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1. Q1 tourism data points to new bumper year

   Tourist arrivals and revenues jumped in the first quarter of the year, according to Bank of Greece figures released Monday, indicating a fourth bumper year in a row could be ahead despite upheaval in the Middle East.

2. Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party condemns ousting of main opposition

   Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party has condemned a court ruling that ousted the leadership of the main opposition CHP last week, calling a police operation to evict the ‌leaders from the party's headquarters a "disgrace to democracy.”

3. The reservoirs of 61 and 39%

   Voters who desire a party that will punish all those that they consider responsible for the ills of this country have been given new “Hope” – the name of the party founded by Maria Karystianou, the mother of one of the victims of the Tempe train tragedy.

4. Does terrorism still cause us embarrassment?

   The participation of the murderer Dimitris Koufontinas in the documentary “File 17N” provoked opinions for and against this choice of the show’s producers.

5. Metro commuters’ hot summer

   Athenians will face another summer with overheated trains, on ISAP and on the metro, because a number of them still have no air-conditioning.

6. 2 arrests after basketball EuroLeague final

   Two Greeks were arrested early Monday for involvement in sports-related violence following the EuroLeague basketball final in Athens, police said.

7. Four youths arrested for driving into transgender woman

   Four young men are facing criminal charges after allegedly hitting a transgender woman with their car and leaving her injured on a street in the Athens suburb of Kallithea, police have said.

8. Body found in search for missing Spanish climber

   Rescue teams have located a body believed to be that of a Spanish climber who had been missing for a week on Mount Olympus.

9. Athens Festival Iranian play pulled due to Gulf standoff

   Athens performances of The Child, an Iranian play about migration due to have been staged next week, have been canceled due to the standoff between the US and Iran in the Gulf, authorities said Monday.

10. Prosecutor orders probe into Marinakis-Dimitriadis stadium fracas

    An Athens prosecutor has ordered a probe into an altercation between newspaper publisher and soccer club owner Vangelis Marinakis and former government official Grigoris Dimitriadis during Sunday’s EuroLeague basketball final.