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[00:00:00] from Europe's side, now. Yes, Stavros and Andi Bernam expressed his full solidarity
[00:00:03] with the Ukrainian president and pledged that the United Kingdom will continue to increase
[00:00:07] pressure on Moscow. The European Union and its High Representative Kayas made it clear
[00:00:11] that Europe will not relax its pressure on
[00:00:15] Russia. We expect a similar stance tomorrow from the meeting of the
[00:00:19] Foreign Ministers of the European Union, where a new
[00:00:29] the man who was found dead in Glyfada early this morning
[00:00:32] seems to have had a rich past. The victim had gunshot wounds to the
[00:00:36] head and had also been involved with the authorities in the context of the investigation into the
[00:00:39] Greek Mafia. Let's go to George Potosaltis who is following the report.
[00:00:43] George. Specifically, Stavros, the 53-year-old had been arrested in the
[00:00:46] past as a member of extortion gangs which
[00:00:50] are connected to the so-called "Thamnakias" or "Crazy
[00:00:53] Giannis", a leading figure of the Greek Mafia who was murdered in April
[00:00:56] 2025 in Chalandri. He was reportedly
[00:01:00] working as security in nightclubs in recent years. Now, apart from
[00:01:03] his past in the nightlife, the
[00:01:06] 53-year-old had also been arrested for domestic violence, as well as
[00:01:10] for two incidents of shootings which are connected to
[00:01:13] rivalries over the dominance of a football
[00:01:17] team's fans. So, in this past and in the recent activities of the
[00:01:21] 50-year-old, the motives for the murder are being sought by the officers of the
[00:01:24] organized crime department who have taken over the investigations. We should note that the
[00:01:28] 59-year-old was under restrictive conditions after the arrests
[00:01:32] we mentioned earlier. The perpetrators had ambushed him at the
[00:01:36] junction of Panagouli and Karamani streets. They reportedly attacked him from behind as
[00:01:39] the 52-year-old was riding his motorcycle near his
[00:01:43] home. We should emphasize that police have collected
[00:01:47] eight shell casings from the scene. One bullet hit him in the head, and at least five
[00:01:50] hit him in the back. An attempt is also being made to collect video footage
[00:01:54] that may have captured the
[00:02:03] occurred early this morning in the coastal zone of Volos, when
[00:02:06] 10 youths stopped a taxi, dragged out the passengers
[00:02:10] and severely beat them. The perpetrators then disappeared, and the
[00:02:13] authorities, Michalis Tezaris, are searching for their
[00:02:16] traces. An unprecedented incident of violence, Stavros,
[00:02:20] here on the beach of Volos early this morning, a group of 10
[00:02:23] people essentially set up a blockade for a taxi driver
[00:02:26] carrying two people from Skopelos.
[00:02:31] for footballers, whom they pulled out of the vehicle and then severely beat
[00:02:35] them. According to what we know, there had been an argument between
[00:02:38] the group of 10 people and the two
[00:02:42] people from Skopelos in a bar at a short distance from the port of Volos.
[00:02:46] So, after they argued there, the two people left and got into a taxi. The 10
[00:02:50] people followed them in their own vehicles, and when they arrived here at the
[00:02:53] coastal front of Volos, where we are, they blocked the
[00:02:56] taxi in front and back, pulled the people out of the vehicle, and then
[00:03:00] beat them. The victims were taken to Volos Hospital
[00:03:04] for first aid, and according to what we know, the port authorities
[00:03:07] who are conducting the preliminary investigation into the case, have already
[00:03:11] arrested one person, who, according to the victims,
[00:03:14] was identified as one of the 10
[00:03:17] who beat them. Now the port authorities
[00:03:21] are looking for the other 9, either from statements that the victims will give,
[00:03:25] or from video footage that will be sought from the area
[00:03:28] around the port here in Volos.
[00:03:30] Truly an incredible incident, Michalis. Let's see what an eyewitness told you a little earlier.
[00:03:34] Two groups got into an altercation inside a
[00:03:37] nightclub. Later, two
[00:03:40] from one group left the club and
[00:03:44] tried to find a taxi to get away. However, about 10 people
[00:03:47] followed them, the number is not yet clear,
[00:03:51] and they blocked the taxi, dragged them out, and
[00:03:54] severely beat them. The case is ongoing
[00:03:57] because the port authority has taken it over
[00:04:01] because the area where the incident occurred concerns the
[00:04:04] port authority and they are now looking to utilize information from CCTV
[00:04:07] or anything else found in the
[00:04:10] that, as the 11 defendants in the case of the
[00:04:13] criminal group that committed fraud against EFKA
[00:04:16] are testifying before the investigator. Among the defendants
[00:04:20] are Philippos Kampouris and his wife, who are also attributed a leading role.
