The suspect is also accused of blackmailing the underage girl, who is now 15 years old, with indecent photos, by threatening to publish the material online.

According to an American Express study in the UK, in fact, the average expenditure of a British holiday-maker per booking in 2024 has already reached 1,745 pounds – and with Greece figuring prominently in fourth place in terms of their overseas preferences or 10% of the total.

Travel receipts were up by 18.9% for November 2023 and a notable 15.4% for the 11 months January-November of 2023, while inbound traffic posted a 27.5% uptick in November and 17.3% over the January-November term.

As Bloomberg reported, Vanguard Asset Management, the world’s second-largest asset management company, and Candriam, a subsidiary of New York Life managing assets of €140 billion, are upping their stakes in government bonds from the so-called European peripheral countries, notably Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain.