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1. ND holds steady, PASOK gains ground, poll shows

   Ruling New Democracy party is holding firm at 25.5% in voter intention, while main opposition PASOK is recording modest gains following its party congress, according to a Pulse poll conducted for SKAI television between March 29-31.

2. Three necessary steps

   The obvious, but necessary steps after the European Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted a new case file for the EU farm subsidy scandal to Greek authorities are the following: First, to quickly submit all available evidence to the judicial authorities.

3. Applications surge for top schools

   Applications to Greece’s model, experimental and Onassis public schools have surpassed 30,000 this year, marking a sharp rise from last year’s 24,817 submissions.

4. The long road home for Greece’s lost generation

   Adults known as Greece’s “lost children,” sent abroad for adoption in the 1950s and 1960s, gather Thursday to mark their path back to citizenship, a year after a decision recognized them.

5. ATHEX: Stocks drop before the long weekend

   Markets reacted on Thursday with pessimism to US President Donald Trump’s message about the extension of the war in Iran.

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7. Tempe footage trial to restart as judge quits

   Τhe court trying officials over missing surveillance footage from the deadly 2023 Tempe train collision has been forced to restart proceedings after the presiding judge declared she was recusing herself, nullifying 19 previous sessions.

8. Inmate found dead in Patra prison cell

   A 31-year-old inmate was found dead on Thursday morning inside his cell at Agios Stefanos prison in Patra, western Greece.

9. Wars are won beyond the battlefield

   Phillips O’Brien, an American historian and professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and author of the recently released “War and Power: Who Wins Wars – and Why,” speaks to Kathimerini about what will likely determine the outcome of the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran.

10. PASOK: Defy or cooperate with Tsipras’ new party?

    Following a successful congress during which head-on collisions were avoided and a general sense of unity prevailed – whether real or artificial remains to be seen – PASOK is now entering the second act of the play.