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[00:01:00] and with tears,
[00:01:42] very early morning update, I will say that I see seven and a
[00:01:46] first minute, we are a little late, let's not scare the competition, right? Good
[00:01:50] day to you. I am next to Chrissa Batou, whom you
[00:01:54] see on TV daily in Sky's news. I am Giorgos
[00:01:57] Papakonstantinou, we will keep company together. Until
[00:02:44] where are we going? Let's go see the weather, what kind of weather we will have, because
[00:02:48] we have our meteorologist, Iliana Koutsoupi. I see that from Monday we will have
[00:02:52] strong gusts over Beaufort, the meltemia are strengthening from
[00:02:56] today. Great caution, caution, that's exactly what I want to say too.
[00:03:08] Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Anticyclonic conditions prevail
[00:03:11] in Western Europe. For today, Saturday, in our country, the weather is
[00:03:15] generally fair, with scattered clouds, rainfall and possibly
[00:03:19] showers during the afternoon hours in Macedonia, Epirus, central
[00:03:23] Greece and the Peloponnese. The
[00:03:26] winds are blowing from the north in the Aegean, 5 to 7 Beaufort, while in the Ionian Sea.
[00:03:30] Northwest winds are blowing up to 4 Beaufort. The
[00:03:33] thermometer rises mainly in Western Greece, reaching
[00:03:37] 39° and in the eastern mainland, 36 to
[00:03:40] 38, while on the islands, 32 to 36.
[00:03:44] As for Attica, sunshine prevails. The
[00:03:47] thermometer ranges from 26 to 36°
[00:03:51] and in the west of the prefecture up to 38. North winds blow in the
[00:03:54] Saronic Gulf up to 5 Beaufort, while in the east and north of the prefecture
[00:03:58] up to 6 Beaufort. In Thessaloniki, the weather is clear with
[00:04:02] local clouds, however, during the afternoon, the mercury ranges from
[00:04:06] 24 to 34 with 36° and
[00:04:09] southerly winds blow in the Thermaic Gulf up to 5 m. On
[00:04:13] Sunday, the weather is clear with light rainfall mainly in the north
[00:04:16] and west of the country during the afternoon. The north winds
[00:04:20] persist in the Aegean up to 8 Beaufort,
[00:04:23] strengthening, while in the Ionian Sea winds blow up to 4
[00:04:26] Beaufort. The thermometer shows a slight drop in the east.
[00:04:30] inland areas reaching 38°, while in western
[00:04:33] Greece, the mercury remains at
[00:04:35] 39°. On Monday, the weather is generally
[00:04:39] clear with light rainfall mainly in the western parts of the
[00:04:42] country. The meltemi further strengthens in the Aegean,
[00:04:46] mainly in the eastern mainland, the Cyclades and Crete, reaching
[00:04:50] 8 Beaufort and possibly the gusts will reach 9
[00:04:53] Beaufort. The temperature will remain at
[00:04:56] 38° in western Greece, while in the east the...
[00:05:02] reaching 36° due
[00:05:04] to the winds. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the development of the weather
[00:05:08] conditions for the coming days. Have a good day.
[00:05:19] Great caution, then, in any case, the 24-hour periods that have
[00:05:23] passed and those that are coming require great caution here at this
[00:05:27] very difficult period and from the map, Giorgos says, let's go to the map of
[00:05:30] civil protection for the fire risk forecast that we
[00:05:33] consult daily anyway, it can't be otherwise, because we see
[00:05:37] that a large part of our country is in yellow,
[00:05:41] we also have blue. I think this is of less importance, because we
[00:05:45] must be on alert anyway, this is the period, we are in the heart of
[00:05:49] fire prevention, these are the hot works that should be avoided, and if something
[00:05:52] taught us even more this summer, it is that
[00:05:56] even the slightest negligence is enough for
[00:05:59] something to happen that you cannot control afterwards, unfortunately,
[00:06:03] how many times have we seen it this year, unfortunately, small
[00:06:06] details that, unfortunately, make
[00:07:09] next? Let's go to a tribute we made because it says. And
[00:07:12] we were saying again, we saw the risk map, how difficult
[00:07:15] it was for us during this period, thousands of acres that
[00:07:18] were burned, but the efforts of the firefighters who were at the
[00:07:22] front were very great, truly shocking moments, George, yes, even
[00:07:25] the clichés that we journalists usually
[00:07:28] use, that is, the titanic battle, the comfortable
[00:07:31] battle, may seem poor, because
[00:07:35] usually images are stronger than words, but
[00:07:38] I think that this comfortable battle had many opponents.
