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1. A new platform reframes the conversation of retiring to Greece

   A new platform has been launched in Canada aiming to assist those considering relocating to Greece.

2. The Constitution needs a diet

   The Greek Constitution is a hybrid text, both political and legal in nature. It is not to be assessed through narrow technical-legal criteria. However, since it enshrines the fundamental rules of law, any amendment is justified only if the proposed changes represent the best possible solution.

3. The essence of the constitutional revision 

   Although it contains a fair amount of truth, I will not give in to the temptation to attribute to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an intention to instrumentalize the revision of the Greek Constitution.

4. Warm reception for Eurovision contestant Akylas

   Akylas, the singer who represented Greece at the 70th Eurovision contest Saturday, ending in 10th place, received an ovation at Athens airport from bystanders upon arrival Sunday afternoon.

5. Greece gifts Olympia artifacts to Australia for the 2032 Games

   The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896. In the 130 years since, the Olympic and Paralympic Games have become the world’s largest secular event.

6. A disaster for research

   In December 2023, the Greek Ministry of Education issued a call for proposals under the “Trust Your Stars” research program.

7. Body found in Kozani area may be missing 78-year-old man

   The body of a man was discovered in a mountainous area near Kozani in northern Greece on Sunday, raising speculation that it may belong to a 78-year-old man with dementia who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said. Official identification is still pending.

8. ‘I accept citizenship with humility’

   “You did it, you earned it, you deserve it,” Belgian classical scholar and linguist Gonda Van Steen said at the swearing-in ceremony of 111 people who acquired Greek citizenship, on May 4.

9. PM backs third term bid, highlights unity, jobs, growth, reform drive

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a speech on Sunday closing the three-day New Democracy party congress, said Greece is strongest when the party is united, reiterating the government’s goal of securing a third consecutive term.

10. Juncker praises PM Mitsotakis, Greece’s EU role at ND party congress

    Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, a vocal supporter of Greece during its financial crisis in the previous decade, praised Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday during a speech at the ruling New Democracy party congress, crediting him with strengthening Greece’s role in Europe.