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1. Woman dies after falling from 7th-floor balcony in Piraeus

   A 24-year-old woman died after falling from a seventh-floor balcony of an apartment building in Piraeus on Friday afternoon, according to police, who said the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.

2. Greek-operated tanker is among few oil vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz

   A Greek-operated tanker has sailed from the Gulf to India after crossing the Strait ‌of Hormuz in one of the few crude sailings through the waterway this week, ship tracking data showed on Friday.

3. Athens police officers admit sexual acts at station, reject rape allegations

   Two of three police officers on trial for alleged rape of a 19-year-old woman inside a central Athens police station in October 2022 have admitted in court to having sexual intercourse with the complainant while on duty, but denied any coercion, insisting the act was consensual.

4. CROSS Technical Services to showcase compliance-driven solutions at Posidonia

   The Piraeus-based company operates across the marine and offshore sectors.

5. Probe finds suspected Ukrainian sea drone lost course after malfunction, sources say

   Investigators believe a military sea drone found on Lefkada last week went off course due to a technical failure and may not have travelled far, sources have said.

6. New Left MP declares himself independent

   Rodopi MP Ferhat Ozgur has announced that he is quitting the New Left parliamentary group to sit as an independent.

7. Six remanded over armed bank robbery

   Six of the eight suspects arrested earlier this week in connection with an armed bank robbery in central Greece have been remanded in custody after appearing before an investigating magistrate.

8. Turkey seeks expanded maritime rights in Aegean, eastern Mediterranean

   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is reportedly working on legislation that would enable the president to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending up to 200 nautical miles from Turkey’s coasts, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.

9. ‘Shipping is targeted unfairly,’ says shipowners union chief

   Shipping has been unfairly targeted, Melina Travlos, the president of the Union of Greek Shipowners (EEE), said on Thursday, noting that “the sector has now been instrumentalized in crises that are geopolitical and very political.”

10. Crete launches Greece’s first repeat dementia prevalence study

    A new scientific study on dementia prevalence in mountainous Crete will begin on May 18 in the Municipality of Anogeia, marking 20 years since the area’s first major survey on the condition.