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Police arrest 16-year-old for injuring minors at Athens high schoolA 16-year-old, who injured two minors with a screwdriver at a high school in Athens, has been apprehended by the police.The attack took place on Tuesday, around 2 p.m., within the premises of the 12th High School of Athens, situated in the Kato Petralona neighborhood.According to the police, the 16-year-old, for reasons as yet unknown, assaulted and inflicted minor injuries to the face and neck of a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old.
A hotel wing in Athens was closed due to bed bugs"Unfortunately, we have an appearance of bedbugs," the president of Food and Tourism Workers Giorgos Hotzoglou, referring to a hotel on the Athens Riviera.As he said on Open TV, "A hotel in a seaside suburb of Attica was forced to close a wing to proceed with disinfestation".Referring to the bed bug epidemic in France and England, he said: "It is obvious that some of our guests, mainly from France, carried the insects, and unfortunately, they also got stuck in the hotel."
Greek Tourists Boost UK Tourism with £143 Million in ExpenditureWhile Greek travellers embarked on adventures far and wide, the United Kingdom stood out as a prime destination, warmly welcoming 185,000 visitors from Greece. Their travels were filled with exciting experiences and proved to be a boon for the UK economy. Greek tourists in the UK spent a total of £143 million, with an average expenditure of £772 per person, reflecting their enthusiasm for discovering the British Isles.
Mitsotakis Sounds Alarm Bell About Greece’s Fast-Shrinking PopulationWith one birth for every two deaths now a trend in Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it’s time to be anxious about what that means for the country’s graying future and its fate.His New Democracy government has 2,000 euro ($2111) bonuses for each child born but the incentive has failed to be persuasive and each year there are fewer workers to pay the pensions of current beneficiaries.That’s put an enormous strain on a Social Security system already underfunded by businesses avoiding paying into it, leaving the crush on salaried workers, the middle-class and state workers paid through taxes.The establishment of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family was a response to that challenge, he said, but with rents also rising out of reach for many, people have put off having families.
Greece Fifth Most Expensive Airbnb Rental Destination in EuropeOn a path for a record tourism year, Greece ranked fifth on a list of European countries for the most expensive average daily rates for Airbnb short term rentals at 203 euros ($214.32.)The prices soared during an economic and tourism comeback, short-term rentals emptying Athen neighborhoods of long-time residents in favor of transients, reducing supply and spiking rents with growing demand... driving up rents for Greeks out of reach for many.
Face search company Clearview AI overturns UK privacy fineA company which enables its clients to search a database of billions of images scraped from the internet for matches to a particular face has won an appeal against the UK's privacy watchdog.Last year, Clearview AI was fined more than £7.5m by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for unlawfully storing facial images.Clearview AI offers its clients a system that works like a search engine for faces - users upload a photo and it finds matches in a database of billions of images it has collected.It then provides links to where matching images appear online... its database contained 30 billion images scraped from the internet.Critics argue that law enforcement's use of Clearview's technology puts everyone into a "perpetual police line-up". In the past Clearview AI had commercial customers, but since a 2020 settlement in a case brought by US civil liberties campaigners, the firm now only accepts clients who carry out criminal law enforcement or national security functions.Clearview does not have UK or EU clients, but its customers are based in the US and in other countries including Panama, Brazil, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, Tuesday's judgement revealed.In simple terms, Clearview succeeded in appealing against the ICO's fine and enforcement action because it was used solely by law enforcement bodies outside the UK.
