Towing

A Turkish truck driver reported finding two young men in the trailer of his truck on Thursday while parked for a break in the Thesprotia region of northwestern Greece. One of the men was later confirmed dead by police.

Sofia Airport will close the multi-storey parking facility at Terminal 2 due to reconstruction. In a statement to NOVA, airport officials announced that the facility will be closed to entry starting November 25. Vehicles currently parked there will be able to exit over the next two weeks, after which they will need to be towed to an impound lot.

The European Operation “Shields,” which provided assistance in the effort to tow the Greek-owned oil tanker and prevent an ecological disaster from the crude oil spill, has reported that towing the Greek-owned tanker MV Sounion, located 72 nautical miles west of Hodeidah, Yemen, in the Red Sea, is not currently possible by the private companies involved in the rescue operation after the vessel

Traffic on the Athens-Corinth national road was disrupted in both directions on Friday following an accident involving a tanker truck.

The vehicle overturned under unknown circumstances, igniting a significant blaze at the 56th kilometer of the highway near the seaside town of Kineta. It is not currently known what the truck was carrying.

Wildfires in the central Greek prefecture of Magnisia claimed the lives of two people on Wednesday, while they continued to raze forests, pastures and farms into the night. 

The fine for forcibly moving a car to a penal parking lot in Sofia will increase by 100%. Thus, instead of the current BGN 60, violators will have to pay BGN 120 if they pick up their car with a tow truck (paiyak/паяк in Bulgarian). This was decided by the Transport Commission in the Sofia Municipality. The value of the penalty fee has not changed since 2012.

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Police in Athens and Piraeus have responded to a rising number of complaints about cars being parked on wheelchair ramps at pedestrian crossings with targeted operations that have led to dozens of fines.

According to an announcement on Thursday, officers of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and municipal police forces in the two cities carried out joint operations to locate offenders.

Municipal tow trucks tighten control against improper parking in Sofia. In addition to the gratis in the paid areas, they will now pick up all offenders of the Road Traffic Act. For one day of the action, 1200 cars went to a parking lot, NOVA said.
 

Two trailers loaded with 44 tons of chocolate have disappeared on Friday night from an industrial area in the city of Freiburg and the police can not find the thieves yet.
 
Chocolate is worth € 400,000.