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There will be no restrictions on vehicles entering central Athens from Friday until the end of the summer, the Traffic Police confirmed on Monday. 

The restrictions, which go into effect every fall through early July, are designed to reduce traffic in the downtown Athens area.

Beijing declared its third major smog alert of 2018, and the second this month, just a day after being named the top performer among 28 Chinese cities that took special measures to rein in pollution.

Rome, one of Europe's most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the centre by 2024, its mayor has said.

Virginia Raggi announced the decision on her Facebook page on Tuesday, saying: "If we want to intervene seriously, we have to have the courage to adopt strong measures".

As of Friday, and for the next few weeks, Athenian drivers will not have to look out for the sign showing they have entered the city center's restricted traffic zone. The restrictions are based on whether a vehicle's number plate ends in an odd or even number. The system is designed to reduce congestion in downtown Athens but is suspended every summer due to reduced traffic.

There will be no restrictions on vehicles entering central Athens from Friday until the end of the summer. The restrictions, which go into effect every fall through early July, are designed to reduce traffic in downtown Athens.

"Temporary restrictions on traffic in certain areas of the capital and a reduction of the maximum speed to 30 km/h along with free-of-charge public transport on the days with peak levels of pollution with fine dust particles," these are some of the measures envisaged by Sofia Municipality within the framework of the programme for improving the quality of air in Sofia, stated at a press conferen

Madrid's city hall announced Dec. 28 it had ordered half of most private cars off the roads to fight a particularly bad bout of pollution, a first in Spain.

Restrictions on vehicles entering central Athens return on Monday, October 10, authorities have announced.

Vehicles with license plates ending in even numbers can enter the city center on even days of the month, whereas those whose license plates end in odd numbers are allowed to circulate on odd days.

The restrictions will be lifted on July 21, 2017, authorities said.