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1. Industrialists in Cyprus fear a broader impact

   The chairman of Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV), Giorgos Pantelides, has expressed concerns.

2. 2 ex-ministers deny involvement in subsidies scandal

   Two conservative former ministers have denied, in social media postings Sunday, any involvement in the farm subsidies scandal.

3. AEK beats Olympiakos to build a five-point advantage

   A fifth-minute goal by Aboubakary Koita, with a clever shot from inside the box, settled the derby at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.

4. Ministry preparing tender for social housing

   The Social Cohesion and Family Ministry is expected by summer to specify the terms under which construction companies will build social housing on state property.

5. Observance of the Constitution is postponed

   We all know that the very last article (number 120) of the Greek Constitution states that “observance of the Constitution is entrusted to the patriotism of the Greeks.” Is there maybe some hidden provision that adds that “it is also left to the kindness of those in power”?

6. Who’s going to take on the clientelist state?


   Every Greek government had ample opportunities to uproot the hold of clientelism over the state apparatus and didn’t. Why?

7. The real clients came from abroad: how authorities tracked down migrant smuggling ring

   Two Turkish citizens arrested as migrant traffickers had opened businesses on the island of Samos to cover their tracks.

8. ‘Lysistrata’ in Shanghai

   I have had the great pleasure of living and working in Shanghai for the past three months. Together with my exceptional Greek collaborators – Alex Drakos Ktistakis, Patricia Apergi, Eva Manidaki, Vasiliki Syrma, and my assistant Alexandros Panou – we are preparing “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, with a cast of […]

9. Incentives offered to attract doctors to Aegean islands

   The 2nd Health Region of Piraeus and the Aegean has issued an open call to National Health System doctors nationwide, offering a comprehensive incentives package to staff medical facilities across dozens of Aegean islands.

10. Boy, 14, held for string of armed robberies

    A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in central Athens suspected of staging a string of armed robberies at mini markets and petrol stations threatening staff with a knife, police said Sunday.