Achaia

Greece's privatization agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), on Friday announced that an e-auction process for four properties around the country was concluded, with total bids exceeding 4.24 million euros.

The process included the right of counter-offer via a relevant online platform.

The regional authorities of Achaia, western Greece, were urging drivers on Thursday to use snow chains if travelling near the area of Kalavryta, as a cold front brought freezing temperatures around the country.

State-run news agency ANA-MPA reported that snow chains were required when travelling from Kalavryta to Diakopto, Patras and Halandritsa.

In a bombshell move, centre-left Movement for Change (mainly Pasok) leader Fofi Genninata has shown ex-Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos the door after her decision today to give former Athens Mayor Yorgos Kaminis the top spot on the party's statewide ticket after months of rumours that Venizelos would be offered the slot.

A 32-year-old Albanian national, who was arrested on Saturday, is believed to be the killer of criminal lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos, who was gunned down in his office in central Athens last month.

The lucky winner of more than 9.5 million euros in the “Joker” lottery game may not have appeared so far, but two of his, or her, attorney visited the “lucky” betting parlour on Tuesday.

According to the betting pools operator OPAP, the multi-million-euro ticket cost a mere … three euros.

The ticket was submitted at a parlour in the Kypseli district of central Athens.

A Spanish sailor was killed on Thursday and three more seamen were injured in an explosion on a tanker anchored in the port of Drepano, in the prefecture of Achaia.

Of the three sailors who were hurt, one remained in critical condition at a nearby hospital last night while the injuries sustained by the other two were said not to be life-threatening.

Police on Wednesday were seeking a hideout or other clues that could shed light on the activities of Revolutionary Struggle after Nikos Maziotis, the leader of the leftist guerrilla group, was arrested following a dramatic shootout in central Athens.

Nikos Maziotis in a file photo.

Police investigating a car bomb explosion outside the Bank of Greece last Thursday believe the prime suspect behind the attack – Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis – might have been involved in two armed robberies in the Peloponnese last month, Kathimerini has learned.