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1. A perfect Saronic weekend: Exploring Aegina’s ancient highlights

   A compact archaeological guide to the island where maritime power, myth, and easy island living meet just an hour from Athens.

2. Copper crooks nabbed in Karditsa and Larissa

   Police in central Greece said they have dismantled a criminal gang accused of stealing nearly €900,000 worth of copper from electricity transformers in rural areas.

3. Queues form on North Macedonia border following biometric entry-exit rollout

   Long traffic queues have formed at Greece’s border with North Macedonia following the introduction of the European Union’s new digital biometric border screening system, causing significant delays for travelers entering the country.

4. Report details MPs’ role in illegal subsidies

   An internal audit submitted to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office by former OPEKEPE auditor Paraskevi Tycheropoulou has introduced new details in the investigation into allegedly illegal agricultural subsidies involving 13 lawmakers from Greece’s ruling New Democracy party.

5. Treat home destinations ‘as an asset to protect’

   What is changing now is that Barcelona is creating a centralized travel economy authority, which oversees what are the benefits for the public, as well as what funding and what actions are needed at each step. 

6. Migrant amateur teams in Greece get into World Cup spirit

   Before North America, World Cup magic made a stopover in Greece. Players battled and bonded not at the mega-stadiums of Mexico, Canada and the United States, but on practice fields squeezed into urban neighborhoods of Athens.

7. UNESCO lists 6 Minoan sites

   Greece celebrated the UNESCO World Heritage listing of six Minoan palace centers on Crete at a ceremony on Friday at the ancient archaeological site of Zominthos, on the slopes of Mount Psiloritis.

8. Police officer arrested in Athens with weapons, ammunition and cash

   A police officer was arrested Thursday evening after officers found weapons, ammunition and thousands of euros in cash during a roadside check in southern Athens.

9. Park parties are the new rage in Athens

   I’ve realized in the past couple of years that the best parties are those you haven’t planned for – those you hear about out of the blue, on the same day, when you’re already out and about.

10. Athens weighs responses to Turkish bill

    Athens is examining a range of legal and practical responses to a Turkish bill reportedly being prepared by the ruling AKP party to advance Ankara’s claims in the Aegean Sea through the doctrine known as the “Blue Homeland.”