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1. Electricity bills as a tool for fee collection

   Using the power bill as a mechanism to collect taxes, fees and other charges not related to energy makes it even more difficult to pay it off.

2. Border car chase leads to migrant smuggler’s arrest

   A Greek suspected trafficker was arrested following a road chase near the northeastern land border with Turkey driving a car with seven migrants squashed into it, police said Wednesday.

3. 2 held over posts linking policeman with fatal Athens crash

   The police cybercrime squad has arrested two social media users for allegedly posting calls for attacks on a policeman whom they falsely blamed for a fatal traffic accident, authorities said.

4. Greek destinations made famous by film

   Iconic movies have helped turn local landmarks into global travel draws, with visitors still arriving years after release.

5. Stork family of six safely rehoused after power mishap

   Greece's power distribution operator has cooperated with a leading wildlife charity to provide a new, safe home for a stork family whose nest on top of an electricity post was frazzling the network, disrupting vital irrigation work.

6. South Australia Greek teachers group relaunches association

   The Modern Greek Language Teachers Association of South Australia has announced its 2026 launch event, marking the re-establishment of the organization and a renewed push to support Greek language education in the state, The Greek Herald reported.

7. Police arrest 8 in drug and weapons trafficking crackdown

   Police on Wednesday carried out a large-scale operation across the Athens region aimed at dismantling a criminal organization suspected of trafficking drugs and weapons, authorities said.

8. Urban visionary Solomonidou‑Balanou dies

   Elli Solomonidou‑Balanou, the Athens‑born artist whose distinctive signature and sketches became emblems of Greek urban culture, has died.

9. Five EU countries float safeguards for future bloc members ​

   The European Union should discuss the option of temporarily limiting some voting rights of the bloc's future new members and creating more rule-of-law safeguards, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg wrote in a joint paper seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

10. May was the world’s second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

    The world has just experienced the second-hottest May since records began, as climate change and the developing El Niño weather pattern combined to push up average land and sea temperatures, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said Wednesday.