The Trick Greek Drivers Use to Park Anywhere – Greek City Times

The Trick Greek Drivers Use to Park Anywhere – Greek City Times

A new phenomenon has appeared on Greek roads: some drivers are placing fake or forged disabled parking stickers on their windshields in an attempt to use spaces reserved for people with disabilities. Illegal parking is already common in Greek cities. Now drivers are targeting disabled parking bays by displaying imitation signs, even though these stickers …

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Under cover with the officers hunting down toxic waste dumpers

We meet at a prearranged location in Aspropyrgos, one of the four towns in the Thriasio Plain, in western Attica – an industrial zone that is home to some of Greece’s biggest industrial facilities, including oil refineries and steel mills. Source link

Turkey Issues Navtex for Live-Fire Exercise South of Kastellorizo – Greek City Times

Turkey Issues Navtex for Live-Fire Exercise South of Kastellorizo – Greek City Times

Turkey has challenged Greece’s maritime authority south of Kastellorizo after issuing its own Navtex for a multinational live-fire exercise scheduled for October 19. Turkey has issued a maritime safety notice for a multinational live-fire exercise south of the southeastern Aegean island of Kastellorizo, hours after Greece published a similar notice for the planned military activity. …

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Ukraine Resumes Strikes on Russian Refineries After Ending Trump Energy Truce – Greek City Times

Ukraine Resumes Strikes on Russian Refineries After Ending Trump Energy Truce – Greek City Times

Ukraine has restarted attacks on Russian oil refineries after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was “done” complying with the energy ceasefire proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Ryazan region overnight on 14–15 October, causing a fire at an oil refinery. Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov reported damage to the refinery, a warehouse …

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Researchers cry foul over grants

A government call for research proposals set its submission window to open nearly a month before the call was published, prompting accusations of opacity from a researchers association. Source link

Al Pacino to Receive Life Achievement Award

Al Pacino to Receive Life Achievement Award

The 86-year-old star of the iconic Godfather trilogy said acting and the colleagues he had met throughout his career had brought him some of the greatest joys of his life. “For most of my life, I have wondered and wandered, but I have always felt at home when I had a script in my hands …

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Former Greek Army Officer Imprisoned for €300,000 Fuel Theft

Former Greek Army Officer Imprisoned for €300,000 Fuel Theft

Four other defendants, all civilians, also received prison sentences. The court sentenced two alleged instigators to six years each, while the remaining two received sentences of three and four years, respectively. The former NCO denied involvement during his defence but left the courtroom before the judges delivered their verdict. Authorities are now seeking him so …

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