[00:04:24] Let's go to Eida Orchanni, who is following the
[00:04:26] case.
[00:04:28] Good afternoon, Stavros. And so far the two accountants have completed their testimonies,
[00:04:32] stating that they had a purely administrative role, following the
[00:04:36] instructions of Philippos Kampouris. In fact,
[00:04:40] they presented emails to the prosecutorial authorities
[00:04:43] which show that they were informing him of his debts to the state and even
[00:04:47] urged him to proceed with the necessary arrangements for his
[00:04:51] debts. They also claimed that since
[00:04:53] 2024 they had terminated their cooperation
[00:04:56] with him, as he had not paid them.
[00:05:00] 7 months now, the president of LAOS, for his part,
[00:05:04] as we learn, in his memorandum will
[00:05:07] argue that his accountants had
[00:05:10] mismanaged his companies.
[00:05:12] Specifically, he will state that every time
[00:05:15] one of his companies closed,
[00:05:18] an accounting error showed that the staff continued to
[00:05:22] work for them. Both he and his wife, as they also did in the
[00:05:26] pre-investigation, will deny all charges
[00:05:30] of fraud and will claim that they simply had outstanding debts
[00:05:33] to the state. We should remind you at this point,
[00:05:37] Stavros, that the 11 defendants are being prosecuted
[00:05:40] on a case-by-case basis for 50' offenses,
[00:05:43] while the damage is estimated to be close to 1.5
[00:05:46] million towards EFKA and 5 million towards the
[00:05:50] state. Let's thank him very much. Revealing
[00:05:53] conversations, employee testimonies and millions of euros in debts are at the
[00:05:57] heart of the investigation into the network of companies in which Philippos Kampouris
[00:06:01] reportedly played a leading role. The case file describes a network
[00:06:04] of businesses with debts that exceed 4.6
[00:06:07] million, while the defense denies the charges of
[00:06:10] fraud.
[00:06:13] The 11 defendants in the case of the alleged criminal
[00:06:16] organization that defrauded EFKA
[00:06:20] and the state appeared before the investigator. Among them are Philippos Kampouris, his wife and
[00:06:24] nine other individuals who are called upon to explain the network
[00:06:27] of companies that, according to the authorities, left behind millions of
[00:06:31] euros in debts. They prove beyond doubt that these people acted
[00:06:34] legally, always following instructions, and that essentially their
[00:06:38] role in this particular case is purely administrative. The damage to
[00:06:42] the state is estimated at approximately 1.5 million, while the total to the
[00:06:46] public approaches 5 million. However,
[00:06:49] the defense of Philippos Kampouris disputes both the amount of
[00:06:52] the debts and the charge of fraud and criminal
[00:06:55] organization. The actual amount that
[00:06:59] these companies, in which Mr. Kampouris was involved in some way,
[00:07:02] owe, which we will mention during the
[00:07:05] investigation, does not exceed
[00:07:07] 250,000 euros.
[00:07:10] A significant role in the case seems to have been played by
[00:07:20] in one of the conversations recorded by the police wiretap, the
[00:07:24] alleged leader asks him not to reveal his home
[00:07:28] address. If someone asks you where you live, don't
[00:07:31] don't don't hang up the phone. If
[00:07:34] if, I'm sorry, an unknown number calls you and asks you where
[00:07:38] you live, where do you live etc., hang up
[00:07:41] okay okay my friend. okay, and you never give
[00:07:44] that address? Yes, here, here, I mean, where I live
[00:07:48] now, of course, yes, yes, yes, my dear Philip, yes,
[00:07:51] yes, if someone calls you and you don't know them, hang up on them and block them,
[00:07:55] okay, yes, Philip, yes, open the shop, my dear Philip,
[00:07:58] open it, no, and it won't happen, probably,
[00:08:01] kisses. The financial police investigation
[00:08:04] has mapped out a network of 39 companies with common
[00:08:08] contact details, headquarters and individuals in their
[00:08:11] management. Companies that, according to the case file, successively changed names
[00:08:15] and managers, while insurance and tax
[00:08:18] obligations remained
[00:08:19] unpaid.
