Sociology
Hundreds gather in downtown Athens for anti-racism events
Hundreds of people have gathered at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens on Saturday afternoon, where several events were being held to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racism.
Minister announces "change of electoral system"
Minister announces "change of electoral system"
BELGRADE -- Deputy PM and Public Administration and Local Self-Government Minister Kori Udovicki has announced "changes to the electoral system on all levels."
Speaking over the weekend, she noted that that a combination of "majoritarian and proportional electoral systems" was #the best solution."
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IRES survey finds DNA, DIICOT trusted by majority of Romanians
A survey conducted by polling agency IRES (the Romanian Institute for Assessment and Strategy) between March 9 - 10 found that 63 percent of the Romanians have high and very high confidence in the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), while the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) enjoys the trust of 55 percent of the citizens.
Football racism highlights Europe's struggle with transition and entrenched racism
Recent football-related racism highlights European nations? tortured transition from ethnically relatively homogeneous to multicultural immigration societies amid a resurgence of entrenched racial, including anti-Semitic, attitudes that flourish in times of economic crisis and are not limited to Muslim communities.
JusMin Cazanciuc: Plugging jail capacity shortage requires 1 bln euro worth of investments
Minister of Justice Robert Cazanciuc said on Friday in Constanta that building new penitentiaries to plug the current jail capacity shortage of about 11,000 inmates requires investments of approximately one billion euros.
Photo credit: (c) Constantin DUMA
Turkish defense minister says foreign fighters 'common enemy'
Turkey has deported over 1,100 foreign fighters aiming to join Islamic jihadists in Iraq and Syria, as it sees them as the ?common enemy,? Turkish Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz has said during an anti-terrorism ministerial meeting in Washington.
PM hopeful of "finishing homework" by 2019
PM hopeful of "finishing homework" by 2019
DAVOS -- Prime Minister Vucic has told Reuters that the strategic, political and economic objective of his country is to be a part of the EU.
Another objective was to preserve good relations with all other countries, he said.
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The Sun covers them up, ending topless tradition
Britain's best-selling newspaper The Sun has quietly dropped photos of topless women from page 3, ending a controversial tradition that has lasted decades in a move hailed by feminist campaigners.
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Two different time zones
By Maria Katsounaki
In the last few days people in Greece have been living in two very different time zones: real time and political time. While no one living in real time can escape it, not even for a moment, the only winner to emerge from the latter is the political system itself.
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Erdoğan reminds Davutoğlu of his powers
Just as people began to talk about a power struggle between Turkish President Tayyip ErdoÄan and Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu in the final days of 2014, ErdoÄan finished the debate like Alexander the Great cutting the Gordian knot.
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