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1. School AI rules to allow use for homework but not exams

   Greece on Wednesday announced rules for the “safe, transparent and educationally responsible” use in the country’s schools of artificial intelligence, which will be allowed for homework but not during exams or tests, or to assess pupils’ or teachers’ performance.

2. The European Commission seeks to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

   The European Commission said Wednesday it will ask all European Union nations to outlaw gay "conversion therapy," a practice found to be highest in Greece, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Slovakia

3. Defense minister attends WWII Greek Muslim soldiers commemoration for the first time

   Nikos Dendias on Wednesday became the first defense minister to attend an annual memorial ceremony honoring Greek Muslim soldiers killed during World War II.

4. Athens district spikes free e-bike drive after wave of theft, vandalism

   The Athens municipality of Nea Smyrni said Wednesday it has temporarily suspended a free e-bike sharing program after more than half the vehicles were stolen or vandalized within days during a trial run.

5. Police bust alleged fraud ring in Corinth linked to €1.6 mln in scams

   Police in Corinth have dismantled a criminal network accused of defrauding victims of up to €1.6 million in nearly 100 fraud cases over the past ten months.

6. Greece, Israel highlight potential of India-Europe trade route

   Plans for a new global trade route linking Europe with India through the Middle East offer huge economic potential and a promise of stability in a region battered by strife, senior Greek and Israeli diplomats said Wednesday.

7. ACS Athens awarded MSA ‘sustaining excellence’ status

   ACS Athens has been recognized as an exemplary school by the US-based Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA), marking a major international distinction for the school, which has operated in Greece for 80 years.

8. Authorities say 257 people rescued off Crete in one day amid migration surge

   A surge in migration across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya has seen another 134 people being rescued off inflatable dinghies south of Crete Monday, the Coast Guard said Wednesday, revising up the number of arrivals for that day to 257.

9. Thessaloniki funeral directors offer free burials for 25 unclaimed dead

   Funeral directors in Thessaloniki have volunteered to bury 25 unclaimed bodies free of charge after some had remained in cold storage for years at the city’s forensic department. According to Nestoras Nikolopoulos, head of the Association of Funeral Directors and Embalmers of Macedonia, some of the bodies had been kept in refrigeration units for as […]

10. Aid for organic beekeeping, livestock farming scrapped over fraudulent applications

    The Rural Development and Food Ministry announced Wednesday it was scrapping all aid programs for organic beekeeping and livestock farming, amid a rash of bogus applications by farmers to receive EU subsidies.