The steps Greece has taken to become independent of Russian natural gas have placed it ahead of other European countries, outgoing US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said at a press briefing in Thessaloniki on Tuesday.

One of the injured from the big fire that broke out yesterday at the Covid clinic of the Papanikolaou hospital in Thessaloniki expired a while ago, with the number of dead now amounting to two.

Developments in the case of the brutal murder of Alkis are rapid, as the lawyer of the 20-year-old who had fled to Albania and was wanted confirmed that his client is expected to be handed over to the authorities in the next few hours.