Iraklio

Police in the Cretan prefecture of Iraklio said on Wednesday that they had broken two criminal rings operating in the area – one trading in drugs and the other an established usury and extortion racket.

High temperatures and strong winds fanned several wildfires in different parts of the country on Friday though there were no reports of any of the blazes threatening residential areas.

Up to 20 tons of campaign posters and leaflets are expected to be collected by municipal workers in Athens in the wake of local and European elections on Sunday, Skai reports.

The amount of trash in Thessaloniki, Greece's northern port city, is expected to reach 15 tons, according to the same report.