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Up to 60,000 to be evacuated over unexploded WWII bombUp to 60,000 people are to be evacuated from Greece's second largest city so an unexploded Second World War bomb can be disposed of.Residents in Thessaloniki living within 1.2 miles of the bomb site will be kept away from the area for up to five hours on Sunday, officials said.The bomb was found five metres below ground near the city's central railway station. Military and police authorities will try to defuse it at the site.
Vehicle owners submitting plates in drovesIn the two-month period up to January 9, 122,000 vehicle owners submitted their license plates, making for a significant loss of state revenues amounting to some 50-60 million euros, given that these are mostly vehicles with big engines and therefore high road taxes.
Most of Greece’s Public Service Vehicles Belong in the ScrapyardThe economic crisis in Greece has forced public organizations to keep in use vehicles that should have been scrapped years ago, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report.Most ambulances of the National Health System are hardly operational, drivers and paramedics say, and in many cases they break down on the road carrying a patient. The majority of them are broken down beyond repair and remain immobilized. According to statements by ambulance drivers, the average age of the vehicles used is 13 years, when in European Union countries ambulances are replaced every 5-6 years. As a result, there are ambulances that leak when it rains, have rusty parts while mileage on many of them reach hundreds of thousands of kilometers. The same applies to Greece’s public transportation fleet, amounting to a total of 2,000 buses. According to public transportation officials, about 1,000 of them are worn out beyond repair due to rust and serious engine problems.Greek police vehicles are no exception. The total fleet of Hellenic Police consists of about 12,700 vehicles, including motorcycles. About half of them are not operational, police officials told Kathimerini.Regarding the Fire Department, out of the 3,000 fire engines half of them are over 10 years old while many of them are not operational because of high maintenance and repair costs. Municipalities and small communities face similar problems regarding garbage trucks.For instance, in the summer of 2016, the City of Athens had only 16 garbage trucks running out of the 80 actually needed.
Greece Joins EMHFThe Jockey Club of Greece’s application to join the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation has been accepted and Greece is to become the EMHF’s 28th member country.
Legoland theme park finds cannabis in derelict cottageA cannabis farm has been discovered inside a derelict cottage on land owned by Legoland Windsor theme park.The plants were found during "routine checks" by park staff on Monday.It is thought the building - outside of the park resort but on the theme park's land - was accessed from nearby land owned by the Queen.
Most Europeans want immigration ban from Muslim-majority countries, poll reveals47 per cent of Britons want to stop immigration from Muslim majority countriesThe Chatham House study, conducted before US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigration to the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries, found majorities in all but two of the ten states opposed immigration from mainly Muslim countries.
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