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Scooters sold due to fines, insurance & helmets: Parents who bought them for their children are now selling them
It is estimated that 5,000 of the total 60,000–80,000 have been put on the second-hand market - New Highway Code, age limit of 17, maximum speed of 25 km/h and strict enforcement are discouraging casual users


The strange Cloud that caught the attention in Attica & Crete – What was it really? (video)
A luminous cloud appeared in the sky on Tuesday evening, catching people’s attention and prompting a flood of comments about its origin

Latinopoulou: For 45 minutes I was subjected to a vile attack by gypsies in Tinos – Μy mother was terrified
“Where are the condemnations from the groups of lefties, the supposedly sensitive defenders of women’s rights? Where are all these people, where are the political parties? Dead silence,” Aphrodite Latinopoulou complained

Today’s first Total Solar Eclipse in 27 years: Where will it be visible, what applies to Greece & what will happen to electricity supply?
The phenomenon will begin shortly after 7 p.m. (Greek time) over the northernmost part of Russia - The last people to see it from land, approximately two hours later, will be in the Mediterranean - Europe expects a loss of 9.7 gigawatts of solar power capacity
“I killed her”: Florida man arrested 39 years after 1987 murder of young mother
Gary Glowacz, 70, faces second-degree murder charges after allegedly confessing to the 1987 killing of Melissa Taylor Ellison, nearly four decades after the case went cold; he is still held without bond before Thursday's hearing

Colombia earthquake: More than 250 dead and 1,310 injured as rescuers race against time to find missing in rubble
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that 5,000 houses have been damaged. Dozens of buildings have collapsed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed.

Trump, the catering cart and ‘Food Truck One’: AI memes flood social media after secret Turkey escape operation
The US President was secretly smuggled off Air Force One inside a catering container and flown covertly to Britain last month, US media revealed, as intelligence agencies deemed an Iranian assassination plot credible after the Nato summit

How a self-styled “fabulist” became Cambridge’s star professor, and what it suggests about academic system today
Jason Arday, Cambridge's youngest ever Black professor, resigns as his memoir launches in the US today, despite cancelled promotional events, as Cambridge investigates his credentials

Special Spatial Planning Framework for Tourism: What changes for hotels, outside-plan development, islands and short-term rentals
The government has released 12 questions and answers regarding the new framework—new plot sizes of up to 16 stremmata, restrictions in the coastal zone, and what is planned for tourism investments

Woman remanded over fatal Marfin Bank arson attack deemed ‘particularly dangerous’, court explains reasoning
A court has ruled that the 46-year-old woman held in custody over the deadly Marfin Bank arson attack poses a serious risk, rejecting defence claims that photographic evidence suggests a resemblance rather than positive identification

Man dies in Spata fire started by his own car, body recovered by firefighters
Fire officials say the vehicle blaze quickly spread into surrounding low vegetation near Athens, with 115 firefighters, five aircraft and crews from France and Romania battling the flames as no homes are reported threatened yet

EU’s new entry system frustrates travellers: up to two-hour waits at Europe’s major airports
Financial Times data show waiting times at Frankfurt, Munich and Amsterdam doubling this summer under the EU's new Entry/Exit System, prompting eight member states and Switzerland to request extended exemptions ahead of September's looming deadline

Syria’s “Site 99” that concealed Assad’s nuclear material: Israel’s threats, the deal with the US & Turkey
Assad stored material that could have been used to build a “dirty bomb” at a secret site in Syria. Following intensive negotiations and threats, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will ultimately be responsible for removing it
