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1. Secret service releases 1950s files on Communists, neighbors

   Greece’s secret intelligence service on Wednesday posted on its website scores of declassified documents from the 1950s on Communist activities and on neighboring countries, with a view to gradually opening up more of its archives.

2. Fallen tree disrupts traffic on key Athens road

   Traffic along Pireos Street, a key route linking central Athens with Piraeus, was disrupted on Wednesday night after a large tree collapsed over the roadway. No injuries have been reported.

3. ATHEX: MSCI fuels rebound in stock market

   The upcoming MSCI index rebalancing, gave a massive boost to Greek stocks on Wednesday.

4. Police nab two over video posts of illegal stunts

   Two men who posted on social media incriminating videos of themselves doing illegal motorbike stunts have been identified and face prosecution for reckless driving and incitement to crime, authorities said Wednesday.

5. Police break gang that was fond of others’ drink

   Authorities have broken a criminal organization that specialised in burgling shops selling alcoholic drinks in the Greater Athens region, stealing merchandise worth more than €25,000 in total, police said Wednesday.

6. Former Tempe railway victims’ head advocate launches political movement 

   Maria Karystianou, former head of the association of relatives of the victims of the 2023 Tempe railway disaster, announced on Wednesday the founding of a political movement. 

7. Migrant boat capsizes off Turkey, at least 19 dead

   A fast-moving boat carrying Afghan migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday while attempting to evade the Turkish coast guard in rough waters, leaving 19 dead – including a baby, officials said. 

8. Authorities detect 18 cases of foot-and-mouth on Lesvos

   A total 18 cases of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease among livestock have been recorded on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos where Greece’s first case in a quarter-century was detected in mid-March, authorities said Wednesday.

9. Search on Samos for smugglers who landed 34 migrants

   Police on Samos are looking for two smugglers believed to have landed 34 migrants on the eastern Aegean Sea island, one of whom was critically ill and needed to be airlifted to Piraeus, authorities said Wednesday.Police on Samos are looking for two smugglers believed to have landed 34 migrants on the eastern Aegean Sea island, one of whom was critically ill and needed to be airlifted to Piraeus, authorities said Wednesday.

10. Names of 11 MPs released in EU move to lift immunity over farm aid fraud

    The European Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the lifting of parliamentary immunity for 11 sitting MPs, including Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras and Civil Protection Minister Ioannis Kefalogiannis, as part of a widening investigation into EU farm aid fraud involving the OPEKEPE agency.