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1. Spot check leads to arrests for drugs, weapons

   A spot check in central Athens has led to the arrest of two people for allegedly dealing in marijuana while possessing a couple of swords and a score of knives, police said Monday.

2. European Parliament report calls for sanctions on Turkish justice minister

   A European Parliament report, expected to be put to a vote on Wednesday, recommends sanctions against Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gurlek over his role in the case of former Istanbul mayor and leading opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu, currently jailed.    

3. Planes, firefighters battle forest blazes in Peloponnese, Skopelos

   Water-bombing aircraft and ground forces were striving Monday to extinguish two wildfires in forests in the southern Peloponnese region and on the Aegean Sea island of Skopelos, the Fire Service said.

4. Mitsotakis, Libyan official talk migration, offshore rights

   Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday discussed irregular migration and offshore exploration rights with the son of the de facto leader of eastern Libya during talks in Athens.

5. Supreme Court orders November 17 leader Giotopoulos back to prison

   Greece’s Supreme Court has ordered 82-year-old Alexandros Giotopoulos, convicted leader of the now-defunct November 17 militant group, back to prison, overturning a recent ruling by the Piraeus Appeals Council that had granted him conditional release.

6. E-scooter riders figure high in helmet violations

   E-scooter riders accounted for nearly one in three fines levied for non-use of crash helmets nationwide in the second week of June, authorities said Monday.

7. Greece repays EU partners €6.9 bln from 1st bailout

   Greece on Monday repaid its European peers €6.9 billion ‌from its first bailout loans earlier than ​planned, two sources told Reuters.

8. Inflation outlook worsens on energy shock, Bank of Greece warns

   Inflationary pressure on the Greek economy is expected to intensify, driven mainly by rising energy prices, according to the latest inflation report by the Bank of Greece.

9. Poland grants its Greek community ethnic minority status

   The Polish government has formally recognized the country's Greek community as an ethnic minority, conveying rights including courses in Greek language, culture and history for minority children, Greece's embassy in Warsaw said.

10. Bulgarian charged with spying with drone, freed pending trial

    A Bulgarian man was charged on Monday with espionage for allegedly using a drone to photograph a former military camp in Thessaloniki, and was released pending trial.