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London-style smart ticketing to be installed on buses across EnglandIntegrated systems would mean it becomes easier to buy return fares in areas using more than one bus operator Electronic ticketing systems similar to those used in London are to be installed on buses across England under reforms to be introduced next month. The Buses Bill will give local authorities the power to demand that companies bidding for bus franchises implement smart ticketing systems similar to the Oyster cards and contactless bank card payments used in the capital. Councils will also be able to call for franchises to set up smartphone apps so commuters can track the whereabouts of their next bus.
Grexit choice explored last year but Tsipras was not convincedBefore reaching an agreement with lenders last July, the SYRIZA-led government explored a number of options regarding alternative sources of funding and even actively examined the logistics of printing a new currency. But no formal plan for leaving the euro was ever drawn up, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, feared the political consequences for himself as well as the wider social upheaval that it would cause.
Greece a transit country for trade in illicit antiquities from Syria, IraqGreece is being used as a passage to export illegal antiquities from war-torn Syria and Iraq into the West, experts warn amid reports of a clandestine police operation to net a Syrian suspect.Illicit antiquities trade is believed to be a key source of income for the so-called Islamic State, also known as ISIS.Experts say looters use Turkey as a safe house for antiquities plundered in Iraq and Syria before they are exported to Austria, Germany, Britain and the US via Greece.
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