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The fact that (yet another) last-minute amendment is required to overcome the short-circuiting caused by factionalism on the newly elected administrative boards does not cover the academic community in glory.
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Prison for Anti-Vax Parents who Stop their Children from going to School in Greece
Anti-vaccine parents who do not send their children to school will be punished by up to 2 years in prison and fines, the Greek Ministry of Education ruled in an amendment submitted to parliament late today.
Amendment writes off multi-million-euro fine imposed on tobacco firm SEKAP
The government on Friday submitted an amendment in Parliament writing off a 44-million-euro fine the state had imposed on tobacco company SEKAP over smuggling infractions.
SYRIZA had voted a similar amendment in 2017, but an appeals court in northern Greece upheld the fine in 2017, noting that it did not have a retroactive application.
Court Upholds Fines for Protest Against Serbian War Criminal
An appeals court upheld the fines imposed on eight human rights activists who disrupted a speech by convicted Serbian war criminal Veselin Sljivancanin in 2017.
Princeton anthropology Prof’s “F*CK FREE SPEECH” lecture flaunts a complete ignorance of U.S. Constitution
Rouse, Director of Princeton’s Department of Anthropology, gave a lecture on Constitution Day titled, “F*ck Free Speech: An Anthropologist’s Take on Campus Speech Debates,” although is still unclear why an anthropology professor was giving a lecture on the Constitution.
Amendment on reimbursement of broadcasting fees submitted in Parliament
Greece's left-led administration on Wednesday submitted an amendment in Parliament laying out the details for the reimbursement of some 85 million euros paid as first instalment by private TV stations for the acquisition of national broadcasting licenses following last year's state-supervised auction.
Govt eyes ‘exceptions’ to law mandating online posting of public sector decisions
The leftist Greek government’s apparent displeasure with the online publication of various state sector expenditures is reportedly behind an amendment allowing for an “exception” to a draft law mandating the posting of all public administration decisions on the Internet.