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Istanbul’s new luxury taxis introduced

Luxury vehicles converted from minibusses, which are intact with features such as a wheelchair ramp and roof lighting, in line with the decision made by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's Transportation Coordination Center (UKOME), have been introduced.

The UKOME took the decision to convert minibusses into luxury taxis in November 2022.

GPS signal from wireless headphones leads police to airport thief

A member of the ground staff at Athens International Airport has confessed to stealing valuables from passengers' luggage on at least 70 occasions after police tracked him down by following the GPS signal from a pair of wireless headphones which he had stolen from a tourist's suitcase.

Turkish UAV flies over Kandeliousa

A Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle violated Greek airspace on Sunday by entering the Flight Information Region of Athens without submitting a flight plan and flying over the island of Kandeliousa at 1.55 p.m.

The drone flew over the island, located west of Nisyros, at 19,000 feet.

The drone was identified and intercepted in accordance with international rules of engagement.

Turkish UAV flies over Kinaros

A Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle violated Greek airspace on Friday and entered the Athens Flight Information Region without submitting a flight plan. The drone flew over the island of Kinaros at approximately 5 p.m. at a height of 19,000 feet.

The drone was identified and intercepted in accordance with international rules of engagement.

Negligence behind crane accident, workers say

The Dec. 30 accident that caused the death of six people when the crane that was intended to be raised in the construction of a hotel in the Aegean province of İzmir fell towards the building for an unknown reason happened because the necessary safety precautions were not taken, workers on the construction site have claimed.

Northvolt could postpone building new gigafactory in Germany

Swedish electric car battery specialist Northvolt could postpone building a factory in northern Germany due to the energy crisis and enticing subsidies in the United States, its boss said Saturday.    

The project "could be postponed", Peter Carlsson told German daily Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung.    

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