Messapia

Funds from the relief package for the island of Evia, which suffered extensive damage during powerful rainstorms and floods last Sunday - and cost the lives of eight people - will be allocated on Friday to the two most affected municipalities, Halkideon and Dirfyos-Messapia.

As authorities assess the damage wrought by the heavy rainstorms and floods a few days ago in parts of central and northern Greece, a state of emergency has been declared for the municipalities on the island of Evia and in the regional unit Thessaloniki that were hardest hit. 

Police on the island of Evia on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 59-year-old man who was found in possession of objects that he had allegedly removed from an ancient grave.
A police statement said that officers made the arrest on Monday in the municipality of Dirfys-Messapia.