Bulgarian authorities were last night continuing to question a couple thought to be the parents of Maria, the mysterious blonde girl whose discovery in a Greek Roma camp has made global headlines.

Hundreds of people blocked Greece’s main motorway today in protest at the lack of central crash barriers along a stretch where seven teenagers were killed in a bus crash yesterday.

THE party for the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Athens was cancelled yesterday after a bus taking Greek high school students to watch the games smashed into a truck loaded with glass, killing seven teenagers.

A bus taking Greek high school students to watch the Paralympics in Athens smashed into a truck loaded with glass today, killing seven teenagers.

A power failure hit Athens and other parts of Greece today, cutting off air conditioning as temperatures pushed past 40 degrees Celsius (104F) and blacking out most Olympic venues as crews raced to finish work before the start of the games.