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The Thessaloniki Criminal Court of Appeal imposed life imprisonment, and additional temporary sentences of 8 to 15 years, on each of the five defendants who were arrested last September for the “mammoth” quantity of 585 kilos of cocaine seized by the National Police, in eastern Thessaloniki.

Today, President Rumen Radev signed a decree confirming the appointment of an interim government in Bulgaria. The new caretaker cabinet, known as "Glavchev 2," will be sworn in before the National Assembly, with only three changes in its composition. Atanas Ilkov, the head of the National Police, will replace Kalin Stoyanov as Minister of Internal Affairs.

The nominee for Bulgaria's new Minister of Internal Affairs, Atanas Ilkov, has stated that his primary focus will be to ensure fair and transparent elections. In a recent interview with BNR, Ilkov emphasized his commitment to meeting public expectations by maintaining public order and overseeing a just electoral process.

An alarm was raised by the National Police and Fire Brigade in the early hours of Friday morning when they were informed of an explosion that occurred at a car showroom in New Erythrea.

According to reports, the explosion occurred at about 2:20 a.m. on Theseus Avenue.

A 22-year-old German man was taken to the hospital where he is being treated in serious condition after falling from the second-floor balcony of the apartment he was staying in in Hersonissos.

The accident happened in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Protesters celebrate at the Parliament House after news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.

Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday, ending a weeklong strike that left a law and order vacuum following the abrupt ouster of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.

Since the beginning of 2024, five people have died and 192 have been injured in 323 traffic accidents involving electric scooter drivers, according to the Main Directorate of the "National Police" of the Ministry of the Interior.

A violent confrontation occurred on Tsocha Street, just outside the stadium on Alexandras Avenue, resulting in a shooting that left three people injured and led to 70 arrests.

A 44-year-old woman was fatally injured when a sycamore tree branch fell on her while she was sitting in the outdoor area of a health food store in Litochoro, Pieria.

According to the National Police, the incident occurred yesterday at around 10 PM.

The woman was taken to the local Health Center, where she was pronounced dead by doctors.

Photographs documenting the locations where members of an extortion ring operating within the Municipality of Athens were active have been obtained and presented by protothema.gr.