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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
SocietyCommission on Human Rights, an independent body which advises the Greek state in accordance with UN human.... The National Commission on Human Rights adopts a higher estimate of 699,118 emigrants between 2008 and 2015... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agorawith domestic, EU law and Human Rights provisions. In a number of cases, mandated measures have been judged...). Other claims are directed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Most cases have been... about deprivation of possession in national and European courts. The expropriation type claims have
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a number of bureaucratic obstacles. “There is no protection system against human error, such as ETCS... the human error involved. The Larissa station manager was arrested on Wednesday. The government... whether the government would be forced to resign, but in reality New Democracy took a minor hit to its
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the crash was caused by human error, which has been the government’s main line of argument..., to resign and call elections which should be monitored by international observers. The opposition...’s majority on the committee ensured that the probe focussed on the human error element in the crash
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Opposition parties bring Tempe issue back to Parliament after mass protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsitself, which the government insisted right from the start was the result of human error, but also... been doctored to support the explanation of human error causing the crash. Apart from... ERT employees called for the broadcaster’s management to resign. This call was repeated by PASOK
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyof the UN Convention on Human Rights. These include designating paths to citizenship for older... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship
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Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
Agorafacilities for refugees in Greece continue to be unacceptable. Human Rights Watch highlighted recently... pressing of crises, where the human cost is so clear, is an embarrassment for the EU and its members... to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière suggested in an interview earlier
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Wildfires provide familiar test for government
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be whether human lives are lost. Despite the massive devastation inflicted by the Evia fire two years... to the fact that it had prevented a Mati-style human disaster. Greeks abroad While all the attention... elections. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus said that removing the barriers was “a matter of respect.” Many
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
appeared disappointed, they decided to stop this type of protest and noted they will reconsider..., and possible jihadists among them, from reaching Berlin and other capitals. This type of rhetoric has been... targets one side with human lives on the other. It is not clear if this is the deterrent, though
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The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
Agoraspread faster than the virus itself. This type of news knew no borders, nor did they distinguish age... of this type of news on social media. Denial of the virus as a "defence mechanism" Another disconcerting... insecurity among the citizens. In fact, the effects of misinformation on human health have been
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