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1. AEK fan loses finger after setting off flare outside stadium

   A 23-year-old AEK soccer fan blew off his own finger after lighting a flare outside a stadium during Sunday’s match with Levadiakos.

2. Gerapetritis travelling to the US to meet Rubio

   Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to Washington, D.C. for a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the United States Department of State, in a visit that signals sustained high-level engagement between Athens and Washington, according to information obtained by Kathimerini.

3. Four injured, one critically, in head-on Pyrgos car crash

   At least four people were injured, one critically, Monday in a head-on collision between two cars at the Olympion junction in Pyrgos, western Greece.

4. Joanna Mattrey | Athens | February 26-27

   New York-based violinist and composer Joanna Mattrey makes her Athens debut with a two-night residency at Underflow Record Store & Art Gallery (39 Kallirois), focused on free improvisation and live interaction.

5. Mitsotakis to chair economic policy meeting, join Ukraine call

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair a meeting of the Government Council for Economic Policy on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Maximos Mansion.

6. New arrest at Athens airport for marijuana smuggling

   Police at Athens International Airport have arrested a traveller for alleged membership of an international drugs smuggling ring after finding 21 kilos of marijuana in his luggage, authorities said Monday.

7. Men digging hole outside Thessaloniki charged with antiquities theft

   Three men have been arrested on suspicion of digging for buried antiquities on an archaeological site in northern Greece, police said Monday.

8. Police fine 1,062 bikers nationwide for not wearing helmets

   Over 1,060 people on motorbikes and electric scooters were stopped and fined for not wearing crash helmets in the third week of February, police said Monday, compared to more than 1,040 a week earlier.

9. Erdogan upbeat on prospects of trade with Greece

   The volume of trade between Greece and Turkey could rise to 10 billion dollars this year, from 7 billion in 2025, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

10. America’s biggest warship reaches Crete en route to Middle East

    The biggest US warship, the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, arrived Monday at a NATO naval base on Crete as American forces build up in the Middle East amid tension with Iran.