[00:08:23] The Prime Minister made an assessment of the Rubio visit in his Sunday
[00:08:26] post, emphasizing energy cooperation with the United
[00:08:30] States, as well as the upgraded role of Greece. At the same time, high
[00:08:34] fuel prices and energy inflation are fueling political
[00:08:37] reactions. The Prime Minister sends messages
[00:08:41] to many recipients with his assessment of the visit of the American Secretary
[00:08:45] of State to Athens, focusing on strengthening the strategic
[00:08:48] relationship between Greece and the United States in a series of critical sectors. From
[00:08:52] defense and security, energy and shipping, to
[00:08:55] investments in regional partnerships and technology.
[00:08:59] Greece is consolidating its position as a pillar of stability in an unstable
[00:09:02] region and as a reliable partner, as well as a bridge
[00:09:06] of cooperation between Europe, the United States, the Middle
[00:09:09] East and the countries of the Arab world and. At the same time,
[00:09:13] apart from defense and the upgrade of F-16s, the integration of
[00:09:17] F-35s and long-term armaments programs,
[00:09:20] Kyriakos Mitsotakis makes special reference to energy and the
[00:09:23] importance of the vertical corridor. It strengthens the prospects of Greece's
[00:09:27] emergence as a hub for natural gas transport to the European market,
[00:09:31] while also creating opportunities for greater utilization of
[00:09:34] American LNG. At the same time, energy inflation
[00:09:38] continues to fuel political confrontation, despite the benefits that the Prime Minister
[00:09:41] emphasizes. that the approval of the escape clause by the European
[00:09:45] Union for interventions in the sector of domestic energy will bring.
[00:09:49] This is absolute communicative sleight of hand. Due to extreme
[00:09:53] managerial incompetence, they were unable to utilize European
[00:09:56] money in these sectors, and now they present their decision to reach into
[00:10:00] the pocket of the Greek taxpayer to cover them as a strategic move.
[00:10:04] It is a total management failure, a recovery
[00:10:07] fund, and we could have used them
[00:10:10] without putting in our own. Our country was the first to
[00:10:14] have its request for escape accepted, i.e., to be able to
[00:10:18] make investments in energy. This one billion is not
[00:10:22] negligible. It will go to public buildings, to schools,
[00:10:25] to improve their energy autonomy. The only ones who benefit from the
[00:10:29] European Union's decision to activate the escape clause
[00:10:33] in energy are the energy groups. The government is trying to
[00:10:37] deal with the enormous energy crisis, which will impoverish
[00:10:40] Greeks and expand the profiteering of cartels, with painkillers. No more
[00:10:43] self-congratulatory reviews, Mr. Mitsotakis. Greek
[00:10:47] citizens live in a different Greece from the one you describe.
[00:10:51] Mr. Mitsotakis, society is suffocating. The
[00:10:54] escape clause. Investments that are underway until
[00:10:56] 2028. With a basketball-themed video
[00:11:00] with passes and shots, Alexis Tsipras announced
[00:11:04] the inclusion of Angelos Koronios in SYRIZA. Let's go to Christos Ambati, who has all
[00:11:08] the details and of course, Stavros, among the shots and passes, there were also meaningful
[00:11:12] political statements and the "let's beat them" from
[00:11:15] Alexis Tsipras, who entered the court and, as you can see in the shots, played this one-on-one with
[00:11:19] the emblematic and now veteran Greek basketball player Angelos Koronios.
[00:11:22] He saw his political team get a great addition with
[00:11:26] a shooter who, as he aptly put it, rarely missed. He also
[00:11:30] referred to his career and his place in history. The top scorer of the
[00:11:33] first division is now wearing the jersey of the Greek left-wing
[00:11:37] coalition and is officially on the list of candidates for the
[00:11:40] next elections with this video. A political collaboration, Stavros, that may start from the
[00:11:44] court, but with this, Mr. Tsipras wants to send his own message
[00:11:55] a second one and I'll win, my friend.
[00:11:58] How do you see it in our team? Of course, I'm ready. We're shooters,
[00:12:01] brother, it's my specialty. Let's beat them.
[00:12:05] Of course.
