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A 35-year-old man arrested on December 31 for fatally stabbing his 62-year-old father in their home in Peristeri, western Athens, was given time until Friday to testify after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Wednesday.

A 35-year-old man who was arrested on December 31 for fatally stabbing his 62-year-old father in their home in Peristeri, western Athens, will appear before a prosecutor on Wednesday. 

The assailant, who reportedly contacted authorities himself, allegedly attacked his father in the presence of his mother, causing injuries to the victim's body, chest, and leg. 

Testing on raw sewage in Athens shows a steep spike in Covid-19 infections over the holiday season, an expert said on Tuesday.

Fredi Beleri, the ethnic-Greek elected mayor of Himare, western Albania, was granted a six-hour leave from prison to attend his grandmother's funeral on Sunday. 

According to state broadcaster ERT, the funeral was scheduled for Sunday at 2.30 p.m. in Himare. 

A fire broke out on a long distance KTEL bus in the Magnesia region traveling the Athens-Thessaloniki route in the early hours of Sunday. 

All passengers were safely evacuated, and shortly after, they continued their journey on another bus that arrived for pick-up, as reported by state broadcaster ERT. 

A Greek-owned cargo ship suffered damages in the Black Sea on Wednesday while en route to the Ismail port on the Danube in Ukraine for grain loading. 

An officer with the Hellenic Police (ELAS) was killed in the early hours of Thursday in an altercation at a bar in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

According to state broadcaster ERT, the unnamed police officer, aged 32, died after being stabbed with a knife for reprimanding another customer over his rowdy behavior. 

The Greek coast guard have rescued 38 people stranded on a wooden dinghy off the southern island of Gavdos, located south of Crete, authorities said Wednesday.

Popular Greek laiko singer Vasilis Karras, known for his distinctive raspy voice, died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer, state-run broadcaster ERT said. He was 70 years old.

He had been treated in European Interbalkan Medical Center and was recently infected with Covid-19, a local news portal said. 

A 14-year-old boy was transferred to a children's hospital in Athens after he lost consciousness while caroling in the town of Arta, northwestern Greece, on Sunday.

The boy was intubated at a local hospital before being taken to University Hospital of Ioannina where he was operated on for a cerebral hemorrhage, according to state-run broadcaster ERT.