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  1. The European Union will benefit with the faster integration of energy networks in its Southeastern flank, energy ministers from Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Moldova and Georgia said on Thursday at the “Energy Transition Summit" in Athens.
  2. A sea mammal protection society is urging fishermen and members of the public to keep a respectful distance from a female dolphin that for days has been nursing its dead calf in western Greece in an apparent display of mourning.
  3. Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis warned on Thursday that any unilateral attempt to implement maritime claims outside the framework of international law “is essentially bound to fail,” responding to reports that Turkey is preparing legislation linked to its so-called “Blue Homeland” doctrine.
  4. A couple was convicted Thursday of exposing its six young children to danger over the conditions the family was living in, in a small, dirty rooftop flat in western Athens.
  5. A Greek passenger evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius following an April hantavirus outbreak has tested negative for the virus and remains in good health, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday.
  6. A fishing boat in the Cyclades made an unusual catch Thursday, netting a Hellenic Navy submarine taking part in manoeuvres.
  7. Greek customs authorities seized 46 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container at the capital’s Port of Piraeus, officials said Thursday.
  8. Border guards flagged down a white Ford Transit van some four kilometers outside of Komotini in northeastern Greece in January. A young Greek man drove while 11 migrants from Afghanistan and Iraq were squashed into the back.
  9. This edition of Anargyros Art Residency turns its attention to the island’s ecosystem and the realities of insularity.
  10. Successive crises have shone a spotlight on the combined pressure exerted on the shipping industry by geopolitical and political developments, Melina Travlos, the president of the Union of Greek Shipowners, said on Thursday.