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Archive - 2011

March 17th

The life of women in Afghanistan has changed for the better over the past decade

17 March 2011 / 19:03:21  
Тhe situation of women in Afghanistan has improved significantly оver the last decade, but there is still much to be done in terms of education and their involvement in the political and socio-cultural life, said public figures from the country who visited Greece. One of the achievements is that they already have identity cards, which was unthinkable previously. They can go to school and even half of the university students are women, reported the journalist Asadula Shafay for the BBC.


New speed limits on the Greek roads

17 March 2011 / 16:03:27  
Stringent fines and penalties for serious violations applied as of today will be kept in the new traffic ordinance.


European criticisms against Greece on illegal immigration and prisons

17 March 2011 / 15:03:19  
The public complaint of the Council of Europe for the conditions in reception centres for illegal immigrants and the state of prisons in the country caused controversy in the relationship between the Greek Ministry for Citizens Protection and the European organisation.


March 16th

The national gas company, the lottery and the Athens airport are the first on the privatization train

16 March 2011 / 21:03:27  
The privatization of these enterprises must be held within 2011 and it is expected to bring at least two billion euros. The trumps are mainly the DEPA and the state lottery because in the case of the airport only continuation of the concession is expected rather than the share sale.


40 women have lost their lives from sexual violence in Greece in five years

16 March 2011 / 20:03:21  
SOS 15900 is called the new telephone line providing help and support to women victims of sexual violence in Greece.


Volunteers in Greece will be "regularized"

16 March 2011 / 18:03:52  
Greece is among the European countries where data on volunteers are almost nonexistent and efforts should be made to establish a legal framework for their labour, to protect them from exploitation, and for their health insurance.


Requiem for another Athens

16 March 2011 / 17:03:10  
The old centre of Athens and in particular the area behind Omonia Square is a meeting point today of illegal businesses, illegal warehouses, immigrants, lawlessness, drug addicts and homeless people. This is the conclusion of the study of the SARCHA's young architects. It was not surprising at all.