Postal system

The administration office at the Moria reception and identification centre on the island of Lesvos was evacuated on Friday after staff received a letter deemed suspicious, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

The letter, sent through a private courier company, appeared to have originated from Oman.

Police were on alert Thursday after 11 university campuses around the country received a total 12 envelopes containing a white substance that experts say is used in the production of industrial adhesives.

The Civil Protection Agency also warned post offices and universities against opening any package deemed suspicious.

Envelopes mailed from India to a dozen Greek universities prompted an anti-terrorism investigation on Thursday after tests found an industrial irritant that triggered an allergic reaction in members of staff.

Greek Police (ELAS) was on high alert on Thursday after four more suspicious envelopes turned up in Corfu, Volos, Crete and the polytechnical school campus in the district of Zografou, in Athens.

All parcels were addressed to local universities and appeared to have been sent from India.

A 23-year-old Greek doing his military service in Cyprus has been arrested in Nicosia as part of an ongoing investigation by authorities in Athens into the so-called "revolutionary fund," which is believed to have bankrolled a series of letter-bomb attacks last year.

Bulgarian Posts had released the postage stamp "2018 -- Year of the Yellow Dog", its chief executive officer Deyan Daneshki said here Friday.

The postage stamp had a circulation of 3,600, and cost 0.65 Bulgarian lev (some 0.41 U.S. dollars), Daneshki said at the validation ceremony attended by hundreds of philatelists eager to buy a copy.

Postage stamps, old coins and football cards are some of the more usual items gathered by those interested in collecting items as a hobby.

The Anglican Church in Greece is organizing two Community Connect events on November 8 and November 15. The November 8 event will take place at the Swedish Center in Plaka between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., with coffee, cake and a sale of homemade jams and much more. The event on November 15 will take place at the Loida Scripture Union Home For the Elderly in Kifissia between 10 a.m.

Security at Greece's Parliament building was thrown into high alert on Tuesday after a suspicious parcel was located in the courtyard area.

The fire service was called in and parked several trucks near the building's Vassilissis Sofias Avenue entrance as experts examined the parcel and determined that it did not contain any explosives.

A 29-year-old man accused of mailing several letter bombs to foreign and Greek financial officials - including one that exploded in the hands of former prime minister Lucas Papademos in May, injuring him seriously - has been given until Wednesday to testify to a special investigating magistrate.