Authorities in Greece intends to give illegal immigrants money to return to their countries, officials said Friday in Athens, according to AFP.
Greek Ministry of Social Protection informed through a press, it was established a fund of 600,000 euros (870,000 dollars) for "voluntary repatriation" of those immigrants who want to leave Greece.
Greek authorities also launched, and a campaign to promote the initiative.
Combating illegal immigration is one of the priorities of the new socialist government in Athens, led by George Papandreou, who was invested in October this year.
In 2008, Greece was the main entry point for immigrants in the European Union. Moreover, about 50% of all illegal immigrants in the EU have entered in the Community across Greek territory.
According to estimates of the Greek Ministry of Interior in Greece about 250,000 illegal immigrants live.
Government of Ethiopia has asked the international community aid for
175 million dollars to face the drought affecting East Africa,
recalling the famine of 25 years ago led to the deaths of over 1
million people, writes The Wall Street Journal .
More than 23
million people in East Africa have limited resources of water and food,
mostly due to drought, as non-governmental organization Oxfam
International. The main reasons that brought the region in such a
situation are the lack of rain, which is felt in increased food prices,
and investment in agriculture.
"It is the worst drought of
the past 10 years," said Paul Smith-Lomas, regional director of Oxfam
International. Periods of drought in the region increasingly often put
in difficulty even in the more developed countries. "It was a bad year
in a series of bad years," he said Smith-Lomas.
Mitiku Kassa,
Ethiopian minister for emergency situations, said the number of people
who depend on such aid has increased from 4.9 million last year to 6.2
million currently, from a population of 83 million. Some of the 175
million dollars will be invested in agriculture, and the remaining
amount is 160,000 tons of aid health and nutrition.
President Dmitry Medvedev meets Wednesday to lead the Union of Russian
Industrialists and entrepreneurs. Topics of discussion are stimulating
domestic demand, access to financial resources and efficiency to the
state.
The meeting will participate, as Union president
expressed, Aleksandr Sohin, "all business people who are well healthy
and not go who knows where absolutely objective reasons. Last meeting
held on September 15, 2008. Since then, Russian oligarchs have gone
through harsh times and have not had the opportunity to share their
opinions Head of State, writes Gazeta.ru.
Now, once the
critical phase of the crisis has passed, apparently, the business must
submit its own development plans. "The spectrum of problems is too
large to predict the outcome of discussions," said interlocutors
publication cited.
Representatives of small and medium-sized
hope, however, that among the topics discussed will figure including
the "Roadmap 2020 for small businesses.
According to one survey, the U.S. is the most admired country in the
world, this being due to in most of the president or Barack Obama and
his administration. U.S. has climbed to the top ranking Nation Brands
Index (NBI), ahead of France, Germany, Britain and Japan. Last year the
U.S. is ranked on position 7, writes Reuters.
"It is remarkable that all these years when nations reputations
study, we encountered no country that go through a change so radical as
happened with the U.S. in 2009," said Simon Alholt, NBI founder, who
value image they have 50 countries worldwide every year.
Alholt believe that the U.S. image during the Bush administration
had long suffered from foreign policy highly criticized, but the
election of Obama, despite economic difficulties, the U.S. enjoys a
much better picture.
The poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media on
20,000 people from 50 countries developed and developing countries.
Subjects were asked to give scores for 50 countries in categories such
as culture, administration, people, exports, tourism, investment and
immigration.
In the same survey, Canada fell from 4th place to 7th place, while
China has got some peaking at position 22. Alholt believe that
improving China's image is due to organize the Olympic Games in
Beijing, which helped her to get a higher score on people and tourism
categories.
Italy has maintained the number 6, Switzerland was ranked the 8,
followed by Australia on 9 and Spain and Sweden, which were tied in
position 10.
By contrast, Colombia and Kenya were ranked 47, Angola on 49, and Iran was ranked last at No. 50.
Pedophiles and people who commit incest, convicted of these crimes,
will be subjected to drug treatment "to reduce sexual compulsion" as
binding. Polish Lower House adopted Friday, an amendment to that effect
to the Criminal Code, announces AFP.
Amendment, a proposal by the Liberal government led by Donald
Tusk, has received a vote of 400 deputies. One parliamentarian voted
against and two abstained.
Under the new provisions, a person convicted of violating a minor
under 15 years or a family member "may be subject to mandatory, at the
request of the court, drug or psychiatric therapy to diminish sexual
impulses.
Under the new provisions, a person who violates a minor under 15
years or a close family member "may be subject to mandatory, the
decision of a tribunal following pharmaceutical or psychiatric
treatment to reduce sexual compulsion.
The judges will be, however, to request the opinion of a
psychiatrist, a psychologist of his sex therapist before to give such a
sentence.
Rape of a minor and incest are considered serious crimes in Poland, is punished with imprisonment from 3 to 15 years.
Initiative on reducing sexual impulses of offenders through drug
treatment belongs Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who had this idea
after the arrest of a Polish 45 years old, who seized and raped his
daughter for 6 years, now the 21.
To come into force, needs legislative initiative and the Polish Senate vote and then be promulgated by the head of state.
