Bulgarian babies sold in Greece

Three wild swans in northern Greece tested positive for a fatal strain of the H5 virus — which is lethal only for birds. The samples have been sent to a special laboratory in England to determine whether they match the H5N1 strain, which has killed more than 80 people worldwide.

The family of Kostas Tsalikidis, the Vodafone software engineer who allegedly committed suicide two days after spy software was discovered in the company's central system, yesterday filed a lawsuit against “those responsible” for complicity in his suicide or murder. The Communications Privacy Protection Authority (ADAE) has allegedly been told that someone working for Vodafone or Ericsson must have helped activate the spy software.

Seven members of a drugs squad were arrested in Kilkis, northern Greece, yesterday after a raid on their offices by Internal Affairs found small quantities of drugs in their desks.

A Bulgarian gang has been bringing pregnant women to give birth and sell their babies in Greece. The women received between €500-€5,000 for their babies, which were sold for up to €15,000.

The detection of foods unfit for consumption is becoming an everyday occurrence in Greece. More bad milk has been confiscated, also a brand of squid containing double the recommended quantity of cadmium.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an intact, ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first since King Tutankhamun's was found in 1922.

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