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By Stelios Misinas and Karolina Tagaris

KORYDALLOS PRISON, Greece (Reuters) - On a stifling summer evening, the actors took to the stage: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight.

The performers were inmates at Greece's maximum-security jail, and so was the audience. The play - ancient Greek tragedy 'Antigone', a story about free will, disobedience and authority - spoke to... (continue reading...)

HANOI (Reuters) - Three out of Vietnam's five active international undersea internet cables are down, state media said over the weekend, the second major round of outages in the country in just over a year.

The problems with the three cables, which connect Vietnam with the United States, Europe and Asia, have "significantly affected Vietnam's internet connection with the world", reported the official Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam is... (continue reading...)

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark is considering ways to limit the passage of old tankers carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, the Nordic country's foreign minister said in a statement on Monday, in a move that could trigger confrontation with Moscow.

Russia sends about a third of its seaborne oil exports, or 1.5% of global supply, through the Danish straits that sit as a gateway to the Baltic Sea, so any attempt to halt supplies would send oil... (continue reading...)

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and China will hold their first round of diplomatic and security dialogue on Tuesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Monday, in line with an agreement the two nations made last month.

The talks will be led by South Korean vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun and his Chinese counterpart Sun Weidong, and joined by senior defence officials from both sides, the ministry said in a statement.

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(Reuters) - European shares advanced on Monday, with banks recouping some losses clocked last week and as Denmark's Topdanmark jumped on the news of insurer Sampo's all-share buyout offer of its rival.

As of 0709 GMT, the pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.4%, coming off its worst weekly percentage fall so far this year.

The technology sub-index led sectoral gains with a 1.2% jump, while European banks advanced more than 1%.