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1. Boy, 12, critically hurt in e-scooter accident

   A 12-year-old boy was hospitalised in critical condition Thursday after a road accident with an e-scooter west of Athens, just days after the government announced plans to restrict minors’ use of the vehicles.

2. Raids reveal illegal power, water connections

   A dozen people have been arrested for allegedly illegally hooking up to the power and water networks during a series of raids on Roma camps in southern Greece, police said Thursday.

3. Phone scammers made over €3 mln, police say

   Police dismantled an organized criminal group operating in western Attica, arresting seven people. Authorities said six men and one woman formed a ring with distinct roles.

4. Scan-a-high sticker scheme lands 2 in trouble

   Two men who allegedly advertised their marijuana stock using stickers printed with QR codes that took punters to secure chat apps have been arrested in Thessaloniki, police said Thursday.

5. Three arrested over 2025 gangland shooting in Athens suburb

   Police in Athens have arrested three suspects in connection with the 2025 execution-style killing of a leading figure in a violent organized crime network dubbed the “Greek Mafia.”

6. Police defend handling of lead-up to fatal shooting on Crete

   The police on Thursday defended its response to complaints of repeated threats and attacks against a Cretan youth in the lead-up to his fatal shooting by a man who blamed him for the traffic death of his teenage son.

7. International news options shrink on Greek TV as ERT reshuffles lineup

   Greece’s state-owned broadcaster, ERT, has removed BBC News from its national terrestrial airwaves, replacing the long-standing English-language service with its own international channel, ERT Cosmos.

8. Nearly 270 migrants reach Crete in one day from Africa

   A total 268 migrants have reached the southern island of Crete over the past 24 hours, as arrivals in small boats from north Africa have picked up again following a brief hiatus.

9. Divers to investigate sunken freighter off Andros as questions mount

   Divers are due later Thursday to try and inspect the wreck of a Turkish-operated freighter that sank off the Aegean Sea island of Andros without loss of life but raising questions over potential environmental damage.

10. Greece to roll out ankle monitors nationwide to ease prison overcrowding

    Greece is set to roll out nationwide use of electronic ankle monitors for prison inmates this month as authorities seek to ease chronic overcrowding in the country’s correctional facilities, where about a quarter of detainees are awaiting trial.