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1. Greece hosts New York outreach event to lure skilled expatriates back home

   More than 1,500 Greeks from across the United States and Canada attended an event in New York on Sunday aimed at encouraging skilled expatriates to return home, Greece’s Labor Ministry said.

2. Molotov attack targets Kypseli police station

   Unknown assailants targeted a police station in the central Athens district of Kypseli on Sunday evening, authorities said. No injuries were reported.

3. Winter destination residential market stays in hibernation

   The winter holiday home market continues to hibernate for another year, heading in the opposite direction to the rest of the property sector.

4. Are farm subsidies a giant waste?

   Forty-four years after Greece joined what was then the European Economic Community, it looks as if the €180 billion in farm subsidies fell into a giant sinkhole, failing to strengthen the primary sector or benefit the farmers, consumers and industry.

5. Social focus in Cyprus’ 2026 budget

   Cyprus’ state budget for 2026 is designed to meet the evolving challenges of the current economic situation.

6. PAOK beats local rival Aris to keep up Reds’ chase

   El Kaabo scores twice to keep Olympiakos at the top of the Super League table.

7. Assessing Greece’s stance on Ukraine

   There are some things that simply cannot be disputed after nearly fours years of war: Russia’s invasion was not provoked by something Ukraine did, and there was no way Ukraine would be made a member of NATO, especially after losing Crimea in 2014 and the ensuing war in Donbas in 2015-2017.

8. Loan issues to grow 8% annually in the next couple of years

   Credit expansion is expected to run at an average rate of 8% over the next two years, maintaining the high rates of new loan issuance by banks in 2024-2025.

9. An alliance hanging by a thread 

   From the moment Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, the dangers for Europe were obvious.

10. A famous olive grove under claim

    Vincent van Gogh’s striking 1889 painting “Olive Picking,” depicting three female figures in an olive grove, part of the permanent collection of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, is once again at the center of a legal dispute, unfolding in New York.