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1. Rama vows to push on with Kushner-linked luxury resort despite protests

   TIRANA - Albania will plough on with a luxury resort planned by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on a remote stretch ​of Balkan coast despite persistent protests over its environmental impact, Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters on Monday.

2. Police free farmhand forced into slave labor

   Authorities in the region of Thebes northwest of Athens have freed a migrant farmhand found imprisoned in a ship’s container and forced into effective slave labor by other migrants, police said Monday.

3. Athens Irish Festival | Athens | June 12-14

   Bigger, greener and merrier, the Athens Irish Festival returns for a fifth year, with three days of live traditional music by Irish and local artists, dance and language workshops, literature, poetry, themed food and drink, storytelling and art and craft stalls all inspired by Irish culture at the Foinikas open amphitheater in Peristeri.

4. Crisis in the era of social media

   Think about how dangerous it would be to go through a crisis with Turkey in the age of social media.

5. Me-owch! Man fined €270,000 for abandoning nine kittens

   A 55-year-old man in Thessaloniki has been fined a total of €270,300 after abandoning nine kittens on the roadside, a penalty he says far exceeds anything he has earned in his working life.

6. Three held over northern phone scams

   Three people, including an under-age boy, have been arrested for alleged involvement in a common but highly effective phone scam targeting vulnerable people in which fraudsters pose as accountants or crooked tax officials, police said Monday.

7. ‘Short, sharp and more strategic’: the EU’s new approach to climate talks

   The EU wants to target fewer, clearer goals at the world’s annual climate ‌summit in November, building alliances in advance to avoid a repeat of last year’s bruising talks where the bloc struggled to advance its agenda, a document showed on Monday.

8. Criminal prosecutions for domestic violence rise sharply, MPs hear

   Criminal prosecutions for domestic violence in Greece have risen sharply in recent years, more than doubling between 2023 and 2024 before remaining at elevated levels in 2025, according to official data from the country’s prosecutors.

9. Fewer drivers failing drink driving tests

   A protracted campaign against drink driving is paying off, with new police data showing that the percentage of motorists failing breathalyser tests is continuing to drop.

10. Complaint over restaurant meal leads to big meat seizure

    A complaint over alleged food poisoning at a restaurant meal has led to authorities in the Greater Athens region seizing 5.3 tons of meat unfit for human consumption and moving to shutter the wholesaler that provided it.