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Greek Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced that employers who do not insure their employees will be fined with 10,550 euro per uninsured worker. Law violators will have to pay a fine of 18 times the amount of the minimum salary for every uninsured worker, according to new measures announced by …

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Just two days after announcing the new law against racism, Greek government decided to put it on hold. Officially some technical modifications are needed. Unofficially, it looks as if there was some disagreement within the coalition government partners. Odd enough, the prime minister apparently consulted with the deputy Justice minister …

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Greece seems determined to impose tougher punishment for racist and xenophobic crimes and even forbid  symbols like the Nazi salute if used by lawmakers.  Exempted from the new anti-racism legislation are not even members of the Greek parliament, if they use it for such crimes.  The government has prepared a …

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Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI and three other firms were fined a record €1.47 billion by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday (5 December) for fixing prices of TV and monitor cathode-ray tubes for nearly a decade. The European Commission slapped the biggest penalty, of €313.4 million, on Dutch-based Philips. LG …

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I think that’s the only measure I agree with: only eco-friendly, low-emisions cars will be allowed to drive through downtown Athens at any day of the week. The measure comes into effect, today, September 3rd 2012, in an effort to have residents of the Greek capital and the broader Attica …

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While speculators continue to operate undisturbed, the Ministry of Development has exhausted its severity and the law in punishing a baker for handing out free potatoes to his customers, two weeks ago. According to daily “Eleftheros Typos”, the Ministry fined the baker with 5,000 euros. A statement issued by the General Secretariat of …

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The revised law for the protection of companion animals and strays has been uploaded on March 31 on internet for public consultation. You can write your comments until April 13, 2011. Unfortunately I can’t translate the whole law… However from the comments I’ve read so far, there are constructive proposals  …

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Important changes in the Law for the protection of animals are on the way as the Ministry for Rural Development and Food finally submitted a draft with regulations that aim to protect animals – strays or companion animals. The draft bill foresees no-redeemable penalties for animals abusers and fines up …

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