THESSALONIKI – A man wrongly arrested at Thessaloniki International Airport as a suspect in directing the killing of Russian hitman Alexander Solonik and his girlfriend in Athens in 1997 had the same identification of the real mastermind, police said.
He was not identified but the paper said he was detained after flying in from Cyprus and had the same name, father’s name and date of birth of a 48-year-old Greek national from Georgia and that it was a case of mistaken identity.
Solonik had fled his country to Greece using a fake passport, which he reportedly secured from the Greek Consulate in Moscow and was found strangled in the Athens suburb of Varybobi.
Three months later, police found the dismembered body of his 21-year-old model girlfriend, a former Miss Russia, Svetlana Kotova, stuffed in a suitcase, the report added.
In 2016, Russian hitman Alexander Pustovalov was sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing six people, including Solonik and Kotova.
ATHENS — After years of strained relations that raised tensions to alarming levels, longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey made a significant step Thursday in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
ATHENS — After several years of strained relations that raised tensions to alarming levels, longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey made a significant step Thursday in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
NEW YORK - For nearly a decade, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has helped the New York City Police Foundation (NYCPF) support the people on the front lines of making New York City a safe place for all to live, work, and visit.
NEW YORK – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C – Staten Island/Brooklyn) released the following statement on December 7: “After leading a bipartisan effort last month to denounce the cancellation of a 250-person school safety agent class, I’m happy that the Mayor’s Office has now changed course and is hiring additional school safety agents.
ATHENS – A press conference was held on December 5 for the Acropolis Museum’s new exhibition titled ‘Meanings’ (‘NoHMATA’): Personifications and Allegories from Antiquity to Today.
LONDON (AP) — Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet, political activist and actor who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died.
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