Modern regions of Greece

A London court is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether to approve the extradition of a Greek former judge, Antonia Ilia, amid concerns that conditions at Greek prisons fall short of European standards.

A 63-year-old motorist was killed and his 54-year-old wife seriously injured on Tuesday after their car was hit by an oncoming cargo train in the area of Akropotamos, west of Thessaloniki.

According to police, the crash occurred shortly after 12.30 p.m. when the car drove onto railway lines at a level crossing, though the exact circumstances of the incident remained unclear.

There was satisfactory trade at retail stores in Athens on Sunday, according to Vassilis Korkidis, the head of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE).

Seven people were transferred to a Thessaloniki hospital for precautionary reasons on Thursday following an explosion in the food technology department of the northern port’s technical college.

The mayor of the Athens neighborhood of Zografou, Tina Kafatsaki, is due to face a prosecutor on Thursday as part of the judicial investigation into five local authority chiefs who refused to provide employees’ details as part of government checks.

Self-styled anarchist Polykarpos Georgiadis, linked to Greece's Number 1 fugitive, was arrested at Athens International Airport on Tuesday while trying to board a flight to Brussels, in violation of his parole.

Georgiadis was recently released from prison after serving part of a 12-year, 10-month sentence for his role in the 2008 abduction of prominent industrialist Giorgos Mylonas.

A 39-year-old Georgian woman who had been acting as a procurer for the 17-year-old daughter of a friend has been arrested in Thessaloniki along with the 73-year-old man who was paying for the sexual services.

According to police, the 39-year-old woman shot videos and photographs of the sexual encounters between the teenager and the elderly man, some of which were found in his home.

Greek authorities incinerated 2.1 tons of heroin at a secret location on Wednesday. The drug was seized during raids on a home in Filothei, northern Athens, and two warehouses in Koropi, eastern Attica, earlier this year.

A 14-year-old Thessaloniki pupil has died after falling from a basketball hoop.

The boy, whose name has not been made public, allegedly ran and launched himself toward a basketball hoop, lost his grip on the rim and fell, suffering severe head injuries.

The 14-year-old was taken to the city's Papageorgiou hospital where doctors confirmed his death.

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis on Monday inaugurated the capital’s first “smart” bus stop, featuring electronic notice boards informing passengers how long they have to wait for their rides. He said that Line 224 connecting the neighborhood of Kaisariani with the Evelpidon main court complex will be the first of 100 such stops across Athens.