Tag Archives: protection

After the shocking videos of donkeys abuse and the ugly incident where muleteers attacked animal rights activists, authorities on the island of Santorini finally decided to take measures for the protection of the troubled  and abused in many ways animals. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Municipality of Santorini …

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Greece’s Finance Ministry submitted a regulation to the Parliament offering tax protection to occasional workers with low annual income. The regulation refers to incomes obtained in 2017 and was submitted ahead of the tax declarations to be made in coming weeks of 2018. The regulation allows low-income tax payers who …

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Residences worth up to 300,000 euros will be exempted from electronic foreclosure actions that are expected to be launched soon. The exemption follows an agreement of the Justice Minister with the banks. According to a report by athensnewsagency, all residences valued at 300,000 euros or less will be exempted from …

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After several written requests the European Commission finally took position on the return of the Parthenon Marbles in the context of Brexit. In a notion to SYRIZA MEP Stelios Kouloglou, the Commission said there is nothing it can do arguing the Marbles are old. MEP Kouloglou had already written twice …

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Greece plans to make country of origin labelling on milk mandatory from 2018, joining the growing trend of more precise food labelling in EU countries, which has angered the food industry. Agriculture Minister Evangelos Apostolou said on Thursday (7 September) parliament would vote on a bill regulating the milk labelling …

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Τhe ministry of labor submitted in parliament on Tuesday evening a draft bill on a series of measures designed to protect labor rights. The bill aims especially to tackle undeclared, under-declared and unpaid labor as well as the issue of delayed salary and wages payments. among others the bill allows …

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Brexit Bill: UK lawmakers voted against protecting rights of EU nationals living in UK. By a majority of 48, MPs have refused to protect unilaterally the rights of EU nationals living in the UK. The vote on Monday evening allows Theresa May to negotiate over the rights of EU nationals …

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Italian luxury fashion house Gucci denied on Wednesday reports published in Greek media and “La Repubblica” that it offered to pay Greece’s ministry of culture 56 million euros for a fashion project on the Acropolis Hill in Athens. “The published speculation regarding the supposed economic proposal, direct or indirect, is …

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Runway show, glam, Hollywood stars, fashion editors, lighting, music, installations, platforms, chairs and tables and kilometer-long cables on the ancient marbles of Acropolis in turn of a 2-million-euro donation? Despite the economic crisis, Greeks said “No, Thanks!” The idea proposed by famous luxury brand Gucci was turned down by the …

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“Esteemed citizens of Greece. Denmark needs your help.” In quite acceptable Greek, presenter Danish Mikael Bertelsen explains the reasons why Greeks should help Danish tourists whenever they see them around. The campaign appeals to the kindness of  foreigners to save Danes. “We love Greece, but there is a problem” Bertelsen …

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An important decision for the protection of human rights in times of bailouts and austerity. For the first time, the European Court of Justice explicitly stated that the European institutions and in particular the European Commission are bound by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and are obliged to protect …

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It’s done. Despite the famous Greek summer, as of tomorrow, June 1st 2016, it will rain auctions and foreclosures. The relevant Presidential Decree was signed and published in the Official Gazette. Apartments, villas, land plots, hotels, ships, helicopters and yachts but also 180 sheep and poultry farm equipment with 4 …

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Europe will set Greece a deadline of May 12 to register all migrants in an orderly fashion or face more border controls, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told a German newspaper on Friday. The border controls could be extended if Greece would miss the deadline. In an interview with German …

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These days I try to avoid watching on television candidates from political parties praising their program and their positions. It mostly makes me sad to see either new and totally unknown faces or veterans MPs of all colors and ideological directions insisting that they know how to economically save me;  …

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Three years after Greece sought the money of IMF and drained every employee, pensioner and property owner with unbearable taxes, Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras openly admits: there is still a caste of people the tax authorities do not dare to touch. People with millions in the bank who declare income below …

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Tens of EU officials are advised to walk around the streets of Athens wearing shabby clothes in order to avoid become a target of terrorists. The advice from Brussels was transmitted to Troika employees after the series of bomb attacks in the Greek capital. According to “Micropolitikos” column at daily Ta …

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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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