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Slippery South American Drug Cartels Going Bananas in GreeceGreece is becoming a hub for South American drug gangs to use as a conduit to move drugs and they’re becoming even more inventive and creative about it, including using bananas to hide their stashes.Officials found 654 kilograms (1442 pounds) of cocaine worth an estimated 200 million euros ($210.80) in a banana shipment from Ecuador on April 29 that was the second big seizure of its kind this year, said Kathimerini.That supported intelligence indicating that Latin American cartels are using Greece as a gateway for their drugs – with local help – the paper said, although it wasn’t indicated how the Greek underworld was involved.
Iraklio man arrested after nearly 40 dogs found in deplorable conditionsNearly 40 dogs were taken out of deplorable conditions in Iraklio, Crete, on Sunday. Also, none of the dogs had a pet health certificate as required by Greek law.Police arrested a man on counts of neglect. The suspect is expected to appear before an Iraklio prosecutor this week.It was not known whether the dogs will be available for adoption.
Tourism poised to absorb job-seeking Ukrainian refugeesGreece has issued nearly 10,000 residence and work permits to more than 25,000 refugees from Ukraine, with the tourism sector looking set to absorb a significant part of this new workforce.Last month, the honorary president of the Greek Tourism Confederations (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, confided in a post on Twitter that more than 50,000 jobs in hospitality are still open. The biggest shortages, he noted, are in kitchens and service.
PM promises party faithful a clear election victory in 12 monthsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday his goal is for the ruling center-right New Democracy to obtain another parliamentary majority in elections “that will take place 12 months from now.”But, to obtain that majority, two successive elections will have to take place, as the first one, fought under a proportional representation law passed by the previous leftist SYRIZA government makes it all but impossible for a single party to win the majority of the seats in the 300-member Parliament.The Mitsotakis government has since voted a law awarding a 30-seat bonus to the party that wins the election. However, the Greek constitution provides that a new electoral law can take effect only in the second election after it is passed, unless it is approved by two-thirds of the MPs.
Hundreds of cats and dogs killed in attacks on Ukrainian animal shelterAs many as 260 cats and 100 dogs perished in the attacks on the ‘Best Friends’ shelter near Kyiv
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