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1. Greek arrested in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus for allegedly filming military sites

   Authorities in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus have arrested a Greek lawyer, reportedly for filming military sites.

2. Fire breaks out at plastic factory yard in Megara

   A fire broke out on Monday night in the yard of a plastic factory in Megara, western Attica.

3. Court jails man for beach snack extortion racket

   An appeals court in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, convicted a 42-year-old man on Monday for running an extortion racket that sought to control the sales of traditional Greek dough fritters known as “loukoumades” on the beaches of the popular Halkidiki peninsula.

4. Clientelist tragedies

   Unfortunately, there are many Greek politicians who, in an effort to serve their voters, cross many red lines. In fact, they treat European funds as “other people’s money,” believing that they can fool the “stupid Europeans.”

5. ATHEX: Bourse posts gains of 27% in Jan-June

   The Greek stock market has just completed eight consecutive months of growth.

6. Guilfoyle appointment on track, State Department says

   The State Department denied recent reports in the Greek press claiming that the appointment process of Kimberly Guilfoyle as US Ambassador to Greece was not moving forward.

7. Cartoon (30/06/25)

8. What got us this far is not good enough

   There are plenty of reasons for concern. All that granted us security and prosperity is threatened. In Greece, consecutive crises did not lead to a correction in the course that creates crises.

9. Tsitsipas retires in Wimbledon opening match

   Back trouble forced Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas to bow out of Wimbledon during his opening match against French qualifier Valentin Royer, who advanced to the second round in his debut at the Championships.

10. Little progress in seminal projects announced in 2019

    When New Democracy gained power in July 2019, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had announced five development projects as ones that would put a stamp on his party’s governance.