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Police nab murder suspect after 21 yearsPolice on Friday arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a murder committed 21 years ago.The suspect was arrested as he tried to pass through Kakavia border crossing with Albania after police found that a warrant had been issued for his arrest.The murder took place in a marble-processing business the town of Kanallaki, near Preveza, in western Greece. The suspect, an Albanian citizen, is accused of striking and fatally wounding another foreign worker with a tool.
Non-PDO halloumi going cheapMany supermarket chains and stores in Cyprus that sell halloumi are offering hefty discounts on individual or bulk sales of the cheese. The price cuts, of course, only concern those products that do not fall fulfill PDO specifications and are not labeled accordingly.Supermarkets are frantically trying to get rid of their stock so as to comply with the September 19 deadline when only PDO-produced halloumi can be sold in stores.
Japanese professor wins Ig Nobel prize for study on knob turningOther awards at the virtual ceremony on Thursday evening include the physics prize for showing why ducklings swim in a line formation, and the economics prize for explaining, mathematically, why success most often goes not to the most talented people, but instead to the luckiest. An international collaboration won the peace prize for devising an algorithm to help gossipers decide when to tell the truth and when to lie.
EU too severe on Greece over debt crisis, former Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker concedes
Bank of England warns of looming deadline to exchange old banknotesThe Bank of England has warned the deadline to exchange old £20 and £50 notes is fast approaching.People have until the end of the month, 30 September, to use the paper Bank of England (BoE) £20 and £50 notes before they no have legal tender status.The BoE warned that people will face long queues to exchange the notes, which will then go out of circulation.People have been advised to deposit their old notes at banks or at a Post Office ahead of the 30 September deadline. As of 15 September, you can also exchange the:* Elizabeth Fry paper £5 note* Charles Darwin paper £10 note* Adam Smith paper £20 note* Boulton and Watt paper £50 note