An important step towards the restart of the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection project is taking place today, as at 16:30, at the Maximos Mansion and in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the agreement for the entry of the French investment group Meridiam as the majority shareholder of Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) with a stake of over 50% will be signed, the company that has undertaken, according to the current plan, the development of the strategically important project.

The police in Mykonos have arrested a 34-year-old Greek man, accused of stealing a Hermès bag and a Rolex watch worth a total of 75,000 euros from a 29-year-old Ukrainian tourist.

All eyes are now on the forensic examination in the case that has shocked the historic town of Mystras, near Sparta, after the body of a 90-year-old man was found inside a freezer in the basement of a hotel owned by his 55-year-old son. The arrested man claims his father died of natural causes around two and a half years ago and that he concealed the death in order to continue collecting his pension, but testimony from local residents places the elderly man’s disappearance considerably earlier, a discrepancy that is now one of the central questions authorities must resolve.

A 46-year-old woman implicated in the 2010 firebombing of Athens's Marfin Bank, which killed three employees, is expected to be extradited to Greece on Thursday, according to iefimerida sources.