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  1. An earthquake measuring 4.6 struck Sunday morning off Crete, south of the Lasithi region.
  2. Greece’s population has been declining for 15 consecutive years.
  3. A man was discovered unconscious at a house in the greater Patras area of western Greece early Sunday morning, after emergency services responded to reports of a fire at the property.
  4. A draft law licensing rules for regional stations has been put to consultation, to end uncertainty and impose transparency requirements, officials said.
  5. Filling every year the vacant teaching positions in schools across Greece is a challenge, which ultimately ends up being detrimental to the educational process, and therefore to the students.
  6. The Museum of Modern Greek Culture is marking a century of Greek shadow theater with a new exhibition tracing the evolution of its emblematic figure, Karagiozis.
  7. Residents of Estia Agios Nikolaos, an inclusive community in Galaxidi where people with and without developmental disabilities live together, will perform a show at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) on April 30.
  8. Thursday’s debate in Parliament was not like the usual scrimmages, where we’re left with little to remember other than a few sharp sound bites.
  9. A newly presented volume on Greek heritage language education in Canada has brought renewed attention to the future of the language across the diaspora, framing it not simply as a cultural question but as one of institutional design, educational adaptation, and generational continuity.
  10. Electoral clientelism is a transaction. The citizen promises to support the politician in the upcoming elections and the politician offers in return something that the citizen desires, but is not entitled to.