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POS everywhere from April 1
All professionals belonging to the 35 branches of the Greek economy in which card terminals (POS) were not mandatory until now, have a deadline of 24 days to activate them.
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Charges for transactions from one bank to another set to drop
The long-awaited decision of the Competition Commission for banks is expected to bring a reduction in the charges that are incurred when withdrawing cash from an ATM of a different bank to the client's.
Although the reductions will not be horizontal, it is estimated that they will bring about some relief in said charges, in the order of 25-30%.
Ten years’ jail for two ATM skimmers
A Thessaloniki court has sentenced two people to ten years' imprisonment for their role in an ATM skimming operation in which the data of at least 665 bank cards were stolen.
Skimming is a way of stealing PINs and other information off credit and debit cards by rigging machines with hidden recording devices.
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Major increase in card fraud
The growing use of plastic money by Greek consumers for transactions in brick-and-mortar stores or e-commerce is strengthening the appetite of certain people for intercepting card details and embezzling larger amounts.
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Russia launches drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa
Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday but there were no reports of casualties, authorities said.
"At night, the enemy carried out an attack by UAVs of the Shahed-136 type on the Odesa region," Yuriy Kruk, head of the Odesa district military administration, said in a statement on Telegram.
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Man handed suspended sentence for credit card theft
A 23-year-old man from Thessaloniki was convicted to 18 months in jail on Tuesday for stealing the credit card details of a lawyer to buy 10,250-euro-worth of goods from online shopping sites in 2020.
Turkish UAV flies over eastern Aegean islet
A Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) violated Greek airspace on Sunday by entering the Flight Information Region of Athens without submitting a flight plan and flying over the eastern Aegean islet of Kandelioussa at 11.39 p.m.
The drone flew over the island, located west of Nisyros, at 19,000 feet.
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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.
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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.
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Malaysia chooses to buy Turkish drones
Türkiye will be selling armed drones to Malaysia, following Turkish Aerospace Inc.'s (TUSAŞ) winning of the southeastern Asian country's UAV tender, daily Milliyet has reported.
"TUSAŞ has left two Chinese opponent companies behind," the daily reported on Oct. 18.
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