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1. Authorities monitor Rhodes beaches after 43 kilos of hashish wash ashore

   More than 40 kilograms of hashish with a street value of €320,000 have been found washed ashore on a beach on the southeastern island of Rhodes, authorities said.

2. Five suspected migrant smugglers detained on Samos

   Authorities on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos have arrested five people suspected of belonging to a ring that smuggled migrants over from the nearby Turkish coast, officials said Sunday.

3. High school teacher, pupil, held over marijuana possession in park

   A high school teacher and one of her pupils have been arrested in an Athens park for alleged possession of tiny quantities of marijuana, police said.

4. Shops open Sunday under Easter hours

   Shops will be open all over Greece Sunday, and longer trading hours will be in place during Easter week with the exception of Good Friday.

5. Mapping Kifissia’s threatened architectural heritage

   Kifissia’s villas face mounting pressure from overdevelopment, as demolitions rise and preservation efforts intensify, according to a recent documentation initiative by Monumenta.

6. Greater Athens region rents rise 30% in seven years

   Asking prices for rental housing in Attica increased 4.8% in the first quarter of this year compared to last year.

7. Traffic restrictions due to central Athens foot race

   Traffic restrictions are in place until 11 a.m. Sunday in much of central Athens to allow a foot race in the streets surrounding the Pedion Areos park, police said.

8. The art of hanging up the phone

   The legendary incident with famous Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis is mentioned by singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos in his autobiography.

9. Cartoon (04/04/2026)

10. The myth of red lines

    There is a term from psychology that has been quietly making its way into conversations among academics, policy thinkers, and ordinary citizens trying to make sense of what they are watching unfold: moral injury.