Transit bus

With the start of summer vacation and the approach of Eid al-Adha, the prices of intercity bus tickets in Türkiye have surpassed those of air tickets, sparking a debate on social media.

A brilliant initiative launched in the French town of Grenoble has found a way to fill that "dead time" wasted as people wait for the bus. With the press of a button, the Short Story Dispenser prints (for free) a small piece of fiction on a length of paper similar to a receipt that can be read in one, three or five minutes, the average time people spend waiting at a urban bus stop.

Unidentified vandals smashed the validating machines on a city bus in the southeastern suburb of Vari after threatening the driver, Kathimerini has learned.