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The draft law for the regulation of the state of alert period that will be established after the end of the state of emergency, adopted by the Government, provides for the establishment of the obligation to carry the protective mask in closed public spaces, commercial spaces, public transport and at work, said on Monday Ionel Danca, the head of the Chancellery of Prime Minister, after a governm

The government has asked for a prosecutor to press charges against two priests who provided communion to the faithful Sunday despite a ban on church attendance.

One of the priests, in the Athens neighborhood of Koukaki, was photographed from a nearby building secretly giving communion to people through the back door.

Acting Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu has met on Wednesday with members of a European Commission delegation who is in Romania within a Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) assessment mission, with the topics of discussion focusing on the lines of action and the timetable regarding the amendment of the Justice Laws and the alignment of the Criminal Codes with the Constitutional Court

The Government approved the draft on the election of mayors in two rounds, will assume responsibility for this legislative initiative, and will send Parliament a letter on this matter on Monday, Prime Minister's Chancellery head Ionel Danca announced.

It's not just presidents and prime ministers who court controversy in the Balkans. Their advisers make headlines too.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said Monday evening that the emergency ordinance regarding the restructuring of the Government should be adopted at the earliest, most likely on Tuesday, "if ready", and asked the ministers of Economy and Labour to prepare a normative act to unlock the situation of miners from Paroseni and Uricani (southwestern Romania).

In a joint session on Monday, Parliament's standing bureaus decided that the ministers-designate of the Orban Cabinet will be heard for confirmation on Tuesday and Wednesday, while next Monday a joint plenary session will be held in which to vote on the new cabinet.

During its first few weeks in power, Greece's conservative government has already introduced a number of appropriate measures, it has sent out a few right signals and has, by and large, made good appointments.
The new administration, naturally, still needs to hit its stride. And, inevitably, some mistakes will be made along the way. In fact, some have been made already.

The civil sector needs to be restaffed with capable people who do not rely on political affiliations.
News of failed politicians and party hacks being appointed to management positions in the broader public sector is truly disappointing. This is not the example the new government wants to be setting.

A combination of transparency and efficiency is at the centre of the "new model of governance" described in a thirty second video that incoming Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has posted on his Facebook account.