The attackers stole 300,000 euro and then fled in a jeep and boat. Their modus operandi reminds a lot of the bank robbery that was carried out in 2012 by the group of recently captured terrorist Nikos Maziotis.

Half of them are college or university graduates but only one in four speaks English.

The coastal Kranidi municipality in the Peloponnese has become a point of attraction for Greek and foreign super-rich businessmen who are building there deluxe villas there. In some cases the price per acre amounts to 1 million euro!

Its epicentre was in the sea near Paliouri village on the first leg of the peninsula.

Each of the statues that are placed opposite each other is 1.45 metres high and weighs 1.5 tons. They were made of Thassos marble and archaeologists believe that the same master had cut both the sphinxes and the statue of the Lion of Amphipolis that had adorned the top of the tomb.

Konstantinos Sgouros from Kalamata, aged 26 and Yiannis Komatis from Samos, aged 25, were killed near Kalamata on Monday night. Two local young men, aged 19, were detained and questioned for the brutal murder.

The catalyst for the parliamentary elections next spring will probably be the election of the President of Greece by the Parliament. So far, it is unclear whether the ruling coalition will be able to provide the required majority of votes to avoid a premature vote.