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.

There are gunshot wounds from a hunting rifle on the bodies and had been were transported after the murder to the place where they were found.

The events related to the breakup of the criminal group of thieves who have emptied the monasteries and chapels in Epirus of icons and other sacred relics in recent years are developing at a rapid pace.

The chemical weapons were destroyed in international waters in the Mediterranean basin on board the American warship USS Cape Ray that is specially equipped for this purpose.

10,000 pages already comprise the voluminous case file on the activities of the two large criminal groups that the police in Crete have broken up after long months of telephone tapping.