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Rights groups slam proposed Greek law on migrants
Europe's top human rights official has called on the Greek government to drop plans to include a clause in a draft immigration law that would allow for the deportation of migrants deemed to have made false claims of abuse by law enforcement officials.
Germany’s Schaeuble says Greece could be model for Ukraine aid
By Rainer Buergin & Patrick Donahue
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that European nations looking to throw Ukraine a financial lifeline could use Greeces bailout as a blueprint.
Rushed ‘Name’ Talks 'Reflect NATO's Balkan Worries'
The unusual timing of the round of talks, while Macedonian politicians are focused on the April presidential and general elections and while Greece is gearing up for May local polls, has prompted observers to suspect a link with the crisis in Ukraine.
Inmate murders Malandrino deputy warden
The deputy warden of Malandrino Prison in central Greece was murdered on Tuesday by an inmate who used a makeshift knife to slice his victims throat.
Authorities said the 46-year-old prison guard, a father of two, died as he was being taken to the hospital. His windpipe had been severed in the attack, which was carried out by an Albanian inmate.
Greek pharmacists call indefinite strike over measures
Pharmacists have decided to launch an open-ended strike from Wednesday in protest at the governments liberalization measures.
The pharmacists accused the coalition of making last-minute changes to draft legislation that will limit the role of pharmacies and threaten the livelihoods of some 12,000 Greek pharmacists.
Kosovo PM Misusing Public Cash, Opposition Says
Isa Mustafa, head of the opposition LDK, has accused Prime Minister Thaci of “using public and state resources to campaign. This is illegal," he said.
"He is putting the stability of the country at risk; similar actions by other politicians have led Greece, for example, into an economic crisis,” he said.
Restoring normality
Does Greece have what it takes to become a normal European country? In fact, this should be our overall objective in the years to come.
The reforms, which will soon be put to vote in Parliament, are a step in this direction, but they need the support of political parties across the left-right spectrum.
Militant Islamists taking the Greek road to Syria
Militant Islamists living in the European Union have tried to cross Greeces borders on their way to back the armed struggle against the Assad regime in Syria, Greek security officials have told Sundays Kathimerini.
Government works on new milk rules
Government officials were working over the weekend on the wording of a new law governing the sale of fresh milk, which is proving to be the key obstacle to coalition MPs full support for the multi-bill of reforms Parliament will have to pass for Greece to receive its next bailout tranche.
Cypriot Defense Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos dies
Political parties in Cyprus canceled all their public events over the weekend as a mark of respect for Defense Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos, who died at the age of 48 on Saturday after suffering a brain hemorrhage at his office a day earlier.
Probe into legal firm's alleged role in prison uprising
Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani has ordered an investigation into whether a solicitors office had knowledge of or helped a recent uprising by prisoners at Domokos jail in central Greece.
There are allegations that lawyers were aware that there was going to be a protest against plans to build a maximum-security facility in Domokos.
Minister and unionists fail to agree on future of 212 teachers
The union representing secondary school teachers in Greece (OLME) failed to reach an agreement on Friday with Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the future of 212 teachers who entered the public sector mobility scheme on reduced wages eight months ago but are now due to be sacked.
Samaras urges greater unity as list of dissenting coalition MPs grows
A schoolteacher chants anti-austerity slogans with a loudspeaker during a sitting protest in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, on Friday.
Deportation provision may return, says PM's aide
A contentious provision that would lead to any immigrants who make false claims against law enforcement officers being deported from Greece is likely to be brought to Parliament for a third time, the governments general secretary Takis Baltakos said on Friday.
Immigration bill article pulled after coalition rift
The government on Thursday removed from a draft immigration law a provision foreseeing the expulsion of immigrants found to have made false claims of racially motived violence after the proposed measure nearly caused a rift in the fragile coalition.