Giorgos Tsironis

Danish homeware retailer JYSK is inaugurating two new outlets in the towns of Kalamata and Pyrgos in the Peloponnese on Thursday, bringing the number of stores it operates in Greece to 21.

According to the company's plan, its Greek network will come to a total of 40 stores, with owner Lars Larsen pledging completion by the end of 2020.

Four prison guards from Nigrita jail in northern Greece were bailed on Monday after giving their depositions in connection to the deadly beating suffered by inmate Ilie Kareli.

Six prison guards have been remanded in custody, while a total of six have been bailed.

Another two prison guards are to face a prosecutor in Serres on Wednesday.

The Albanian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the weekend at the death of a 42-year-old Albanian inmate of a prison in Nigrita, northern Greece, whose battered body was found in his cell just a few days after the convict stabbed a prison officer to death.

An investigation was launched on Friday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ilie Kareli, the 42-year-old Albanian inmate who killed a prison guard on Tuesday, after he was found dead in a prison cell and a coroner’s report indicated that he had suffered serious injuries after being beaten with a blunt instrument.