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1. Cyprus posts record with 2025 arrivals

   Cyprus welcomed a record-breaking 4.53 million visitors in 2025, marking the most successful year in the island's tourism history.

2. For peace, more Ukrainians consider the once-unthinkable: Surrendering land

   Khrystyna Yurchenko worked hard to build a life in the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, where she pours her energy into the popular dance studio she owns.

3. Going up a level

   Greek tourism has moved up to a new level. Visitor reviews confirm it, as does the steady expansion into new markets, driven by a growing air transport network that reaches destinations like India and South Korea.

4. Cartoon (05/02/2026)

5. Travelers vote Epirus among world’s most hospitable regions

   As revealed by the 14th Traveler Review Awards, based on over 370 million reviews from travelers from all over the world on Booking.com.

6. Greek women match men’s Euro water polo bronze

   World champion Greece had to compromise with a bronze medal at women’s water polo Europeans in Portugal.

7. ATHEX: Supreme Court decision sends banks lower

   The bourse benchmark came off Wednesday’s 16-year highs to lose more than 40 points on Thursday.

8. The last shift

    Night work (from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) is paid with a 25% premium on the statutory hourly wage. If it falls on a Sunday or a public holiday, that premium rises to 75%.

9. Authorities seize evidence in Violanta explosion investigation

   Authorities on Thursday raided the home and office of Violanta owner Konstantinos Tziortziotis, as part of the ongoing investigation into the deadly explosion at the cookie factory in Trikala that killed five workers on January 26.

10. Online systems hamper bogus invoices

    More than 850 businesses involved in issuing and receiving fictitious invoices were identified by the tax authorities.