Trikala

Vassilis Tsitsanis (1915-84) penned wonderful melodies, wrote lyrics that spoke directly and emotively to the listener and was a master of the bouzouki. During his lifetime the Greek folk singer reached out to a broad public and today he continues to gain new fans from every walk of life.

The islamic terrorists responsible for the attacks in Paris and Brussels were using a support network in Athens, according to Brussels court files used to try the members of terrorist cell of the Verviers attacks in Belgium.

The municipal authority of Trikala in central Greece on Sunday issued an announcement thanking dozens of Syrian refugees staying at a camp in the vicinity for their help in distributing drinking water to flooded villages in the area.

Eight out of the 16 cities in a Daily Telegraph travel piece entitled “Europe’s oldest cities” are in Greece, including Athens, Argos, Hania, Halkida, Mytilene, Patras, Thebes and Trikala. One entry was Larnaca, on Cyprus.

Each of the entries are accompanied by a photo of the city.

Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of lifting New Democracy MP Michalis Tamilos’s immunity for four different cases.

Tamilos faces two charges relating to the time that he was mayor of Trikala and another two that are connected to a business in which he was a partner.

The Greek police busted a ring for trafficking babies from Bulgaria, reports the bTV national channel.

It arrested seven people, of which three a Bulgarian citizens.