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1. Metro company confirms link with Kypseli sludge fountain

   A flood of grey concrete-like sludge that spewed for hours from an abandoned building in central Athens is linked with tunnel-boring work for a new Athens metro line, the subway development company confirmed Thursday.

2. Pet Shop Boys | Athens | June 27

   Pet Shop Boys bring four decades of dance-pop innovation to Water Plaza (2616 Posidonos) with “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live.”

3. Thessaloniki court gives truck driver jail term convertible to fine after crash

   A 49-year-old truck driver was sentenced to 15 months in prison, convertible to a fine, after being convicted of drunk and dangerous driving in a traffic accident that caused material damage near Thessaloniki.

4. Bid to partially restore Greece’s biggest Mycenaean acropolis

   A three-year conservation and restoration project has been completed on Greece’s biggest and least understood Mycenaean acropolis, contributing to experts’ knowledge of Bronze Age building techniques, authorities said Thursday.

5. Energy transition summit in Athens to focus on East Med, Southeast Europe

   As the world continues to cope with the devastating effects of the war in the Middle East, Europe enters a decisive phase of its energy transition, with the challenge of delivering clean, reliable and affordable power becoming more complex and at the same time more crucial than ever for the continent’s future.

6. Man dies after fall from building in Thessaloniki

   A 33-year-old man died early Wednesday after falling from the roof of a residential building in central Thessaloniki.

7. Simon Brodkin | Athens | May 22

   Simon Brodkin will perform live at Arch Club (29 Petrou Ralli), marking his first appearance in the city.

8. Suspected Russian-linked plot disrupted

   A suspected international plot with elements of espionage has unfolded in Greece, where authorities arrested a 55-year-old Greek from the former Soviet Union in Thessaloniki, accused of involvement in a network allegedly planning assassinations in Lithuania.

9. Europe has ‘maybe six weeks of jet fuel left,’ says energy agency chief

   Europe has “maybe six weeks or so (of) jet fuel left,” the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.

10. PM clashes with opposition in heated House debate

    In a heated debate in Parliament on the rule of law on Thursday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused the opposition of seeking to sow political division and called on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to speed up its probe into the OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal and desist from making “selective leaks” that undermine stability.