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1. A populist hodgepodge

   “Make me prime minister for a day, and I’ll show you how I can change Greece.” This popular saying aptly captures the spirit of the new political party, Hope for Democracy, launched by Maria Karystianou on Thursday.

2. Cartoon (23/05/2026)

3. Queensland exhibition explores Ionian migration stories to Australia 

   In Australia, Chrysanthi Zantioti discovered two bundles of letters after her mother’s death – one written “from Nick to Popi” and another “from Popi to Nick,” revealing the early correspondence of a couple whose lives were shaped by migration from Kythira.

4. A bane as old as the Isthmus

   It has been a frustrating fact of life in Greece since 1893, when the Corinth Canal was officially inaugurated: Public infrastructure projects are never delivered on time.

5. Deepfake scams using Greek public figures spread across major social media platforms

   Deepfake investment scams using the likenesses of prominent Greek figures are spreading across Facebook, TikTok and Google, raising concerns that major tech platforms are failing to adequately enforce European Union rules on disinformation and online fraud. 

6. Investments are the ‘proof of love’

   He speaks Greek, owns a home in the Cyclades, and loves fishing. French businessman Jean-Paul Agon, chairman of L’Oréal, was awarded the Apollo prize by the Delphi Economic Forum, with the Acropolis as a backdrop.

7. Tsipras to promote ‘patriotic left’

   Alexis Tsipras knows well that he has to appeal beyond his former left-wing base in order to achieve his primary goal to end up as the runner-up in the next general election.

8. Retired AEK player in intensive care after motorbike crash

   Retired soccer player Marios Oikonomou, who represented several clubs including Athens side AEK, has been admitted to intensive care after a motorbike he was riding collided with a car in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, on Saturday afternoon.

9. Productivity in Greece still stuck at the levels of 2000

   With its accession to the Economic and Monetary Union – today’s eurozone – in 2001, Greece found itself faced with a historic opportunity for cheap borrowing, institutional stability and access to even more European capital.

10. Mavropanos voted West Ham’s ‘Hammer of Year’ by fans

    Greece international Konstantinos Mavropanos has been voted West Ham United’s Player of the Season by supporters, winning the club’s “Hammer of the Year” award after a string of commanding performances in the second half of the 2025/26 campaign.