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Greece to reform Police Rapid Response Units after fatal shooting at Roma teen

November 1, 2021 FEATURED, Greece, Politics Comments Off on Greece to reform Police Rapid Response Units after fatal shooting at Roma teen

Minister for Citizen Protection Takis Theodoriakos announced a series of measures and upgrades aiming at improving the efficiency of the Rapid Response Units, especially themotorcycle police units DIAS as well as in the operation of the Center of Command. The reforms come some ten days after a car chase in …

Parliament approves new election system, but fails the 200 essential votes

January 24, 2020 Greece Comments Off on Parliament approves new election system, but fails the 200 essential votes

With 163 votes the Greek Palriament approved the change in the elections system, however, the government failed to collect the 200 votes that were essential according to the Constitution. In favor voted conservative New Democracy and nationalist Elliniki Lysi This will result into the fact, that the new election system …

Greece introduces electronic Citizens’ Register to get rid of bureaucracy

January 14, 2018 Greece, Politics 5

Greece is poised to strike a critical blow against its notoriously Byzantine bureaucracy with the introduction of a new electronic Register of Citizens. The plan is scheduled to go online on January 22, and will act as a central database for registry offices and municipalities throughout the country. According to …

Greece to impose traffic penalties according to income criteria. Foreigners exempted?

October 16, 2017 Greece, Politics 8

Greece will thoroughly reform the traffic penalties code and will impose fines according to offender’s income criteria. It looks as if foreigner drivers will be exempted as it will be up to Greek Finance Ministry to check the offender’s income declaration. The road traffic penal code will be thoroughly reformed, …

ECB’s Draghi calls on Eurozone-members to proceed with “structural reforms”

June 9, 2016 Economy 2

President of the European Central Bank, Mario Drahi, called for structural reform of the Eurozone and called on the 19 members to proceeded with them as soon as possible. The cost of delaying structural reforms is “too high, by hurting labor and productivity that reduces economic potential in the long …

EU in need of Democracy Reform: Serving the people vs Serving economic interest

February 6, 2016 Very Mix Comments Off on EU in need of Democracy Reform: Serving the people vs Serving economic interest

I suppose the following article is also an explanation on how the European Union corrupts national politicians – or better say: allows national politicians to corrupt their own citizens in order that the latter support the rotten system in Brussels. How? By using European taxpayers’ money for the famous EU …

Economist: Troika is the 3-headed monster trapping countries in economic underworld

January 31, 2014 Economy Comments Off on Economist: Troika is the 3-headed monster trapping countries in economic underworld

It looks as if slowly thε international community starts to realize that the grip of Troika’s imposed austerity leads to nowhere. Or better say: strict and merciless austerity leads right to the sharp teeth of a monster eating our flesh, to paraphrase the article “The euro’s hellhound -It is time …

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