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  1. The cost of housing over the last five years in Greece has risen by 28.34%.
  2. “There is no amendment, there’s a provision.” That’s what Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis had to say regarding accusations that last-minute legislation on shared custody voted last December was added to an unrelated bill.
  3. The vote of the Greeks who live abroad is an irreplaceable means for the diaspora to maintain its connection with the homeland.
  4. Fifty days ago, a few thousand tractors began blocking national highways, ports, airports and border crossings. What had caused this outburst?
  5. European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas referred to new European policies on the automotive industry, infrastructure, transport, industry, ports, air transport, shipping and tourism.
  6. Hiking lesser-known paths where history, nature and city life meet just above Athens.
  7. Indian carrier IndiGo launched direct flights between Mumbai and Athens using India’s first Airbus A321XLR last Friday. 
  8. Greece’s prison system faces severe overcrowding at 122.9% capacity, with 13,583 inmates housed in facilities designed for 10,763, according to the General Secretariat for Anti-Crime Policy.
  9. Authorities recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy during a search-and-rescue operation off the southeastern coast of the Aegean island of Ikaria, officials said Saturday.
  10. A man died Saturday morning on the Rio-Antirrio bridge connecting the Peloponnese to mainland Greece after a motorcycle collided with a truck, officials said.