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NEWS ARCHIVE - May 2025

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May 28, 2025 Wednesday

Fraud leads to closing down of OPEKEPE agency that distributed EU farm subsidies

Story at Greek Reporter [English]

Investigation into illegal drug prescription ring

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Big worry over American tourist numbers slump

Story at UK Express [English]

Harder penalties for entering Greece illegally in new draft law

Story at Reuters MSN [English]

Looking down Filellinon toward the Saronic Gulf

Aegean Airlines reports profit gains

Story at Reuters MSN [English]

Trying to stay cool in Greece as the tourists begin to arrive

Story at CNN News MSN [English]

Paying rents through mandatory bank transfers

Would "...bring significant upheaval to the housing market..." Story at Protothema [English]

Electric tram in Glyfada stopped by truck pulling down overhead wires

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Turkish nationals linked to organized crime in Thessaloniki shooting

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Alarming amount of water pollution by Alonissos

Story at Reuters MSN [English] [Map of Alonissos, Greece]

Panic and rip currents: water safety highlighted by death of 30 year old man at bachelor party at Lefkada

Story at Protothema [Greek]

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Mikrolimano Marina near Athens

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