Prevention
Migrant crisis posed new challenges - panel
BELGRADE - The migrant crisis, which saw around a million people pass through Serbia, posed new challenges for local communities and self-government authorities - the citizens demonstrated humaneness and the authorities became aware of the significance of improving resilience to various crises and ensuring the necessary infrastructure, a panel was told Friday.
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Macedonia to Trim Secret Police's Eavesdropping Powers
A set of government proposed bills in Macedonia, aimed at improving civilian control over the security services, which Brussels has noted in the past as a serious issue, will enter parliamentary procedure this week.
Djukic Dejanovic: Prevention, awareness matter
BELGRADE - Almost everything poses a risk today and that is why society must be well-prepared and work on prevention and awareness, Serbian Minister without portfolio for Demographics and Population Policy Slavica Djukic Dejanovic said as the conference Investing in (Municipal) Resilience opened on Thursday.
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Poll reveals ignorance about vaccines
Only six out in 10 Greeks believe in the effectiveness of vaccinations in combating the spread of infectious diseases, while three in 10 suspect that the risks of side effects are equal to or greater than the benefits, researchers have found.
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Police presence in flood-hit areas strengthened against looting
The Greek police force (ELAS) has dispatched hundreds of officers and increased patrols in parts of western Attica that suffered widespread damage in flash floods last week amid reports of looting.
A map of the most dangerous countries in the world (MAPS)
Travelling to any country in the world always comes with its own risks.
How easy is it to travel around? Are there any security threats? What health precautions should you take?
These are all important questions that should be addressed before you step aboard a plane, train or automobile.
Camera-destroying Frenchman arrested
A 22-year-old French national was arrested shortly after midnight on Monday as he smashed surveillance cameras outside the Culture Ministry building on Bouboulina Street in Athens with a crowbar.
Police said he had already managed to smash two cameras before they reached him and that they found another camera in his possession.
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Man performing bicycle kick on balloon in Ankara goes viral
Surveillance camera footage of a man performing an enormous bicycle kick on a balloon in Ankara has gone viral on Turkish social media.
Toulouse “vehicle attack”: Car slams into crowd outside school! (Upd.2)
Three people, Chinese students, have been injured.
According to the police, it is not an accident, as it appears that the driver slammed the car intentionally on the people.
Sources from the hospital report that the three injured students are in a very serious condition.
The 28-year-old driver has been arrested.
FYROM and the fight against terrorism
We must be open as to why 150 citizens of FYROM joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq. This was declared by the US ambassador to Skopje, Jess Baily, in front of foreign security experts, who, in the next three days, will discuss issues of terrorism and violent extremism.
Baily said that the prevention of terrorism requires the contribution of everyone.
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