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Two brothers have died in a house fire on the island of Zakynthos.

Firefighters found the remains of the two men, aged 43 and 54, during an operation to extinguish a fire in a detached house in Zakynthos town.

Investigators are examining the cause of the fatal blaze.

Public broadcaster ERT has said initial indications attribute the blaze to a short circuit.

Α 47-year-old man was fatally gunned down by unknown assailants in broad daylight on Friday morning in the southern Greek town of Kalamata.

A 15-year-old girl was hit by a speeding car in the southern Athenian suburb of Voula on Thursday morning, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.

According to the report, the girl was crossing the street at the junction between Vouliagmenis Avenue and Agiou Ioannou Street at 8.30 a.m. when the car struck her. ERT said the 59-year-old female driver appears to have run a red light. 

Greece's former King Constantine II, whose nine-year reign coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in the country's political history, died on Tuesday aged 82.

Greek public broadcaster ERT said Constantine, a cousin of British monarch King Charles III, died "of a stroke."

A well-known patisserie in the western Attica suburb of Peristeri was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday night. According to state broadcaster ERT, the robbery took place at approximately 10.40 p.m. when a man wearing a motorcycle helmet entered the store and managed to take off with 4,000 euros.  

Two men stole 150,000 euros from two elderly women in a village in northern Greece by pretending they were employees sent by power utility PPC to conduct maintenance work, state-run broadcaster ERT reported Saturday.

The family of a 6-year-old boy who died of a heart attack on Friday are donating his organs, state-run broadcaster ERT reported. 

Greece's former King Constantine has been hospitalized for several days at Athens' Hygeia hospital and his condition is serious, Greek state broadcaster ERT reported Friday.

Supreme Court Deputy Prosecutor Virginia Sakellaropoulou has urged the sports prosecutor investigating the death of a 16-year-old boxer, Vasilis Topalos, to make it an absolute priority to leave no stone unturned in the search for the cause and possible criminal culpability. 

A 29-year-old mother accused of killing her 11-month-old baby by throwing it into the icy waters of Aliakmonas River dam in Veria, northern Greece, reportedly insisted on her innocence on Tuesday.