October 20, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Chemical castration for rapists of minors should be considered under conditions,” Greece’s Interior Minister Makis Voridis said on Thursday as the country is been shaking with a series of such heinous crimes against minors that pop up in the news almost on a daily basis. The Minister also stressed that …
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December 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister and obviously wanna-be-medical-doctor Kyriakos Mitsotakis surprised medical staff at hospitals on Wednesday when he claimed that “ICUs are in fact “unnecessary” as there is no medical “study that there are more deaths of intubated Covid-patients outside ICU than inside.” “Yes, there are intubated [Covid-patients] outside the ICUs. …
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November 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Interior Minister said on Monday that the possibility of a lockdown for unvaccinated citizens, according to the Austrian model is not being ruled out. “A general lockdown is not being discussed,” Voridis told Skai TV, adding that restrictions implemented on unvaccinated citizens is “an idea I would consider.” From …
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April 12, 2020
Turkey-GR
Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu resigned on Sunday night, citing his failure in successfully steering the country’s 31-province wide weekend curfew. Soylu’s resignation came an hour before the 48-hour curfew ended. “In a process carried out diligently and meticulously, the responsibility for all implementation of the weekend curfew to stem …
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March 7, 2020
Turkey-GR
Turkey ‘s Interior Minister Minister has threatened that “one million refugees” would travel to Europe and said about the situation on Evros “this is only the beginning.” Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed on Saturday that 143,000 people have reached Greece since the opening of the borders to the EU. The number …
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October 30, 2019
Politics, World
German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer (CSU) is promoting a new EU Asylum legislation plan aiming to scrap the Dublin Regulation and have future asylum-seekers stay out of Europe, Seehofer’s central idea is that asylum procedures start in the countries at the EU external borders and end in other EU states. …
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October 8, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Interior Minister, Takis Theodorikakos, made clear on Tuesday that only Greek citizens with a Greek tax number will be eligible to vote if they live abroad. The Minister put an end to speculations that the majority of Greeks living abroad, incl diaspora Greeks, would be able to vote and …
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February 26, 2016
Politics, World
Diplomatic relations between Greece and Austria have apparently reached a Cold-War level after Vienna’s “unilateral move” -so Athens – to close borders for refugees via FYROM. While the Greek Foreign Ministry turned down the request by Austrian Interior Minister to visit Athens, the former chief of Greek Land forces asks …
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May 18, 2014
Politics, Society
An unofficial referendum about the water privatization was held in Thessaloniki on Sunday. The ballot boxes were set up outside the polling stations where citizens cast their vote municipality and regional elections. According preliminary counting results, a total of 12,875 citizens cast their vote in the unofficial referendum ballot boxes. …
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October 9, 2011
Politics, Society
Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’ had an unexpected surprise for Greece’s Interior Minister Xaris Kastanidis on Friday night in Thessaloniki. Instead of enjoying a movie romance with a pop corn special, Kastanidis had to hear the protests of students who not only raised a banner and chanted anti-government slogans, but …
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