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Children born as of Wednesday will receive 2,000 euros eachA special handout of 2,000 euros for every child born in Greece will be voted into law after Parliament starts work again in the new year but will apply retroactively as of January 1, 2020.Children born in Greece by non-European Union citizens in 2020 and 2021 will also receive the benefit provided that the mother has been a legal and permanent resident of Greece since the year 2012.
Retail stores to close on Wednesday and ThursdayConsumers have Monday and Tuesday to shop for their holiday meals and gifts, but also to stock up for the week as retail businesses in Greece will be closed on Thursday as well as on New Year’s.Supermarkets on Monday will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Commercial stores will operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, while malls and shopping centers will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.All retails businesses will be closed on Wednesday for New Year’s Day and on Thursday as they carry out their year-end inventories.
New Year Honours: 1,000 addresses published in errorA list of more than 1,000 addresses of New Years Honours recipients, including those of senior police officers and politicians, has been accidentally published by the government.The file was uploaded to the official website, but has since been removed.
Couple accidentally leave £15,000 inside cardboard box at recycling centreCash hoard found by staff at waste depot in Midsomer Norton, SomersetStaff members resisted the temptation to keep the money for themselves and set out to identify the previous owners.Using CCTV footage and car registration details logged at the site, they traced the car that had dropped off the box back to a house in Burnham-on-Sea.
The commuter cats who became fur-mousA cat called Benton has won carriage-loads of fans, thanks to his propensity for hanging around tram stops. But Benton is just one of a long line of cats who have rubbed shoulders with commuters, some prompting bestselling books and coming within a whisker of a film deal. BBC News meets the cats who don't have a ticket to ride (but they don't care).
QuoteThe commuter cats who became fur-mousA cat called Benton has won carriage-loads of fans, thanks to his propensity for hanging around tram stops. But Benton is just one of a long line of cats who have rubbed shoulders with commuters, some prompting bestselling books and coming within a whisker of a film deal. BBC News meets the cats who don't have a ticket to ride (but they don't care).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-50250892
Geoscientists Draft ‘Seismotectonic Atlas of Greece’An integrated “Seismotectonic Atlas of Greece”, which will provide the basis for a realistic assessment of earthquake hazard across the country, is being drafted by Greek geoscientists.
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