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1. Greece, Cyprus cooperate on foot-and-mouth

   Rural Development and Food Minister Margaritis Schinas, and his Cypriot counterpart Maria Panayiotou, agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation to address the veterinary crisis of foot-and-mouth disease during their meeting.

2. Can’t Sleep? Here’s what to consider before trying supplements

   One in eight American adults is regularly taking some kind of sleep aid, such as a supplement or an over-the-counter drug, to help them fall or stay asleep, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

3. Ecumenical Patriarch: Peace is never a given

   Speaking in a special session honoring his 35 years as patriarch and 65 years of priestly service, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide, said that peace “has never been a given” but is a hard-won achievement born of courage, sacrifice, and the rejection of violence.

4. A measure of civilization

   How people with disabilities are treated is a good way to measure how civilized a country is.

5. Preserving ancient Olympia’s Roman legacy

   Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has inaugurated restoration works on three Roman monuments at the ancient Olympia archaeological site.

6. Two youths arrested over mini market robberies in northern Athens

   Authorities have arrested a 16-year-old and a 20-year-old in connection with a series of robberies and attempted robberies targeting mini markets in Athens’ northern suburbs in April.

7. Accessible buses added, barriers remain

   A total of 12 actions with a budget of €1.47 billion are being launched to support people with disabilities, including accessibility interventions and housing measures, with an estimated 100,000 citizens expected to benefit.

8. ATHEX: Banks lead the charge upward

   Unlike Monday, bank stocks at the Greek bourse led the charge higher on Tuesday.

9. ‘Precious solitude’: Is Turkey trapped in foreign-policy limbo?

   The world keeps getting messier, and Turkey’s external posture is becoming correspondingly blurred. What we witness is a calibrated attempt to carve out space against the slow drift toward isolation, rather than a settled, coherent strategy.

10. Teenager held over phone scam targeting elderly couple

    A teenager has been arrested in the outskirts of Athens on suspicion of defrauding an elderly couple out of jewellery and gold coins worth thousands of euros using a common phone scam, authorities said Tuesday.