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Two men have been remanded in custody after appearing before an investigating magistrate in Piraeus in relation to the fatal injury earlier this week of a 29-year-old officer of the Dias police motorcycle unit after a road chase.

The two men, aged 17 and 20, have been charged with joining and participating in a criminal organization.

A 29-year-old police officer from the DIAS motorcycle unit was killed during a car chase in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, in the early hours of Monday.

Police have apprehended a 31-year-old Turkish man in the heart of Athens based on an international arrest warrant.

The arrest occurred shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday as members of the DIAS motorcycle unit conducted a patrol on Treiber Square in the Metaxourgeio neighborhood.

No further information is currently available.

It has become abundantly evident that political will is key if the Greek Police (ELAS) is to fulfill its mission. However, will alone is not enough. The task also requires reform, training and modern equipment.

In a statement on an anti-establishment website Thursday, a group calling itself "Comrades" claimed responsibility for a firebomb attack on a police unit in Exarchia, central Athens, on November 7, in which a police officer was injured.

Competition Commission officials launched extensive inspections without prior warning at the headquarters of the country's four systemic banks as well as the Hellenic Bank Association (EET) and DIAS Interbank Systems on Thursday, in a bid to probe possible cartel practices regarding customer charges.

The second installment of the Travel Fest, the only public event in Greece dedicated to wanderlust, sees 12 local explorers and travelers - including record-breaking mountain climber Antonis Sykaris and Arctic explorer Vangelis Vassiliadis - sharing their experiences and offering valuable tips.

Greek shipowner Alexandros Agoudimos appeared before a Piraeus prosecutor on Friday following his arrest for debts to the state the previous day.

Agoudimos was detained during a random check by the police's motorcycle DIAS unit on Akti Posidonos in Piraeus on Thursday night, during which officers discovered he had been convicted for unpaid arrears.

The relatives of an LGBTQ activist who was killed in controversial circumstances in September are planning to sue the ambulance service EKAV and the police's motorcycle-riding unit DIAS over their actions during the incident, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's progress in all spheres is visible throughout Europe, and Boyko Borisov's government has undoubtedly contributed to this.

This was stated by the European Parliament's rapporteur for the Europol Regulation, Agustin Dias de Merra, during a working meeting with the GERB Parliament Speaker and Deputy Chairman Tsvetan Tsvetanov.