrates its establishment mentality.

9. ATHEX: Turnover in tops €1 billion

   May ended at the Greek stock market on Friday with monthly gains of 8.41%.

10. Symbols without meaning

    In our turbulent time it is alarming that new parties are born and the political debate is held in an ideological framework which has no relation with the challenges that we must face.