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1. Cartoon (19/05/2026)

2. Schools and communities

   The map of where schools are located is dictated primarily by educational needs and financial considerations.

3. Screening expands to tackle Greece’s ‘silent killer’

   Hypertension is creating a critical public health gap in Greece, with 3 million people affected, one in three undiagnosed, and only one in three achieving adequate blood pressure control through treatment, according to the Hellenic Society of Hypertension.

4. ATHEX: Bourse slides due to a late selling spree

   Tuesday’s session at Athinon Avenue was a game of two halves.

5. Tsipras and Karystianou entering the fray

   After months of speculation and analyses, the official announcements for the establishment of two new parties, one by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras and another by the former president of the Tempe victims’ relatives’ association Maria Karystianou, will take place in the coming days.

6. Turkey ‘key partner’ amid geopolitical tensions, EU chief says

   European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described Turkey as a “key partner” during a period of heightened geopolitical turbulence, following a telephone conversation on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

7. Israeli forces intercept remaining activist vessels headed for Gaza

   Israeli forces in the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday intercepted all remaining vessels from an activist flotilla attempting to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, the latest effort to highlight the grim conditions for nearly 2 million Palestinians with severe shortages of housing, food and medicine.

8. Sweden’s decision to buy French frigates a boost for Greek naval program

   Athens has welcomed the Swedish government’s decision to proceed with the purchase of four French FDI frigates, a development closely monitored by the Ministry of National Defense and the Hellenic Navy due to a series of favorable outcomes it is expected to bring.

9. Justice minister rejects criticism from European prosecutors on MP probes

   Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis on Tuesday defended a proposed legislative amendment to speed up the investigation of cases allegedly involving members of Parliament, which has triggered complaints from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

10. A state of emergency to tackle drought

    He had seen the water level at the Livadi dam reach such low levels before, and even lower than this year. On the other hand, the island of Astypalaia had never had such great needs for water.