New West Brom boss Tony Pulis wants to offload Giorgos Samaras to bring Blackburn’s Rudy Gestede in his place.

An aeronautical exercise with the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" will take place next week, on 22 and 23 January, with the Hellenic Air Force and the Navy, thus proving in practice, that despite elections the Armed Forces continue to work (and train) at the usual pace.

Anti-terror squad police have arrested two men said to be close accomplices of Christodoulos Xiros - the former member of the November 17 terror group who was recently re-arrested a year after absconding from prison leave.