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Airlines to Provide Greek Police with Passenger Data as Greece Harmonizes with EU RulesAirlines will be required to provide Greek Police (ELAS) with data on passengers traveling into or out of Greece, or face fines of up to 30,000 euros, as the country harmonizes with the EU’s PNR Directive (Directive 2016/681) aimed at curbing terrorism and crime.Aimed at tightening security, preventing, detecting and investigating terrorism and other forms of crime including drugs and human trafficking, and child sexual exploitation, the EU’s PNR rules oblige travelers to provide full name, address and contact, date of booking and ticket issue, scheduled travel date, payment method and billing address, travel agent, travel history, and baggage information.
EU to launch joint spy school, boost electronic warfare skillsThe defense ministers of 25 EU member countries agreed Monday on a joint EU intelligence school, along with 16 other new projects, as part of their military pact.The establishment of a joint EU spy school would be a big step forward for the bloc’s intelligence community. Until recently, a significant deepening of intelligence cooperation in the Union was blocked by the U.K., which viewed it as unwelcome competition to the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, made up of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Britain. With Brexit approaching, London no longer stands in the way.However, eyebrows will be raised by the proposal to have Greece lead the academy, with help from Cyprus, meaning two of the EU’s members with the closest ties to Moscow would run the project.
Interpol's new chief set to be Russian: 'Putin will attempt his most audacious operation yetA Russian official has been tipped to become the next head of Interpol, despite accusations Moscow uses the international policing agency to target critics. Alexander Prokopchuk, a former head of Russia’s interior ministry, is reportedly favourite to take over as president from Meng Hongwei, who was detained by China and is being investigated over alleged corruption.
Greek average household income fell by 513 euros in 2009-2014, survey findsThe average household income in Greece plummeted by 42 percent, or 513 euros, between 2009 and 2014, according to the latest survey by the Dianeosis nonprofit think tank, which also maps out the impact of the country’s financial crisis based on income and age group, gender, and professional orientation.Additionally, the crisis has hurt foreign residents in Greece, especially EU nationals, comparatively more than Greeks. The income of foreign nationals fell 42.5 percent in 2009-14 compared to 41.7 percent for Greeks.Foreign nationals also saw their incomes contract 12.8 percent in the period from 2003 to 2009, at a time when Greeks’ earnings rose by 17.4 percent.
Austerity violated Greeks' right to food, new report concludesCreditor-imposed austerity led to increased rural poverty and food insecurity in Greece and violated people's right to food, the Transnational Institute (TNI), an international research and advocacy body based in Amsterdam, has concluded, 10 years after the country signed its first bailout deal.
Google helps boost High Street spending with searchAttempts to increase the number of people shopping on UK High Streets has been given a boost by search giant Google.It has teamed up with start-up NearSt to help consumers see what is available in their local shops via the web.The search results will also tell people the distance to the shop and the price of goods for sale.The live inventory system should help make it "as easy to shop locally as it is online" said Google.
Downing Street's Larry the Cat gets a helping hand from policeFew will be enjoying the rain in London today, let alone Downing Street's chief mouser Larry the Cat.He was stuck outside on the steps of No 10 earlier, hoping someone would let him inside to dry off his fur.Thankfully, a police officer came to his aid...
Taxpayers' Alliance received over £223k in foreign donationsRightwing ‘grassroots’ group received $286k from US-based donors in the past five yearsA political group that claims to be an independent grassroots campaign representing ordinary British taxpayers has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign donations.The Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) has received at least $286,000 (£223,300) from US-based donors in the last five years, including $100,000 originating from a billionaire-founded religious trust incorporated in the Bahamas.An American group set up specifically to support the alliance has given more than $186,000 from donors whose identities are secret, according to documents filed with the US Internal Revenue Service.The TPA is part of a rightwing network that promotes free market capitalism around the world.Since it was set up in 2004, the group has styled itself as an “independent grassroots campaign” that speaks “for ordinary taxpayers fed up with government waste, increasing taxation, and a lack of transparency in all levels of government”. It keeps its donors secret, saying it respects their privacy.The latest disclosure comes amid growing concern over undeclared donors attempting to influence British politics by donating to thinktanks and campaigns that refuse to disclose the source of their funding.
Police officer threw homeless man out of station then watched DVD as he died of hypothermiaPericles Malagardis was waiting to collect his dog DjangoA police officer who threw a homeless man out of a station and watched a DVD as he died outside of hypothermia has been fired. Pericles Malagardis, who was sleeping rough at Heathrow airport, had gone to Uxbridge Police Station to collect his dog.The 63-year-old’s Jack Russell, Django, had been placed in kennels while he was being treated in hospital for the skin infection cellulitis. The Greek national arrived at the station’s front office at about 4pm on 4 March 2016 but was ejected by PC Bhupinder Kalsi and a member of police staff hours later.He was asked to leave for smoking inside the station at 12.40am and then physically “thrown out” shortly afterwards, an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found. “He remained outside the station throughout the night,” the investigation concluded. “When a check on his wellbeing was made at about 5.30am he was unresponsive and the London Ambulance Service was called. Mr Malagardis was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6.45am.”
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