[00:07:41] And close to them, of course, our colleagues
[00:07:45] from the news bulletin, I say this because some
[00:07:49] snaps in the video may not include everyone, but all of them, Nikos
[00:07:53] Maliarakis, Meri Batou, Toumpa,
[00:07:56] sorry, you saw the anagram, what he did, the
[00:08:00] double window, Nikos Minas, it was
[00:08:03] Vangelis Kokolakos from the first, and in the
[00:08:07] countryside,
[00:08:11] Stratoulakos, Eleni Paraskevou. The entire journalistic and technical
[00:08:14] staff of Sky truly fought a
[00:08:18] great battle alongside the firefighters, who are of course the
[00:08:21] heroes, and we want to express our great thanks to them
[00:08:25] for a battle that continues even
[00:08:27] today.
[00:08:33] total destruction
[00:08:35] destruction
[00:08:38] The situation is now very dangerous, the front
[00:08:41] essentially surrounds us, as you can see, the embers have
[00:08:45] created, have created a fiery embrace, very close
[00:08:48] there are houses at a distance of about 1 km
[00:08:52] from the fire, you see at this moment how it has
[00:08:56] flared up, flames reaching 15 to 20
[00:08:59] meters,
[00:09:04] our brothers the firefighters
[00:09:06] are fighting the great battle,
[00:09:10] houses, trees, animals, everything in awe
[00:09:14] is destroyed and you
[00:09:15] take it.
[00:09:18] A big thank you once again to all the frontline fighters,
[00:09:21] and where do we go now? And now, because
[00:09:25] we hope not to experience these moments we saw again and to live a bit of
[00:09:28] summer as we should, it's the second weekend of August, so what does
[00:09:32] that mean? It means the rush for most people is starting. Let's go to a port of fire, a port. Who is
[00:09:36] waiting for us there? Viki Kalofotias. Good morning, Viki.
[00:09:39] Look what's happening here, what's happening? You're happy, you're leaving and
[00:09:44] boarding in a few 24-hour periods, I think, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in a few
[00:09:48] 24-hour periods, Chrissa. George understood exactly without us telling him.
[00:09:51] So, we are in Piraeus, the
[00:09:55] ship we are seeing at this moment departs at 7:25 a.m. for
[00:09:58] Paros, Naxos and Santorini. As you can see, I don't
[00:10:02] need to say anything about the turnout of people, the shot
[00:10:05] speaks for itself and people don't stop coming here. They have
[00:10:09] their luggage, they have their smiles, their very good
[00:10:12] mood. We will also approach some of them to give
[00:10:16] us a taste of all this. Good morning,
[00:10:20] good morning, good morning, guys, they
[00:10:23] don't want us,
[00:10:27] so let's ask here if we are luckier.
[00:10:30] Good morning, hello. Good morning, where are
[00:10:33] you traveling to? Oh my god, we're going to Paros, Naxos,
[00:10:36] Milos, Milos afterwards, eh.
[00:10:39] Where are you from? From Canada. From Canada.
[00:10:43] Have you come here now for how many days? For holidays? 20
[00:10:46] days and we are in Athens for three days now. Our
[00:10:50] family, family. Excellent, excellent. How
[00:10:53] did you choose these for your holidays? Ah, we haven't
[00:10:57] seen them, everyone goes to Paros, as
[00:11:00] I am Greek, I would like to see them, very much, in Canada,
[00:11:04] in which city, in which city, oh,
[00:11:07] excellent, excellent, have a wonderful time, we all wish you, to
[00:11:11] return with the best impressions. What are the
[00:11:14] children's names? My name is Stella, Stella, Anastasios,
[00:11:17] Anastasios and Anastas Leonidis, ah, but
[00:11:21] what, what beautiful children, what sweet children, very polite, congratulations.
