Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs

Albania has installed a “sophisticated” network of cameras along its border with Kosovo, supplied by the British government in an attempt to stem the number of migrants flowing into the United Kingdom and to track criminal activity in the region, the UK home office said Wednesday.

Albanian nationals were among the 45,000 people who arrived in the UK in speedboats in 2022, looking for higher-paying jobs than neighboring countries such as Greece or Italy, according to British authorities and the Albanian local media. Many end up working in cannabis-growing houses for up to two years to pay back the trafficking money.

Kifissia: A 4.5-year-old child was left for six hours in a school bus

An incident that could have had a tragic outcome occurred yesterday Monday (13/5) in Kifissia with a child of just 4.5 years old being left forgotten for hours inside a school bus.

As the father of the child reported to the authorities, he handed his child over to the school bus on Monday morning around 8:00 in order to be taken to the kindergarten.

It appears that the child fell asleep in the back seats so that no one noticed that he never got off the vehicle.

Eventually the child remained in the school bus for approximately 6 hours and around 2:00 p.m. was located by the driver.

A charge of child endangerment was filed against the driver and the school bus attendant, with the police investigation ongoing.

Three rescued bears returned home in Bulgaria

After rehabilitation in a specialized center in Greece the three bears Nikola, Misho and Aneta are back in the wild.

WWF-Bulgaria, together with the Ministry of Environment and Waters (MoEW), the FOUR PAWS Foundation and Arcturus (ARCTUROS) - Greece, gave three orphaned bears a chance for a new life. In several joint operations, the cubs Nikola, Misho and Aneta were rescued, cared for in specialized centers in Bulgaria and abroad and, eventually, returned to the wild. Experts agree that at this age they are extremely vulnerable and without adequate human intervention they were unable to survive.

"When a bear cub is left without a mother, it has no one to learn from the skills it needs to survive. There is no way it can learn how to find food, how to defend itself, how to hide and how to distinguish dangers. Staying in a rehabilitation center to learn how to be a real bear in a peaceful environment, unthreatened by humans, is the only chance for its survival. So, in addition to preserving the cubs lifes, we are also working to prevent any future conflicts with potential damage," says conservation biologist Aleksandar Dutsov, a senior expert in the Wildlife Programme and member of WWF-Bulgaria's Bear Rescue Team.

Greek Homeownership Out Of Reach: 11 Years' Wages For 60 Sq.m. In Athens

Greeks are facing a daunting challenge in the housing market, with soaring property prices making homeownership a distant dream for many. In Athens, it now takes an average worker 11 years' wages to afford a modest 60 square metre apartment, reflecting a steep increase in housing costs amidst stagnant incomes.