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1. Planning is not enough

   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.

2. Karagiozis at 100: Greece’s shadow hero steps back into the light

   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.

3. United by breath, bound by dance

   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.

4. A long electoral rehearsal

   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.

5. Can Greek survive the diaspora? The paradigm of Canada

   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.

6. Clientelism and ‘modernization’

   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.

7. Childhood online: Greece’s growing digital dilemma

   Three out of four primary schoolchildren in Greece already maintain social media profiles, raising alarms among experts about early exposure to harmful content.

8. AI targets chronic school staffing gaps

   The Education Ministry is deploying an AI-powered platform to predict teacher shortages and accelerate school staffing, officials said.

9. Vaccines save millions over decades

   More than 150 million lives worldwide have been saved over the past 50 years thanks to vaccines, according to public health authorities, underscoring their central role in preventing disease and death.

10. Energy upgrade got pricier

    More funds are now required for the energy upgrade of ever fewer homes, as a result of the large increase in the cost of materials (insulation, aluminum etc.), but also of labor remuneration, recorded in recent years.