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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.

In the wake of last week's murder of 54-year-old engineer/surveyor Panagiotis Stathis in Athens, police authorities are coming down heavily on rival gangs vying for dominance in areas such as entertainment, catering and property sales on the island of Mykonos. 

In a significant breakthrough in the murder investigation of 54-year-old civil engineer Panagiotis Stathis, who was gunned down on June 2 outside the offices of his company in Neo Psychiko in northern Athens, authorities have taken a suspect into custody late Friday night.

Iason Panagopoulos has achieved a remarkable feat by winning the gold medal in the European Optimist Championship, which concluded recently in Italy. This victory marks the third consecutive year he has defended his title, having previously won in 2022 and 2023.

One in two citizens struggles to cover the cost of their healthcare, including medicines, while eight in 10 pay out of their own their pockets for medical tests and visits to doctors, according to the results of a survey carried out by Alco for the Medical Association of Athens (ISA).

Prominent criminal lawyers Alexandros Lykourezos and Theodoros Panagopoulos who were arrested last Friday over their alleged involvement in the so-called Korydallos prison "mafia," were released on bail on Monday evening, after their marathon statements to a prosecutor and an investigative magistrate.

A prosecutor and an investigative magistrate are to decide on Monday night whether to remand or conditionally release prominent Athens lawyer Alexandros Lykourezos and fellow attorney and close associate Theodoros Panagopoulos, who were arrested last Friday over their alleged involvement in the so-called so-called Korydallos prison "mafia."

Alexandros Lykourezos and Theodoros Panagopoulos, two prominent Athens lawyers allegedly embroiled in the so-called Korydallos Prison "mafia," were on Friday given an extension to prepare their defense before an investigating magistrate.

One of the most high-profile criminal lawyers in the country, Alexandros Lykourezos, was arrested on Thursday by officers of the police's counterterrorism unit in connection with the so-called "mafia" said to be operating in the Korydallos maximum-security prison in Athens.

Another lawyer and an associate of Lykourezos, Theodoros Panagopoulos, was also arrested on Friday morning.

Four people were reportedly injured in Rhodes after a group of about 200 individuals stormed into the Rhodes Palace hotel where Greece's biggest private-sector union, GSEE, was expected to hold its 37th conference in the early hours of Thursday and clashed with union members.