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1. A blight on progress

   Greek families make enormous sacrifices to provide their children with an education, believing that they are furnishing them with the tools to successfully pursue their chosen career without relying on favors and patronage.

2. ATHEX: New tumble for stocks on Athinon Avenue

   The new closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the inconclusive statements about the resumption of peace talks took their toll on money markets.

3. Unfollow the noise: What Korthi knows

   During the celebration of the Holy Orthodox Easter, on the island of Andros, in the village of Korthi, an hour and a half by fast ferry from Athens (Rafina port), where global pressures and local decisions converge daily, one found a town that has not been adulterated by tourism or modernity.

4. Man jailed for 4 years over scam that netted €100,000 buried in garden

   A 22-year-old man has been sent to prison for four years after a Thessaloniki court convicted him of stealing €100,000 in cash from an elderly woman who had buried it in her garden for safekeeping, state ERT television said Monday.

5. We’re going to die laughing

   It is a great but unhappy privilege to be alive today, to see firsthand how humanity has failed to govern itself.

6. New law for primary residence protection in the cards

   By the end of the month, the Finance Ministry’s regulation for the targeted protection of the primary residence through the extrajudicial mechanism is expected to be voted on in Parliament.

7. Protection secured for uninhabited Gyaros islet, key habitat for endangered seals

   Greece has finally signed into effect legislation securing the status as a marine protected area of the uninhabited but richly biodiverse islet of Gyaros in the Cyclades island group, the Greek branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature said Monday.

8. Space for new support measures up to €800 mln

   The Finance Ministry is targeting three priorities for the coming days.

9. Arson attack targets car of professor linked to Tempe crash report

   Authorities are investigating a suspected arson attack on the car of a National Technical University of Athens professor who co-authored an expert report attributing the fireball that followed the deadly 2023 Tempe train crash to engine oils.

10. Kikilias pledges to ‘defend’ Crete against immigrants

    Greece’s maritime affairs minister pledged Monday to “defend” the southern island of Crete against a wave of immigration in small boats that risk the long and dangerous passage from north Africa to reach European soil.