[00:12:07] Ladies and gentlemen, coastal fishermen in Patras have taken new action,
[00:12:11] demanding measures to support their profession and protesting the high price of
[00:12:15] fuel and seafood
[00:12:25] Early this morning, here at the fishing pier of Patras, the fishermen of the Achaean
[00:12:28] Capital gathered
[00:12:32] in a symbolic blockade of the area, as they announced
[00:12:36] that they will continue their mobilizations despite what has been said by
[00:12:39] their colleagues from other areas of the country, and they continue dynamically
[00:12:43] as, they told us, their demands have not been met
[00:12:47] until today. You mentioned two of the main demands,
[00:12:50] fuel is their main issue, as they told
[00:12:54] us, Stavros. They cannot take their boats, their ships
[00:12:57] out of the fishing pier, as the cost is
[00:13:01] enormous and they cannot cope with the economic data
[00:13:04] that have been created due to international conditions and the
[00:13:08] rise in fuel prices, as well as for the
[00:13:11] illegal imports that are coming mainly from Turkey. They speak
[00:13:14] of unfair competition and an issue that the competent
[00:13:18] ministry is called upon to address. As they told us, they will continue their
[00:13:21] mobilizations with more dynamic forms in the immediate
[00:13:25] future, hoping, of course, that by then relief measures for the
[00:13:29] sector will have been announced, because, as they told us, if measures are not announced, then the image
[00:13:33] you see right behind with the boats tied up, you will see it and we
[00:13:37] will see it, as they will not be able to go out and they will have abandoned the profession
[00:13:40] they have been doing for years. Now, Christos, the Prime Minister also referred
[00:13:44] to the issue in his Sunday
[00:13:46] post.
[00:13:49] Exactly, Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the issue
[00:13:52] of fishermen and the financial difficulties
[00:13:56] they face. Among other things, the Prime Minister announced that we are doubling
[00:13:59] the subsidy for fishing fuel for the period
[00:14:03] April-August to 32 cents per
[00:14:06] liter in order to support our fishermen, the Prime Minister stated. I should say that we are already
[00:14:09] examining other possibilities to support the sector, but
[00:14:13] I will have more to tell you towards the end of the
[00:14:17] month, the Prime Minister stated among other things, where these announcements are expected by
[00:14:20] the fishermen both here in Patras and in other
[00:14:23] areas in order, as earlier, to be able to deal with the many
[00:14:34] with a total value of over 1 million were found and
[00:14:37] seized on a sailboat west of Chios, while
[00:14:41] two Ukrainians who were on board were arrested by the coast guard.
[00:14:44] The coast guard even released an impressive video of the
[00:14:46] operation. Let's go to Vangelis Kokolakos who has gathered all the
[00:14:50] information. And the images from the nocturnal operation of the Coast Guard off
[00:14:54] Chios. We are watching them on our screens. It led to the discovery
[00:14:57] of 360 kg of cannabis worth over one
[00:15:01] million euros. We see the armed coast guards approaching a sailboat
[00:15:04] with a Croatian flag in the dark. They board the vessel and immediately begin searching with
[00:15:08] flashlights. Their hands enter the interior spaces, they open the
[00:15:12] compartments and search even the tightest spots of the sailboat. The
[00:15:15] operation took place on Saturday morning approximately 6.5 nautical miles
[00:15:19] south of Antipsara with the participation of two patrol boats and special
[00:15:23] forces of the Coast Guard. The interesting thing is that the authorities initially had
[00:15:26] information that this sailboat was probably involved in a migrant trafficking ring
[00:15:30] or other illegal activities, but when they checked it, they found
[00:15:34] themselves in front of a completely different cargo, a total of 27 travel
[00:15:38] bags full of cannabis packages weighing a total
[00:15:41] of 360 kg and 700 g. On board the vessel were
[00:15:45] the two Ukrainians who were arrested,
[00:15:51] CCTV camera in Evosmos, Thessaloniki, when the driver, who had
[00:15:55] consumed alcohol, crashed his vehicle into a shop's
[00:15:58] storefront, injuring three
[00:16:07] afternoon. It seems that the patrons of a catering establishment in western
[00:16:11] Thessaloniki, specifically in the area of Evosmos, experienced scenes
[00:16:15] of terror today early this morning, a little after one.
