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1. Permitting offices’ burdens

   Urban planning and permitting offices have been hotbeds of corruption for decades. Whether responsibility lies with the central government or with the local authorities, the bureaucracy has never stopped breeding corruption.

2. ATHEX: Four-month high for main bourse index

   The temporarily positive climate on the geopolitical front gave money markets a push of optimism on Tuesday.

3. Cartoon (09/06/2026)

4. Tough times ahead

   Dealing realistically and effectively with today’s complex problems, both on the domestic and international fronts, will be more difficult under the political circumstances being created in Greece.

5. JMSN | Athens | June 8

   JMSN returns to Athens for a performance at Gazarte Ground Stage (34 Voutadon) as part of the European leg of his “Scared Straight Tour,” with Aki Rei opening the evening.

6. Greek teen cannabis use hits 25-year high

   Cannabis use among Greek teenagers has reached its highest level in 25 years, with 11.5% of 16-year-olds reporting use, according to new research by Greece’s National Documentation Center for the EU Drugs Agency, released as part of the European Drug Report 2026.

7. Drugs arrest on Athens university campus

   A suspected drug trafficker has been arrested outside student residence buildings on university grounds in Athens, police said Tuesday.

8. Voices | Athens | June 11

   The National Museum of Contemporary Art (Kallirois & Frantzi) presents “Voices,” a three-channel video installation by Margarita Athanasiou that examines spiritualist mediation and channeling practices through moving image essay form.

9. German tourist held over aircraft photos is released

   Authorities on the southern island of Crete on Tuesday released a German tourist who was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of espionage for taking photographs of military aircraft.

10. Greek firms test defense drones

    Greece’s armed forces will test unmanned systems developed by domestic companies during the national joint-service exercise “Doureios Ippos (Trojan Horse) 2026,” scheduled for June 8-11.