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A 44-year-old man arrested over last week's murder of 54-year-old engineer/surveyor Panagiotis Stathis in Athens, is expected t appear before an investigative magistrate n Thursday.

A truck caught fire on Egnatia Odos between Igoumenitsa and Ioannina in northwestern Greece, leading to a road closure.

According to state broadcaster ERT, the driver and passenger escaped safely before the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The tractor unit was completely destroyed, though the truck was not carrying a trailer.

Authorities revealed on Tuesday that employees of Greece's Culture Ministry are suspected of involvement in an extortion ring that blackmailed Athens business owners.

State broadcaster ERT reported that public officials and employees in the Culture Ministry's Modern Monuments Department were allegedly participating in the ring.

The 44-year-old man accused of murdering the 54-year-old surveyor in Psyhiko will appear before an investigative magistrate on Thursday to testify.

Several officers has been arrested in an ongoing operation of the Greek Police's (ELAS) internal affairs department inside a prison in northwestern Greece, to clamp down on corruption within the force, state-run broadcaster ERT said on Monday.

The raid involves members of counterterrorism unit EKAM from Thessaloniki, riot police, a prosecutor and officers investigating the case.

Former SYRIZA minister Alekos Flambouraris was hospitalised on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Monday.

The 85-year-old veteran politician is said to have undergone coronary angioplasty and is soon expected to be transferred from the ICU to a high-dependency unit as his health is deemed satisfactory.

The container of the commercial train that was missing and being sought by investigators of the deadly head-on train collision in late February 2023 in Tempe, central Greece, was found on a private plot of land in Thessaloniki, many kilometers from the crash site, according to reports on Friday.

A journalist was sentenced Friday to 12 months in prison, convertible to a fine of 10 euros per day, by an Athens magistrate's court for assaulting his partner, a fellow journalist at state broadcaster ERT.

The court convicted him of domestic violence and making repeated threats. 

Greek authorities discovered 22 young men on Trypiti Beach in Gavdos, Greece's southernmost island, Thursday afternoon.

According to state broadcaster ERT, all are in good health. The migrants will remain on Gavdos until their transfer to Crete is arranged.

Authorities in Kalamata, the capital of Messinia in the southwestern Peloponnese, appealed to residents and visitors on Wednesday to be frugal with their use of water, after shortages were noted across the region.