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Government announces stricter public health measures after COVID-19 super-spreading events

The situation with enormous crowding at bars and clubs over the last days- at least 100 cases were traced to a single huge party, reportedly including many high school students in the Athens seaside area of Alimos - has left the government scrambling to tighten public health precautions and measures, which were announced today by Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias, to help ste

Racism, Police Brutality and Online Hate: Why Romania’s Roma are no nearer their Black Lives Matter Moment

"I don't know," the man wails.

"Then who was it?" comes the question.

The unsteady video offers a blurred glimpse of two uniformed officers swinging their arms at the man's legs. A third officer, in plainclothes, rests a shoe on the man's neck. A series of rapid thwacks fills the soundtrack, punctuated by the man's shrieks.

Traffic Police crack down on motoring violations

A crackdown by the Traffic Police between May 18 and 24 resulted in hundreds of offenses being recorded across Greece.
A total of 934 police units stopped 13,239 vehicles in different parts of the country during that period and issued 1,592 tickets to motorcyclists not wearing helmets and another 390 fines to motorists who had parked on access ramps for the disabled.

Four arrested, many fined for flouting coronavirus-related safety rules on Wednesday

Four people were arrested on Wednesday for violating rules on operating their businesses amid the pandemic and numerous fines were issued for ignoring health rules over the last 24 hours, according to police data issued on Thursday.

Officers recorded 38 violations of minimum safety distance and face mask rules nationwide on Wednesday.

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