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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-05-07
CONTENTS
[01] Four MPs stripped of immunity in relation to Golden Dawn case
[02] Greece awarded 408 Blue Flags for its beaches in 2014
[01] Four MPs stripped of immunity in relation to Golden Dawn case
ANA-MPA -- Parliament on Wednesday decided by majority vote to stip
the immunity from prosecution of Golden Dawn deputies Nikos Mihos and
Giorgos Germenis and of independent MPs Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos and
Stathis Boukouras, both originally elected on GD's ticket.
Out of the 220 deputies participating in the process, 183 MPs voted
in favor of lifting Alexopoulos' immunity. In the cases of Mihos and
Germenis, 197 deputies were in favor of stripping their immunity from
prosecution, while in Boukouras' case the 'in favor' votes reached 182.
Caption: MPs, including members of far-right Golden Dawn, seen in
Parliament on Wednesday during the debate and vote to strip immunity
from four MPs, two from GD.
[02] Greece awarded 408 Blue Flags for its beaches in 2014
ANA-MPA -- Greece has been awarded "Blue Flags" for 408 beaches
this year, as announced on Wednesday by the Hellenic Society for the
Protection of Nature, which runs the international 'blue flag' programme
in the country. With 3.372 beaches receiving the award internationally,
Greece thus ranked second among 51 countries.
The Blue Flags are awarded on a basis of a number of criteria, including
cleanliness of the coast and the sea, organisation, information, safety
and protection of the coastal environment.
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