Ethics
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Bulgaria Sets Up New Refugee Strategy
The refugees who apply for aid from Bulgaria, will be settled across the country and will get free housing, language and professional training for a year, reports Sega daily.
The municipalities who accept refugees will receive additional state financing. This is provided for in the draft Strategy for integration of persons who received international protection.
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Birchall: Signing Istanbul Convention a huge success for fight on violence against women
The signing of the Istanbul Convention by the Romanian Government's representatives is a huge success for the fight on the violence against women in Romania, in the region and in the European Union, Social Democrat (PSD) MP Ana Birchall said according to a release to AGERPRES on Thursday.
Djuric: IDPs are one of government priorities
BELGRADE - Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric met with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Simon Henshaw and informed him that IDPs from the province and refugees rank high on the list of the Serbian government priorities.
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Jankovic: There is no torture in Serbia, but there is abuse
BELGRADE – Using the occasion of the UN International Day in Support of Torture, June 26, Serbian Protector of Citizens Sasa Jankovic has said that there is no torture as systematically organized phenomena in Serbia, but there are individual cases of abuse that competent authorities have tolerated.
One in 10 Smoked Cigarettes in Europe is Illicit
One in 10 smoked cigarettes in the EU in 2013 was illegal, shows a survey of KPMG, quoted by Mediapool.bg.
In it took part the tobacco giants British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International.
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Survey: Serbians "prefer" sedatives to narcotics
Survey: Serbians "prefer" sedatives to narcotics
BELGRADE -- 8 percent of Serbian aged 18-64 have used narcotics at least once in their life, while 22.4 percent used hypnotic and sedative medications in the past year.
This was revealed in the latest national lifestyle survey conducted by the Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut Institute for Public Health.
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Allegations against ELSTAT head are 'groundless,' prosecutor says
A prosecutor has proposed that crime charges against the head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, be dropped, saying that allegations by a former employee are groundless.
Turkey requested US ombudsman to oversee defense ties
Turkey has requested the United States to appoint a defense industry ombudsman who will maintain closer communication between the countries and oversee joint projects in defense-related issues, according to reports.
Commissioner orders BIA to provide surveillance data
BELGRADE - Rodoljub Sabic, commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection, ordered the Security Information Agency (BIA) to submit the data regarding the number of persons placed under surveillance in the course of 2013 to non-governmental organization Youth Initiative for Human Rights within five days.