Greece
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Athens vows tougher rules on e-scooter ‘nuisance’
The mayor of Athens vowed Monday to regulate rentals of electric scooters, saying their use had become a “terrible nuisance” in the Greek capital. “We are determined to set rules,” …
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Church donation box goes digital in Greece
Devout regulars attending Athens’s main Roman Catholic church that honours a first-century saint have discovered a 21st-century update: their donation box is now hooked up to a digital payments system. …
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Greek court finds arrested Georgian not guilty of spying
The 67-year-old was arrested on Friday outside a military camp in Serres for allegedly taking photographs in an area where it is forbidden. The man was noticed by soldiers, who …
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Woman dies after blast near Greek bank
A woman involved in robberies died early Saturday after an explosion in front of a bank in Greece’s second city Thessaloniki, the police said. The 38-year-old was rushed to the …
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Turkish Cypriots protest new rule allowing hijab in school
Several thousand Turkish Cypriots marched on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing pupils to wear Islamic headscarves in secondary schools, a move critics say threatens the community’s secular traditions. …
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Man suspected of spying for Russia held in Greece
Authorities on Friday remanded in custody a Greek man suspected of photographing supply convoys on behalf of Russia in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis, a judicial source said. Alexandroupolis …
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Greece experiencing 300,000 job vacancies, expected to have big impact on tourism sector
Greece is undergoing a work crisis with 300,000 job vacancies and numerous foreign workers leaving illegally at night in search of better opportunities in other European countries, with the result …
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Mounds of waste dumped near Athens’s main river: NGO
Mounds of waste have again been found dumped on the banks of Athens’s main river, the Kifissos, despite repeated clean-up operations, a Greek environmental group said on Tuesday. Vassilis Sfakianopoulos …
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Greek PM vows ‘drastic’ train safety upgrade
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday vowed to speed up a nationwide train safety overhaul, two years after the country’s worst rail tragedy left 57 dead. Mitsotakis said a …
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Greek woman files for divorce based on ChatGPT coffee cup reading of alleged affair
A divorce case involving an extramarital affair purportedly ‘revealed’ by an AI response is expected to be heard at court, Greek media has reported. The divorce application was made known …