PROCEDURE / 298 DEGREES PUBLISHED, 18 MORE THAN LAST YEAR FORM A2 IS OUT Universities, application in two phases The steps to avoid losing the right to compete for university places, 5 days allowed to fill in the average grade points at school. 20,220 new students will be admitted By OLA MITRE The National Examinations Agency has published Form A2, which can be filled in by all graduating students who wish to continue their university studies. In this year’s form, the candidate for the public higher education institution may choose among 289 degree programs, distributed by university across the country. Compared with last year, 18 more programs have been added this year, while, referring to the quotas approved by the Council of Ministers, in the academic year 2015-2016 ... On page 11

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Territorial division, precincts will be classified into 3 levels STRUCTURAL CHANGES First step - restructuring the building Second step - appointments and changes at the top of the leadership • Each local unit will have a police unit • Depending on population size, precincts will also be established • In areas with a large population, precincts will be called first-level; in areas with a medium population they will be called second-level; and in municipalities with a small population, they will be called police stations • The State Police will have 5 directors general and one deputy director • Directors go into the field • Cuts in some structures • There will no longer be an organized crime structure near the district directorates • Staff changes in the Directorate of Special Operational Force, the Directorate for Economic-Financial Crime, the Directorate for Terrorist Acts and Serious Crimes and in the Cybercrime sector, the Directorate of Information Technology, the Helicopter Unit, as well as the Directorate of Strategic Studies. • Staff increase in the Directorate for the Protection of Witnesses, collaborators of justice and persons with special qualities. (In photo:) Police force (illustrative). Table of the steps of changes in the police The organized crime units will no longer be part of the police directorates in each district, but 4 or 5 units in total will operate By AURORA KOROMANI Working groups are being set up to change the structure of the police. Sources close to the blue uniforms explain... On page 6

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