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Prime Minister: New e-scooter rules put prevention and child safety first

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that under-17s will be banned from riding, buying or renting electric scooters, with compulsory insurance and a new registration system planned for all users to boost road safety across Greek cities

Everything is changing for electric scooters: Full ban for minors and speed limiters to become mandatory

Michalis Chrysochoidis spoke about new road safety measures, controlled access to universities, and sent a message of zero tolerance toward crime

One child is killed on average every week since January 2025 in the West Bank, according to UNICEF

It clarified that 93% of the children who lost their lives were killed “by Israeli forces."

One of the 17-year-olds had left a note before falling with her friend from the rooftop of the apartment building in Ilioupoli: How the tragedy happened

The second 17-year-old is fighting for her life – “They asked for the rooftop keys and within seconds they fell,” says a neighbor

Acquitted of the rapes of her children due to “inability to recognize the wrongdoing”

The court accepted by majority that the 36-year-old former police officer was acting under coercion, fear, and terror from her ex-husband, who was unanimously sentenced to four life terms and 80 years in prison

Starmer’s call to social media companies to keep children safe online: “Take responsibility”

The government acknowledged some protection measures already taken by some social media companies - such as disabling autoplay on YouTube for children

Ban on social media for children under 15 years old in Cyprus, and how to verify the age

Christodoulides government introduces age verification framework to protect minors online, based on European age verification system to ensure privacy

New EU app aims to restrict minors’ access to social media

Ursula von der Leyen presented a tool to restrict minors' access to inappropriate content - The app will allow users to prove their age by means of an ID card or passport

Mandatory age verification to be introduced across social media, alongside dedicated teen accounts for users aged 15–18 with nightly account locking features

With the implementation of the age ban for 15-year-olds from next January, the real data of millions of Greek accounts on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok will be checked

Europeans favor banning social media for minors — 3 in 4 call for age limits

Just 4% think there should be no restrictions at all - Half of respondents said the age limit should be set at 16, according to Politico survey

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