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KEPs to issue new and replacement driving licenses

Greeks and foreigners living in Greece will no longer have to queue up at the Transport Ministry to get new or replacement driving licenses as the government decided yesterday that Citizen Service Centers (KEP) will be responsible for this task from now on.

According to a decision published in the Government Gazette, drivers will be able to get new permits or renew old ones at KEPs.

Foreign Ministry vehemently denies bargain with jihadists over Turkish territory

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has categorically denied a report that Ankara has agreed to hand over the tomb of Süleyman Shah, a speck of Turkish territory inside Syria, to jihadists in return for the release of 49 Turkish nationals who they have been keeping hostage since early June.

Greece to give children at primary school road safety lessons

Children at Greek primary schools are to receive training on driver etiquette and road safety from this year, the Education Ministry has announced.

The lessons will be offered to children in the 3rd and 4th grades, said Deputy Education Minister Alexandros Dermetzopoulos. They will include visual material and practical teaching that will take place in schoolyards.

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