[00:11:28] And somehow the shot fills with freshness, with vitality, 10 out of
[00:11:32] 10, 10 out of 10. Okay, let's get some compensation
[00:11:35] for the previous ones who didn't want to talk to us. So, you will be compensated from Monday,
[00:11:39] Diki. So, so, a little more and a lot of people, I see. By the way,
[00:11:43] if you ask me, okay, it was a given, everyone will leave.
[00:11:47] Where are you going? Tell us. Antiparos. Antiparos. How many
[00:11:50] days? Four days. Four days. You know the compass there,
[00:11:54] the accommodation. Eh, I will ask,
[00:11:57] Giorgos, so we go and whatever we find and whatever you find. Do you know Maria the compass
[00:12:01] here, who is our journalist at Sky? Not at all. No, you will
[00:12:04] meet her. She is also on holiday there these
[00:12:06] days. If you ask, you will learn her.
[00:12:10] Have a good trip, guys. Be well. As you can see,
[00:12:14] okay, what else can I say? What else can I say? My smile says
[00:12:47] We'll cross the Atlantic and
[00:12:50] thanks to the amazing and terrible Nikos
[00:12:53] Minas, we will listen
[00:12:57] to the santouri, good morning, oh my, what are you saying? Mrs.
[00:13:00] Melina Bitjidou is with us and Christos Danos.
[00:13:04] Good morning to you. What time is it there?
[00:13:07] Good morning, good morning, here it's
[00:13:10] 12:10 and 12 to be precise. Ah,
[00:13:14] we kept you with news, ah,
[00:13:16] nice.
[00:13:18] We see, we saw the violin of the husband. I've been waiting
[00:13:22] since yesterday, to tell you the truth, to see the santouri.
[00:20:37] The developments in the investigation
[00:20:40] of this very dark and sad case
[00:20:44] of Marfin. Yes, 16 years later, I'm not
[00:20:47] mistaken, after its extradition. Three arrests, among them
[00:20:51] a 46-year-old woman. She is the woman with the braids, as they say, the
[00:20:55] specific one who was extradited to Greece under draconian
[00:20:59] measures, and was taken to the interrogator and was given a deadline to
[00:21:02] testify. Of course, in her statement, she claimed
[00:21:06] that she is innocent, that she is not responsible for anything. Anyway, it's a
[00:21:09] case, justice will decide and judge. Our
[00:21:13] position is simply to record the facts. In
[00:21:16] any case, however, the event itself.
[00:21:20] closed homes, dressed homes in mourning. And whoever
[00:21:24] the culprits are, no matter how many years have passed, justice will
[00:21:28] decide, and the punishment it decides
[00:21:31] must be exemplary,
[00:21:34] because among those who died is an
[00:21:37] embryo that never saw the light of this world with its own eyes, nor the eyes of its mother,
[00:21:41] who also died.
[00:21:43] So, let's go see other
[00:21:46] news. in
[00:22:06] police escort and wearing an anti-bullet vest, the
[00:22:09] 46-year-old accused of the murderous attack at Marfin
[00:22:12] is being taken to the office of the interrogator.
[00:22:16] A few minutes later, she is transferred under draconian security measures to the detention centers of
[00:22:21] Attica. The 46-year-old left the courts of the former
[00:22:25] Evelpidon School shortly after 11:30 in the morning, after she was first
[00:22:28] given a deadline to testify to the interrogator handling the case on
[00:22:32] Tuesday morning. She is innocent, she has declared it from the very first moment, that
[00:22:35] she has no connection with the alleged acts
[00:22:39] and that from what I know so far from the
[00:22:42] case file, the word identification
[00:22:45] of a person is false. Before being taken to the
[00:22:48] interrogator, the 46-year-old had been transferred to the office of the competent
[00:22:52] prosecutor in order for the arrest warrant against
[00:22:55] her to be executed. The accused arrived in Greece from Britain late on Thursday
[00:22:59] escorted by police officers of the Greek FBI. We had an
[00:23:03] excellent cooperation from the moment the international
[00:23:06] arrest warrant was issued with the British authorities, and within a short
[00:23:10] period of time, with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
[00:23:13] the 46-year-old arrived with complete safety, with complete secrecy, and
[00:23:17] without anyone being endangered in our country anymore.
