Towing

Wildfires in the central Greek prefecture of Magnisia claimed the lives of two people on Wednesday, while they continued to raze forests, pastures and farms into the night. 

The fine for forcibly moving a car to a penal parking lot in Sofia will increase by 100%. Thus, instead of the current BGN 60, violators will have to pay BGN 120 if they pick up their car with a tow truck (paiyak/паяк in Bulgarian). This was decided by the Transport Commission in the Sofia Municipality. The value of the penalty fee has not changed since 2012.

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Police in Athens and Piraeus have responded to a rising number of complaints about cars being parked on wheelchair ramps at pedestrian crossings with targeted operations that have led to dozens of fines.

According to an announcement on Thursday, officers of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and municipal police forces in the two cities carried out joint operations to locate offenders.

Municipal tow trucks tighten control against improper parking in Sofia. In addition to the gratis in the paid areas, they will now pick up all offenders of the Road Traffic Act. For one day of the action, 1200 cars went to a parking lot, NOVA said.
 

Two trailers loaded with 44 tons of chocolate have disappeared on Friday night from an industrial area in the city of Freiburg and the police can not find the thieves yet.
 
Chocolate is worth € 400,000.
 

A municipal policeman fits a wheel clamp to the tire of an illegally parked car in the center of Athens Tuesday, the first day that the municipality began placing the devices on vehicles blocking access for the disabled and walkways. "Parking in the middle of a square, on a ramp for disabled people is not a necessity, it is the result of a poor attitude," said Mayor Giorgos Kaminis.

Two men charged in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy in a speedboat accident off Myconos on Monday were granted conditional release on Tuesday.

Tourists at Bulgaria's coast resort Sunny Beach complain of municipal tow truck blackmail, reports the bTV national channel. 

According to tourists, the truck tows their cars from spaces where parking is not forbidden and later offers them paid parking for the entire duration of their stay.