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1. Piraeus taxi inspection leads to drug seizure

   Police in Piraeus have arrested a taxi driver with more than three kilograms of heroin in his vehicle, who is suspected of drug trafficking throughout the Greater Athens region.

2. ‘Tsimbita’ from Tinos

   The people of Tinos, that lovely island in the central Cyclades, usually call these pies “cheese pies,” even though they are tarts and they are sweet, not savory.

3. Alleged Serbian gangland killer held in Athens

   A man wanted in Serbia for alleged participation in a string of gangland morders has been arrested in southern Athens, authorities said Tuesday.

4. PM says road cameras to start operating soon, vows strict traffic law enforcement

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday vowed stricter traffic law enforcement, saying digital cameras will soon catch violations such as running red lights as part of a “zero tolerance” approach to road safety.

5. Bulgaria-based phone scammers targeted elderly people in northern Greece

   A Bulgaria-based criminal network that targeted elderly people in northern Greece through phone scams managed to make more than €600,000 from 41 victims, police said Tuesday.

6. Modern ARTemis | Athens | April 18-May 3

   The exhibition “Modern ARTemis – Ancient Amarynthos in Evia” at the Athens Municipality Arts Center (Parko Eleftherias) and organized by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece and University of West Attica, combines archaeological research with contemporary art.

7. Survey of Eretria plain on Evia points to unknown ancient sites

   An archaeological ground survey of southern Evia, combined with laser imaging, has yielded signs of at least ten unknown ancient settlements, together with buildings, cemeteries, quarries and roads, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday.

8. Woman dies after falling from cliff at Meteora monastery

   A 66-year-old woman died after falling from a cliff at the Meteora monastery complex in central Greece on Tuesday.

9. Tourists find kilo of cocaine on Peloponnese beach

   Tourists walking an a beach near Vartholomio in the western Peloponnese have found and handed over to authorities a kilogram of cocaine, state ERT television reported Monday.

10. Files on two more ND MPs named in subsidy scandal sent to Parliament

    New files from an investigation by European prosecutors into a major farm subsidy scandal were forwarded to Parliament Tuesday, with the question of stripping two sitting lawmakers with the governing New Democracy party of their immunity from prosecution.