News archive of November 2014

The archaeologist leading the dig at the ancient tomb in Amphipolis, northern Greece, said on Saturday that the site had once been open to the public but was later sealed, although this did not protect it from raiders who stole many items.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras repeated his call for early elections on Saturday, accusing the government of being poised to beat a retreat in its negotiations with the troika.

Seven men aged between 30 and 50 who were on board the cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants that was towed to safety on Crete last week were charged with human trafficking on Saturday.

The seven men told a prosecutor in Lasithi that they were Syrian, like most of the people on board the Baris. The suspects are due to give their depositions on Monday.

A woman and her husband were in critical condition over the weekend after the man allegedly shot his wife twice in the face before turning the gun on himself last Friday.

According to police reports, the man walked into a florist store in the area of Toumba in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, where his spouse was an employee, and shot her with a rifle.

Five Georgian nationals, four men and a woman aged 35 to 44, have been arrested in connection to the murder of a 58-year-old taverna owner in his home in the area of Kallithea in Halkidiki, northern Greece, in September.

The woman, who worked part-time at the taverna, allegedly informed the other suspects that the victim kept large amounts of cash in a safe at his apartment.

Seven Ukrainian crew members of a ferry were arrested in Pachi, Megara, on Saturday on charges of smuggling thousands of packets of contraband cigarettes.

Initial reports suggested that nine trucks carrying parcels with over 90 million cigarettes were intercepted on board the ferry during a police operation.

Unidentified assailants have beaten a Canadian man at a park in central Istanbul.

Sjoerd Vaandering, a 72-year-old British Columbia resident, was walking in the Maçka Park early Nov. 29 when he was assaulted, Doğan News Agency reported. Vaandering was found by passersby with his belongings scattered on the pavement.

Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache conquered the gold medal in the competition of Stuttgart, within the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup 2014-2015 edition, with a total of 59.766 points.

The extension of the red line of the Sofia metro reaching the airport is expected to be completed by the beginning of April next year, the Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova told journalists after an inspection of the construction.

The other extension of the same line - to the Business Park - would be completed by the end of April.

Seven people were detained in central Athens early Saturday after an attack on an Olympiakos supporters’ club in Monastiraki.

The windows at the club were smashed in the raid but nobody was injured.