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1. Southeastern Europe will benefit from further integration of local energy grids, ministers say

   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. Mother dolphin mourning dead calf must be left in peace, wildlife society urges

   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. Unilateral maritime moves ‘bound to fail,’ foreign minister says

   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. Parents convicted of endangering children in dirty flat

   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. Greek passenger on Hantavirus-struck ship tests negative

   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. Nice catch: Trawler nets submarine off Andros

   A fishing boat in the Cyclades made an unusual catch Thursday, netting a Hellenic Navy submarine taking part in manoeuvres.

7. Nearly 50 kg of cocaine seized at Piraeus port

   Greek customs authorities seized 46 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container at the capital’s Port of Piraeus, officials said Thursday.

8. The transport racket behind the migrant smuggling racket

   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. Insular Animisms inspire artists convening in Spetses

   This edition of Anargyros Art Residency turns its attention to the island’s ecosystem and the realities of insularity.

10. War has underscored shipping’s importance, union president says

    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.