Trucks

Yes, there’s a new, complicated way to steal a vehicle – any vehicle

Investigators have linked members of a racket arrested on Tuesday for fuel smuggling and adulteration, to underworld businessmen with criminal histories for related offenses.

The farmers did so on the first day of protests against the government's plans to phase out agricultural subsidies.

State services expressed concern about this and called this protest the largest in post-war history. It is feared that from early morning almost no part of the state will function normally.

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. 

A 60-year-old man died Wednesday in the central Greek town of Volos when his house caught fire, apparently from an oil heater he had lit up.

The fire quickly spread in the room, local news website magnesianews.gr reported.

Firefighters alerted by neighbors at 8.25 pm rushed to the scene with six fire engines. They retrieved the body and put out the fire.

Pro-government media are towing Erdogan’s line

Twenty migrants seeking asylum in Romania were discovered by the authorities when they tried to leave the country illegally through the Border Checkpoint Nadlac II, 18 being hidden in an articulated lorry, and two under a trailer, sitting on a spare wheel.

Heavy snowfall in the Rhodopes. Due to snow removal, the movement of 12 t trucks with trailers and semi-trailers through the Rozhen and Prevala passes is restricted.

Cars must be driven with chains, advised by the Road Infrastructure Agency. Drivers should drive with caution and appropriate speed.

The fire service received at least 50 calls to pump water out of basement homes and businesses in the port of Thessaloniki on Thursday, as wet weather hit northern Greece and other parts of the country following a five-day heatwave.

The toll charges for heavy goods vehicles, weighing between 3.5 and 12 tonnes, will be from 3 to 7 stotinki per kilometre, depending on the emission class of the vehicle and the road catregory. This is set out in the decree adopted on February 19 by the Council of Ministers to amend the Tariff for fees collected for the passage and use of the national road network.