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Coast guard, customs, and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) seized a shipment of 10.5 million contraband cigarettes at the Port of Piraeus, valued at €2.1 million in evaded taxes and duties
A 33-year-old foreign national was arrested in connection with the case – The smuggled cigarettes were hidden in a container
Cash payments for courier parcel deliveries are over – Electronic payments now mandatory
The provision is included in the Ministry of National Economy and Finance bill that has been put out for public consultation and is expected to be voted on in the first week of November
Finance ministry fined another €20,000 over unfinished demolition of Coco-Mat hotel floors near the Acropolis
Greece's supreme administrative court has fined the finance ministry €20,000 for failing to demolish the illegally high upper floors of a Coco-Mat hotel beside the Acropolis, while two earlier penalties remain unpaid
Marco Rubio arrives in Athens to a warm welcome from Greek Foreign Minister
Excerpt: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Athens for the sixth round of the Greece-US Strategic Dialogue, with defence, energy and the finalisation of the F-35 deal high on the agenda
Kallithea alarm lifted after two apartment blocks evacuated over suspected picric acid vials
Police have lifted the security measures in Kallithea after the bomb disposal unit collected two vials of a suspected explosive substance, reportedly crystallised picric acid, from two evacuated apartment blocks
The week split in two: Sunshine and northerly winds through Wednesday, followed by rain – Tsatrafyllias’ forecast
Temperatures will reach 25°C in Athens today, slightly higher in Thessaloniki
37-year-old American woman arrested for photographing military installations in Souda
She was released shortly afterward, as the authorities’ investigation ruled out the possibility of espionage
National Transparency Authority Report coming after authorities’ delay over White Coast expansion in Milos
The report will concern the hotel’s licensing, located just 1.9 kilometers from Sarakiniko — Hellenic Society for the Environment and Culture calls for a review of around 30 building permits for hotel units on Milos
