National security

Ljubljana – Slovenia will roll out biometric identity cards in line with legislation passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday that implements an EU requirement that all member states should start issuing biometric identity cards by August 2021.

Slovakia imposes a curfew from today, the country is struggling with the highest death toll from Covid-19 in the world, AFP reported.

Slovaks will not be able to leave their homes from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., a government decree states.

During the day, citizens are urged to stay at home with some exceptions - visits to the doctor, walking to work and walking pets.

The Parliamentary Defense Committee approved at second reading the amendments to the Defense and the Armed Forces Act. One of the changes envisages the creation of cyber-command and logistics support, BNR reports.

More precisely, lockdown for seven to ten days. We will have to wait a few days until the final decision.
According to the words of the Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Goran Vesi, the Crisis Staff will meet again on Thursday or Friday, when the final decision will be made.

She said the traffic curfew on the weekend was wrong

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Lucian Bode, declared on Thursday that he requested reports which refer to the number of fines, but also the applied warnings, because he wanted to know how police officers focus on prevention measures, in the context of the pandemic.

The Greek minister also pointed out that the Hellenic Coast Guard has rescued more than 319,000 migrants in the period 2015-2020

Epidemiologists warned about such consequences even before the extended weekend due to the national holiday of Sretenje.
Epidemiologist Predrag Kon said tonight that the Crisis Staff will discuss working hours and gatherings.
Kon added that the medical part of the Crisis Staff is clear and that we cannot afford no new sudden increase in numbers.

The states must act in such a way as to allow any deprivation of liberty to be examined by independent courts, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said at the launch of the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations, a video conference event organized by Canada, the Foreign Ministry informs.

More than 29,000 people in Turkey violated weeknight curfews and full weekend lockdowns between Feb. 8 and Feb. 15, the country's Interior Ministry has announced.

"The public largely followed the curfew and lockdown measures. But administrative and procedural actions were taken against a total of 29,048 people for violating the rules," the ministry said in a statement on Feb. 15.