[00:23:21] The 46-year-old appears to be one of the two women of the five-member
[00:23:25] team that attacked Marfin in May 2010, without, however,
[00:23:29] there being complete identification of her biometric characteristics. She had
[00:23:33] been identified as the woman with the blonde braid, and her image
[00:23:36] corresponded to number seven among the 12
[00:23:39] suspects. According to two testimonies of bank employees,
[00:23:42] the 46-year-old shouted to her accomplices the phrase "burn
[00:23:46] them". And now it's his turn.
[00:23:50] Of course, of course. I say let's go to another case that has
[00:23:54] concerned us, about the Greek mafia
[00:23:56] and about a 39-year-old man who is in the hands of the German
[00:24:00] authorities. They say he was in the executive arm and
[00:24:03] from there on, of course, the authorities connect him with some of
[00:24:07] the most serious cases of organized crime. A European arrest warrant has been issued against
[00:24:11] him and we are waiting for his extradition to Greece.
[00:24:15] Giorgos Protopsaltis has collected all the information, so let's go
[00:24:18] and watch it in the video.
[00:24:20] Follows
[00:24:22] Three executions of members of the Greek mafia and an attempted murder are under the
[00:24:26] microscope of the authorities after the arrest of the 31-year-old wanted
[00:24:30] criminal by the German authorities within the framework of a European
[00:24:33] warrant. The Greek expatriate from Georgia, who is expected to be extradited to
[00:24:36] Greece, according to data from the investigations of the homicide department.
[00:24:40] He appears to have been present at the murder of Giannis Skaftouras in Skourta
[00:24:44] Vioias, as well as at the double execution of Vasilis Roumpetis and
[00:24:47] Dionysis Mouzakitis in Korydallos. A member
[00:24:50] of a criminal organization, which was active in the production and
[00:24:54] trafficking of large quantities of contraband tobacco products in
[00:24:57] Athens, Thessaloniki and regional areas and
[00:25:01] which had been dismantled in March
[00:25:03] 2025. Giannis Kavtouras, known by the nickname
[00:25:07] Uncle Joi, had been shot dead by assassins during a family
[00:25:10] gathering in April 2022. He didn't come here,
[00:25:14] I told you again. Now every passerby comes here and
[00:25:17] complains. A year later, in June
[00:25:21] 2023, hired killers executed the so-called
[00:25:24] Rambo outside his house's garage. His brother-in-law also lost his life from the bullets of the Kalashnikov.
[00:25:28] 30 minutes after the execution of the two men in Korydallos, the perpetrators
[00:25:32] set fire to their escape vehicle in the tunnels here in Limni
[00:25:35] Koumoundourou in Aspropyrgos. As you can see, it's 9 in the morning and by
[00:25:39] this time, silently. The man from Georgia was located in
[00:25:42] the city of Firsen, Germany, and was arrested on the morning of the previous
[00:25:46] Friday. As it was found, an arrest
[00:25:49] warrant is also pending against him, which concerns the
[00:25:53] criminal group that is connected to the execution of Vangelis Zampounis
[00:25:56] outside the gas station he owned in Neo
[00:26:00] Kosmos. And Chrissa, everyone
[00:26:02] may be slowly going on holidays, but the thermometer on the political scene
[00:26:06] remains high, and the reasons? And the reasons are many,
[00:26:10] among them, of course, is the Miagro platform, and there the
[00:26:13] political confrontation for Opek is revived, and on the other hand, of course, there are the fires, what we experienced
[00:26:17] in the previous period, opposition and government are clashing
[00:26:21] again, and in the video that follows, which is by Despoina
[00:26:25] Vlepaki. The confrontation over the Opecep scandal
[00:26:29] revived the activation of the Miaro platform. The
[00:26:32] AADE's application for the 2026 aid for farmers and
[00:26:36] stockbreeders. Against the Prime Minister's statements about a battle with the
[00:26:40] deep state, the opposition launches attacks for communicative
[00:26:43] ploys. Hypocrisy abounds from the opposition
[00:26:46] parties. In reality, what was happening all these years? Some
[00:26:50] capable people were actually preventing the money that
[00:26:54] the real farmers were entitled to from reaching them. A
[00:26:57] general effort by New Democracy to
[00:27:01] cover up, through
[00:27:04] shallow communication, the inconsistency and inadequacy it has shown
[00:27:07] for a long time towards Greek producers. We see
[00:27:11] hypocrisy, derision and constant
[00:27:14] delays. A stable field of political confrontation remains
[00:27:18] the management of the recent catastrophic fires.
