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Protesters angry after police shot a 17-year-old boy dead set cars and buildings ablaze in Paris suburbs and unrest spread to some other French cities and towns Wednesday night and Thursday morning, despite increased security efforts and the president's calls for calm.

Criminal charges are pressed against head of the department in the National Police Service, Nova TV reported.

The head of the cultural and historical values sector at the General Directorate National Police (GDNP) Angel Papalezov has been charged after last night's raid on his office and home. The charges are for participating in an organized crime group.

A National Coordination Center for Safe Road Traffic is being established, the government decided today. 

The main task of the new center is to reduce the response time for heavy road accidents or the occurrence of temporary obstacles on the roads as a result of severe weather conditions or other force majeure circumstances.

 Athens parking system dogged by staff shortages and dispute over profits

Staff shortages following the unraveling of Athens’s municipal police force and a dispute over profits have left the capital’s pay-and-display parking system in disarray, Kathimerini understands.