Prevention

Officers from the police's cybercrime division have raided the home of a female suspect connected to the Predator spyware scandal.

The suspect, who was not named, was reportedly an employee and shareholder of Intellexa, the Athens-based company that sells the tracking software.

Police have launched an investigation after unknown individuals smashed up the main entrance and windows of an Athens courthouse.

Four people were involved in the attack on the First Instance Administrative Court in Ampelokipi.

Police said they arrived at the building shortly after 11 p.m. and, using sledgehammers, broke doors and windows before fleeing.

Sixteen prominent constitutional law professors have strongly criticised Greece's chief prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos after he issued a controversial legal opinion arguing that the independent authority responsible for privacy, ADAE, cannot conduct audits of telecommunication companies to find out who is under surveillance by the country's intelligence agency.

A flu epidemic has been declared in Shumen as of today, after this also happened in Burgas. Classes in Shumen are suspended from January 13 to 17, RHI director Dr. Pepa Kaloyanova announced for BTA. Temporary anti-epidemic measures are being introduced on the territory of the region.

The regional crisis headquarters in Burgas decided to declare a flu epidemic in the entire region from January 12 to 17.

The reason is the increased number of patients with acute respiratory diseases and influenza.

The measures envisaged to limit the spread are:

- Planned consultations of pregnant women and infants are suspended.

- Hospital visits are suspended.

Almost 90% of the residents of China's third most populous province are infected with COVID-19, AFP reported, citing a senior Chinese official.

It comes a day after China lifted travel restrictions requiring mandatory quarantine after returning from abroad and reports of heightened demand for tickets and congestion at borders.

Romania is on the verge of a flu epidemic, Digi24 TV reports. The high temperatures in the country for the last few days favor the activity of viruses, noted the media in our northern neighbor, BTA reported.

Police are conducting a large-scale operation in Roma settlements in western Athens as part of a crackdown on crime, according to reports Wednesday.

No more information is currently available. An official statement on the details of the operation is expected later in the day.

An MD from one of the best hospitals in Shanghai has pointed out that 70% of the city's population is likely to be infected after a large increase in cases in China, state media reported.
The surge came after tough restrictions were abruptly eased last month with little warning or preparation.

The vast majority of the world remains critical of lethal autonomous weapons systems in war