[00:27:21] The government accuses the opposition of instrumentalization, which
[00:27:25] accuses it of inadequacy. Every such threat of natural
[00:27:29] disaster is a continuous battle for all.
[00:27:48] it was necessary and this was evident from the fact that we had fewer crisis hours and
[00:27:52] we also had an inability to exploit the full potential.
[00:27:56] Lack of prevention is also denounced by the other parties.
[00:28:00] Here we are talking about a foregone
[00:28:03] conclusion, where there are perennial responsibilities, with the New
[00:28:06] Democracy government bearing the brunt of the responsibilities. Prevention does not happen 45
[00:28:10] days before the fire season begins, as New Democracy started, because
[00:28:14] this state of Mr. Tsipras, Mr. Androulakis, Mr.
[00:28:17] Mitsotakis has not learned to prevent. The government
[00:28:20] is in a race against time for the fastest possible compensation for
[00:28:23] the victims and the restoration of natural
[00:28:51] Yiannis Rizos, let's go to Vivica who is on
[00:28:54] a beach and I see behind her quite a few people who have
[00:28:58] already gone to swim and I already see them in the sea, of course.
[00:29:02] Viv, do we have drones there? Do you see any agents doing
[00:29:05] checks? At this moment there is no
[00:29:09] drone here, however, drones have already been deployed and are conducting checks
[00:29:13] on the beaches. AADE and the Ministry of Finance, therefore,
[00:29:16] in their checks on the beaches to strengthen the checks a bit,
[00:29:20] they have also deployed drones, good morning Giorgos,
[00:29:23] good morning Chrisa, we are here at Alimos beach, as
[00:29:27] you can see, it's 7:30
[00:29:30] and look how many people there are. At this moment, people have come
[00:29:34] here to take a dip, it's August
[00:29:37] 8th, in a week it's August 15th, we are approaching,
[00:29:41] that is, the heart of the
[00:29:44] holidays when everyone leaves in August, many have left,
[00:29:47] I tell you the roads are empty here in Athens, however, the beach
[00:29:51] as you can see is full of children, I wish you also
[00:29:55] soon and you will be on your vacation
[00:29:58] now, I will tell you about our own, to be
[00:30:01] released.
[00:30:15] I, I, I was referring to the holidays now, for the wedding
[00:30:19] we will see later, for now I say to yours for the holidays and to yours
[00:30:22] Vivi my
[00:30:25] thank you guys, so now regarding the checks, what we were saying
[00:30:28] before Giorgos, AADE and the Ministry of Finance have intensified
[00:30:32] their checks here on the beaches, they have also deployed
[00:30:36] drones and aerial photographs, I will tell
[00:30:39] you that since last year over
[00:30:42] 1,500 checks have been carried out
[00:30:46] in more than 300 beaches and
[00:30:49] 450 businesses, look here, yes, and the
[00:30:52] pigeons and bathers,
[00:30:55] yes, yes, yes, there are so many, every morning they come here and
[00:30:59] they feed them bread and they gather at this time.