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1. What to know about the Eurovision Song Contest as it turns 70 with a Vienna extravaganza

   The Eurovision Song Contest is turning 70, with a few political clouds hanging over its glitter-drenched party.

2. A European pharma hub will rise in Tripoli

   Investment of €500 million in three factories by DEMO, Win Medica (of the ELPEN group) and FARAN.

3. Dozens of Gaza-bound flotilla activists disembark in Crete after Israeli interception

   Dozens of activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Crete Thursday disembarked Friday on the southern island, according to reports.

4. Authorities seize nearly 500 kilos of cannabis in truck at Igoumenitsa port

   Authorities have seized a large quantity of narcotics and arrested a truck driver at the port of Igoumenitsa in western Greece after discovering about 500 kilograms of skunk-type cannabis hidden in a cargo shipment, police said Friday.

5. Thessaloniki university condemns alleged attack on vice-rector

   The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki says its vice-rector for international relations was attacked by a group of students inside a university administration building on Thursday, forcing him to abandon a scheduled meeting with a foreign delegation and be taken to hospital.

6. PM marks May Day with social media message highlighting labor policies

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis marked May Day on Friday with a video message posted on social media, highlighting his government’s labor and economic policies and saying the administration responds to “easy slogans” with “work and results.”

7. Transport minister joins midnight graffiti cleanup at Athens rail station

   Greece’s alternate transport minister took part in a late-night cleanup operation at an ISAP electric railway station south of Athens, using a paint roller and bucket to cover graffiti as part of a government effort to improve the capital’s aging transit network.

8. New doc explores Greek cafés and milk bars’ role in shaping Australian life

   A new documentary from Fork Films highlights what it calls one of Australia’s most significant yet overlooked migration stories – the Greek café and milk bar phenomenon that helped reshape how the nation worked, ate and socialized, The Greek Herald reports.

9. Cavafy joins Athens’ literary landscape

   Athens unveiled a new bronze statue of poet Constantine P. Cavafy on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, honoring his legacy and placing him among the city’s literary landmarks.

10. Kurdish militant official says Turkey has stalled peace talks, blaming a lack of reforms

    A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively "frozen" by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday.