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1. Moderate 4.6-magnitude earthquake felt in eastern Crete

   An earthquake measuring 4.6 struck Sunday morning off Crete, south of the Lasithi region.

2. Demographic pressure on the economy

   Greece’s population has been declining for 15 consecutive years.

3. Man found unconscious at Patras house fire

   A man was discovered unconscious at a house in the greater Patras area of western Greece early Sunday morning, after emergency services responded to reports of a fire at the property.

4. Draft law targets TV transparency

   A draft law licensing rules for regional stations has been put to consultation, to end uncertainty and impose transparency requirements, officials said.

5. Planning is not enough

   Filling every year the vacant teaching positions in schools across Greece is a challenge, which ultimately ends up being detrimental to the educational process, and therefore to the students.

6. Karagiozis at 100: Greece’s shadow hero steps back into the light

   The Museum of Modern Greek Culture is marking a century of Greek shadow theater with a new exhibition tracing the evolution of its emblematic figure, Karagiozis.

7. United by breath, bound by dance

   Residents of Estia Agios Nikolaos, an inclusive community in Galaxidi where people with and without developmental disabilities live together, will perform a show at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) on April 30.

8. A long electoral rehearsal

   Thursday’s debate in Parliament was not like the usual scrimmages, where we’re left with little to remember other than a few sharp sound bites.

9. Can Greek survive the diaspora? The paradigm of Canada

   A newly presented volume on Greek heritage language education in Canada has brought renewed attention to the future of the language across the diaspora, framing it not simply as a cultural question but as one of institutional design, educational adaptation, and generational continuity.

10. Clientelism and ‘modernization’

    Electoral clientelism is a transaction. The citizen promises to support the politician in the upcoming elections and the politician offers in return something that the citizen desires, but is not entitled to.