Ioannis Kastanis worked as director of the health centre on Skyros Island for 13 years, having presented a fake diploma from La Sapienza University in Rome, which he was able to legalize through the national agency for the recognition of diplomas in Greece.

The court rejected the request of the Bulgarian State Agency for Child Protection to obtain custody of Maria, arguing that it is not in favour of the best interests of the child and will disrupt the girl's psychosomatic development.

Number of Bulgarian and Greek MEPs and the parties they have joined

The Jewish community in the city as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos strongly condemned the acts of vandalism.