Though a few of us see the method of Christmas as a chance to be kinder and nicer to everybody round us, lots of the individuals in energy act as real-life impersonations of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol’s character Ebenezer Scrooge, an eponym for greed. But, journalists throughout Southeast Europe play the position of the three ghosts, revealing the previous, current, and future repercussions of those Scrooges’ egocentric actions on society.
In Serbia, the place Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling occasion SNS gained the snap parliamentary elections held on seventeenth of December, the every day Danas reported a number of election day rigging makes an attempt, like buses with electors coming from Bosnia, votes counted in a pub, and, as Serbia Towards Violence coalition introduced, “double lists, lists of protected votes on the polling station, theft of ballots, deceased individuals within the voter lists, inserting two ballots, group voting…”
Transferring on to neighbouring Romania, a priest whistleblower helped investigative journalist Alex Nedea from Recorder floor a bribe and authority abuse community involving tens of thousands and thousands of euros and linking governmental establishments to the Romanian Orthodox Church. The investigation, which attracted over 1 million views on YouTube alone, is predicated on flagrant discussions with politicians and extremely ranked monks caught on hidden digicam by the whistleblower. On the fifth of December, following the journalistic investigation, the Nationwide Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) introduced the Archbishop of Tomis was put beneath legal investigation for purchasing affect.
In the meantime, in an opinion piece revealed by the every day Occasions of Malta, hospital chairman and former politician Josie Muscat accused governmental authorities of abandoning residents and reworking Malta “from a surprise to a monster” by allowing “overdevelopment” and plenty of “high-rise buildings” due to their greed for cash.
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One other sort of abuse of energy occurred in Greece, the place the Municipality of Alexandroupolis refused to display a movie by a Palestinian director. As reported by the Greek every day Efimerida ton Syntakton, the Alexandroupolis Peace Committee said that “the municipal authority is recognized with the road of the federal government, which needs to impose silence on each voice and each group that dares to defend the simply battle of the Palestinian individuals and opposes the involvement of Greece in plans and wars that don’t have anything to do with the true pursuits of our individuals, whereas on the identical time placing the lives of all of us in danger.”
In addition to corruption and greediness, governments can harm society with their incompetence. For instance, Moldovan journalist Victoria Borodin from Ziarul de Garda’s (RO) investigative newsroom uncovered a personal firm on the sting of chapter that exploits fuel reserves with out having a license or an settlement with the state. In Moldova, the corporate serves about 700 shoppers.
One other proof of top-level incompetence comes from the Turkish every day Cumhuriyet, whose journalist Murat Agirel concluded that “even should you defraud a whole bunch of individuals of 900 million lira and it’s confirmed, you can’t keep in jail.” This comment adopted the journalist’s evaluation of the fraudulent Citadel Hawk firm, which stole the cash of many buyers after promising them a ten% month-to-month ROI. Murat Şahin, one of many foremost males behind the corporate, was arrested as a result of he defrauded hundreds of individuals with guarantees of excessive earnings and curiosity. Nevertheless, after being despatched to Muratlı Jail, he was later launched.
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Ziarul de Gardă | 5 December | RO
Earlier than the European Parliament determined to start out accession talks with Moldova, Ukraine, and Bosnia, Moldova made one other step away from Russia, confirms Ziarul de Gardă. The ”Saint Hierarch Nicholas” Church in Chisinau just lately disaffiliated from the Metropolitanate of Moldova, which was beneath the Russian Patriarchate, and has joined the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia. The choice to modify again to the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia was made resulting from historic causes and the improper placement of the church beneath the Metropolitanate of Moldova. The transfer follows considerations raised by Metropolitan Vladimir in regards to the monetary state and perceived pro-Russian stance of the Moscow-subordinate Metropolitanate of Moldova. Because of this, quite a few monks have left the Metropolitanate of Moldova to hitch the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia.
Tanja Rudež | Jutarnji Record | 7 December | HR
Croatian every day Jutarnji Record talked with researcher Dr. Mario Novak, co-author of a brand new examine that delved into the genetic historical past of the Balkans. The examine, which analyzed the genomes of 146 historical people, discovered that Croats and Serbs have the strongest Slavic genetic imprint. The analysis additionally uncovered proof of mobility within the Balkans throughout Roman rule, with people from distant areas, together with Africa, settling within the space.
Solomon | 1 December | EN
This investigation coordinated by Lighthouse Reviews, sheds mild on a harsh actuality confronted by migrants looking for to achieve Europe via the Balkan route. Regardless of the rise in border controls and surveillance, the variety of migrants making an attempt the journey has risen considerably. This has led to a surge in deaths, with many our bodies being buried unidentified in mass graves. The investigation discovered that households of the deceased are sometimes compelled to bribe officers to acquire data or entry to the our bodies of their family members. “They solely know cash. They don’t seem to be inquisitive about human life,” a 29-year-old asylum seeker stated.
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