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1. Retired Polish tourist on Crete charged with espionage

   A prosecutor on the southern island of Crete on Friday brought espionage charges against a retired Polish man suspected of photographing a major naval base there and forwarding the material to an associate in Poland.

2. Police break three phone scam rings, arrest 5

   Authorities in northern Greece have broken three rings that swindled vulnerable people out of large sums of cash and valuables using a common but effective phone scam, police said Friday.

3. Main suspect in Thessaloniki stabbing surrenders to police

   The main suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, has turned himself in to police.

4. Long and arduous house buys

   Bureaucracy remains a mountain to climb in real estate transfers. Despite efforts in recent years to reduce the time required, this has not been possible.

5. Prison cell raid turns up weapons, cellphones

   A raid on cells in the top-security Malandrino prison in central Greece Friday turned up improvised daggers, mobile phones and keys, police said.

6. Two arrested after cannabis grow house discovered in Thessaloniki apartment

   Police in Thessaloniki have arrested two men after officers uncovered a cannabis grow house operating inside an apartment in the city.

7. Police seize 1.5 kms of cables used in illegal power hookups

   A kilometer and a half of electric cables used to illegally hook up homes with the power network have been confiscated during a police raid on Roma camps on the northwestern fringes of Athens, authorities said Friday.

8. Defense Ministry to bring €5 bln procurement package to Parliament

   The Defense Ministry is expected to present Monday several major military procurement programs costing €5 billion in total.

9. Dozens of migrants found on island of Limnos

   A group of 39 migrants, mostly women and children, has been located on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Limnos which is off most usual migration routes, authorities said Friday.

10. Social events under taxman’s scrutiny

    The tax monitoring in the social events sector is tightening, as after Easter the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) will expand its digital client list to include weddings, christenings, parties and receptions.