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1. ‘Precious solitude’: Is Turkey trapped in foreign-policy limbo?

   The world keeps getting messier, and Turkey’s external posture is becoming correspondingly blurred. What we witness is a calibrated attempt to carve out space against the slow drift toward isolation, rather than a settled, coherent strategy.

2. Teenager held over phone scam targeting elderly couple

   A teenager has been arrested in the outskirts of Athens on suspicion of defrauding an elderly couple out of jewellery and gold coins worth thousands of euros using a common phone scam, authorities said Tuesday.

3. Pediatricians raise alarm over surge in minors’ e-scooter accidents

   Local pediatricians have expressed concern over a sharp rise in electric scooter accidents involving minors, many resulting in injuries and fatalities.

4. Between too little law and too much

   The new Highway Code and its strict implementation are a shining example of how we manage to be victims of injustice both when there is “too little” law and “too much” of it.

5. Fatal shooting on Crete linked with deadly traffic accident

   A man was held in police custody on the southern island of Crete Tuesday for allegedly fatally shooting the man he held responsible for his son’s traffic death, local media reported.

6. Local authorities probe possible exposure linked to cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

   Greek health authorities are set to carry out a series of contacts to determine whether a Greek national aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, where three passengers have died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak, resides in Greece or abroad.

7. Regional train link to Florina to revive this month

   A regional train service between the towns of Florina and Edessa in northern Greece will be restored in the coming weeks after being suspended for more than three years, authorities said Tuesday.

8. Are the shoes running the race?

   Dozens of messages were waiting for sports medicine professor Yannis Pitsiladis as he wrapped up a speech on April 26, with the astonishing news that two runners at the London Marathon had just officially broken through the two-hour barrier.

9. Food delivery rider charged over drive-by stoning attacks on women

   A food delivery rider was formally charged Tuesday over a string of drive-by stoning attacks that targeted women walking in the affluent northern Athens suburbs.

10. Trump expected to visit Greece, ambassador says

    President Donald Trump is expected to visit Greece the US ambassador to Athens Kimberly Guilfoyle said Tuesday.