Subdivisions of Greece

A 63-year-old man in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, faced a prosecutor on Wednesday in connection with debts to the state estimated at 20 million euros.

According to sources, the suspect is a businessman trading in precious stones.

A 63-year-old precious gems dealer was arrested on Wednesday outside the northwestern city of Ioannina for outstanding debts to the state worth more than 20 million euros.

According to police, the merchant was arrested for the continuing non-payment of state debts.

Following his arrest, the suspect was led before an Ioannina prosecutor.

? murder-suicide late Friday has shocked Kalamata, in extreme southern Greece, after a 30-year-old Albanian national shot and fatally injured his ex-girlfriend, 32-year-old Elina Vahaviolou, before turning the gun on himself.

Although it is mostly known for its amazing beaches and its idyllic islands, Greece is also a popular winter destination, as a survey conducted recently byTrivago shows.

A Crete woman returning home after picking up her son from school was shocked by the sight of a nude burglar hiding in her bed and with practically all of the household’s fine cutlery next to him.

About 4,000 hectares of agricultural produce has been destroyed by floods in the regional units of Evros and Serres over the last few days.

Local authorities on Monday said that a preliminary estimate of the damage reached 130 million euros, and asked the European Union?s Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance.

Municipal authorities in Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki and other cities around Greece on Monday night opened dozens of emergency shelters as temperatures across the country slid into the single digits, with forecasts expecting the cold snap to persist through Thursday.

A one of a kind unique find and one of a few in Central Greece, the vaulted Mycenaean tomb was discovered in a short distance from Amfissa, under the supervision of excavation project “irrigation project grove of Amfissa, PE Fokida”.

The preliminary study of the findings shows that the tomb was used for more than two centuries, from the 13th to the 11th century B.C.

The Attica Regional Authority gave the green light on Friday, following a meeting of its council, for a 32.5-million-euro project to build a water pipeline from the mainland to the island of Aegina.

The pipeline, to be laid at a depth of 95 meters, will be 14 kilometers long and will supply up to 30,000 cubic meters of water per day to the island?s residents.