[00:16:18] Absolute terror. A little after one
[00:16:21] then they spotted the first patrol car, the
[00:16:25] 45-year-old driver speeding and making dangerous
[00:16:28] maneuvers. So, it didn't take long for
[00:16:32] disaster to strike at the store that you
[00:16:36] see behind me. After a while, he crashes in and
[00:16:39] injures three of the
[00:16:42] patrons. We must say that they had to be transferred to an
[00:16:46] on-call hospital in Thessaloniki. Fortunately, we must say that
[00:16:49] two of them were discharged,
[00:16:52] while one more person remains hospitalized. As eyewitnesses
[00:16:56] reported, the planters that were placed outside
[00:17:00] the store significantly slowed down the crazy course
[00:17:04] of the vehicle and by a miracle we didn't
[00:17:06] have. It was of course found by the traffic police
[00:17:10] officers that the driver was under the influence of alcohol. I must tell you at this
[00:17:14] point that the exchanges
[00:17:17] after the incident
[00:17:20] between the patrons and the
[00:17:23] driver are shocking, who, not realizing what he had done, commented
[00:17:27] that the bumper had been ripped off his vehicle. He tried to
[00:17:30] escape, but the patrons stopped him and so he was arrested
[00:17:34] by the Greek
[00:17:41] has been sounded in Nepal, as a month after the deadly floods, the Budhigandaki
[00:17:45] river is swelling, causing destruction and evacuations
[00:17:48] of areas, while four dead and extensive damage are left
[00:17:51] behind by Hurricane Isaias, which hit the southeastern coasts of the
[00:17:55] United
[00:17:56] States.
[00:18:00] The waters of the Budhigandaki river flow down impetuously with tons
[00:18:04] of mud and rocks in northern Nepal. Bridges and houses are
[00:18:08] swept away.
[00:18:11] With the help of the army, residents from the banks are
[00:18:14] hastily moved to higher ground.
[00:18:18] Nepal has not yet managed to recover from the devastating floods
[00:18:21] of August, which left more than
[00:18:24] 1,400 dead and thousands
[00:18:26] missing.
[00:18:30] Images of absolute destruction in Florida after the deadly passage of
[00:18:33] Hurricane Isaias. It made landfall with torrential rains
[00:18:37] and winds reaching 169
[00:18:40] km/h. The roof of this building complex
[00:18:44] in Pensacola was swept away
[00:18:46] entirely. Trees and power poles
[00:18:50] fell, hundreds of thousands of residents remain without power.
[00:19:03] The extent of the damage is also great in Alabama, although the hurricane
[00:19:07] weakened to category 2, the danger remains.
[00:19:21] Authorities in California are also on alert.
[00:19:25] Coastal homes in Long Beach were evacuated after the
[00:19:28] destruction caused by the huge waves of tropical
[00:19:31] storm
[00:19:32] Rachel.
[00:19:35] The beaches.
[00:19:39] awaiting the onslaught of Hurricane Simon, which strengthened to Category Four off
[00:19:43] the coast of Mexico.
[00:19:46] Shops and hotels were evacuated for fear of destructive
[00:19:50] floods.
[00:19:53] people are afraid that the hurricane is already here
[00:19:57] and the damage it can cause, the wind, the
[00:20:00] rain, all that. Simon is expected to approach the western
[00:20:04] coasts of Mexico accompanied by wind gusts
[00:20:07] of 240
[00:20:09] km/h.
[00:24:10] western Peloponnese, in western Sterea thunderstorms, but it has also brought out in central
[00:24:14] Macedonia, this system is moving east, so somewhere in the afternoon, evening it will pass through
[00:24:18] Attica, we will have some rains here too. temporary storm tomorrow
[00:24:21] will start with rains and thunderstorms in eastern Macedonia,
[00:24:25] Thrace, eastern Aegean, a few rains in the rest with winds up to
[00:24:28] 5 Beaufort north-east in the western and southern seas. The temperature will not
[00:24:32] change much in the afternoon it will reach 24 to 26° in
[00:24:36] most areas in Athens we expect some sporadic clouds I don't know in the morning there is
[00:24:39] a possibility of rain for a while up to 25° the temperature in
[00:24:43] Thessaloniki the weather will have more sun up to 5 north-easterly
[00:24:47] winds and 23° the temperature. The main course however. of rains is on
[00:24:50] Tuesday, the rains start initially in western Greece, but from the afternoon we expect
[00:24:54] rains and thunderstorms in the Aegean, but also in areas of Evia, Thessaly
[00:24:58] of the Sporades, it will rain quite a lot from Tuesday evening
[00:25:01] until approximately Wednesday morning until Wednesday noon. The winds
[00:25:05] will strengthen in the evening they will reach even 7 Beaufort, maybe even more in the northern
[00:25:09] Aegean, also in the northern Ionian and let's go to the temperatures which will
[00:25:13] drop on Tuesday, we forget the 27-28 we had in previous days
[00:25:16] the temperature will drop, we said and on Wednesday very rainy weather. in several
[00:25:35] tell us what makes you happy and win
[00:25:40] happy