State pension to rise by £902 – unless Tories fiddle with the triple lockThe final payouts will depend on whether bonuses are included in the wage growth calculations
A new king has been added to Britain’s history booksEsunertos was once forgotten, but now his name looms large in the historic recordA new King has been added to British history and a world record set after a coin found in a Hampshire field fetched more than £20,000 at auction.Dating from around 50 BC and smaller than a human fingernail, the gold coin is stamped with the name Esunertos, a previously unrecorded Iron Age ruler.The coin bears the name and it dates to the very beginning of written language appearing in the British Isles.Expected to fetch around £4,000, frenzied bidding at auctioneers Spink saw the price rise to £20,400.It was struck sometime between 50 and 30 BC, shortly after Julius Caesar’s first Roman raid of Britain in 55 BC.He landed on the Kent coast from a fleet of ships carrying 20,000 Roman soldiers.Waiting for them on the beach were thousands of Celtic warriors but the Romans were forced to return home after struggling to land and rough seas wrecking their boats.Caesar returned the following year with 50,000 soldiers defeating many tribes and marched all the way to the River Thames.But after three months of fighting, they left to stop a rebellion in Gaul.The long-term settlement of Britain by Rome didn’t occur until 43 AD when Claudius was emperor.Leading Iron Age experts have since studied the coin and deduced it to be struck by a pre-eminent male figure dubbed ‘IISVNIRTOS’ whose name translates as ‘Mighty as the God Esos’.
‘Conspicuous’ bundle of straw dangled from Millennium Bridge per ancient byelaw An ancient byelaw was responsible for a “conspicuous” bundle of straw hanging from London’s Millennium Bridge on Tuesday.The ritual took place as work began on the installation of safety netting under the bridge, which is owned by City Bridge Foundation, a bridge owner responsible for five Thames crossings.The tradition comes from article 36.2 of the Port of London Thames Byelaws, which says: “When the headroom of an arch or span of a bridge is reduced from its usual limits but that arch or span is not closed to navigation, the person in control of the bridge must suspend from the centre of that arch or span by day a bundle of straw large enough to be conspicuous and by night a white light.”
Increased Security Measures in Greece due to Fears of a Terrorist ActGreece has increased security measures due to fears of a terrorist attack. The control of the border points has been strengthened.The Greek national security services have strengthened controls at all border crossings. The police at the airports have been increased.At the land and sea border, the authorities are also on high alert for a reaction. The airport in Athens is under special supervision because foreign citizens from Israel are transported through it.All migrants and refugees from countries in the Middle East are being screened.
Greek living in Gaza: "Christians are sheltering in two monasteries; We don't know how many were killed at the hospital"The nightmarish moments experienced by the residents of Gaza were described on Mega TV by a Greek who lives in the besieged region. He told the Greek outlet that he left his home and is now at one of the two monasteries near the Al-Ahli hospital, that was bombed last night."What is happening in Gaza is a massacre. About 4,000 people were in the hospital, and they fired a rocket, and we don't know exactly how many were killed. They were like an earthquake when they hit. I was in the monastery," he initially said."Approximately 900 Christians have come here [to the monastery]. And in the other [monastery] there are about 500 people. In total there are about 1500-2000 Christians. The monasteries are located around the hospital. It's close, it's about 100 metres, 200 metres," he added."There is blood everywhere, in the schools, on the streets".
Spain: More than 400 animals rescued from illegal trading networkMore than 400 animals, mainly cats and dogs, have been rescued from a trafficking network in Spain.The gang is suspected of illegally importing animals into Spain from eastern Europe via Andorra before selling them on to make a profit.They have also been accused of forging documents to say the animals were healthy for sale when they weren't.Thirteen people have been arrested on charges including animal abuse, fraud and money laundering.The animals, which were often kept in poor conditions, have since been receiving care from vets.
Amazon plans drone deliveries for UK parcels next yearAmazon has announced it will start using drones to deliver parcels in the UK in under an hour.The online retail giant said the service would start in one location which is yet to be revealed, at the end of 2024.The company already offers drone deliveries in two US states for goods weighing no more than 5lbs (2.2kg).The aviation regulator said "exploring" how drones could be safely used in more of the UK's airspace was "key".Amazon said it was working closely with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to meet regulations, while the government said the move would help it understand "how to best use the new technology safely and securely".David Carbon, vice president of Amazon Prime Air, said he believed there was demand for the technology in the UK and that it was "absolutely safe".
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