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ND forced to defend new taxes Government comes under fire in Parliament but insists it will not shy away from difficult decisions The government is prepared to be unpopular in order to weather the current economic crisis, Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said yesterday as he came under attack from opposition MPs over the new set of tax measures he unveiled on Wednesday.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Getting tough on wayward officers

A new presidential decree envisages tougher penalties for policemen found guilty of misbehavior or brutality...

Zacharo fire aid scrutinized

The prosecutor's office in Pyrgos in the Peloponnese has launched an investigation into allegations...

‘Eco-driving’ bid to save gas

A government drive aimed at reducing vehicle fuel consumption and pollution targets not only current motorists...

Democratic National Convention...

Archbishop Demetrios, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in the US...

Last bear on Mount Olympus found dead

A brown bear, found dead at the foot of Mount Olympus yesterday, was the last of the protected species in the area...

IN BRIEF

PAO find out fixtures, Aris and AEK dumped out of UEFA Cup : Panathinaikos will face Olympiakos's conquerors Anorthosis Famagusta...

Attempted murder added : Captured fugitive Vassilis Palaiocostas is to be charged with the attempted murder...

Migrant abuse : The director of a police unit in Elassona, in the central region of Thessaly...

Close call : Employees of a bar in the southern Athens suburb of Aghios Dimitrios...

Ferry glitch : A passenger ferry that had been due to depart from the northwestern port of Igoumenitsa...

Tractor death : A 38-year-old farmer from the small town of Meligala in the Peloponnese...

Pseudo spuds : Police and Development Ministry officials are looking for trucks...


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Moscow assuages Greek fears about Caucasus Russia's Ambassador to Athens Andrei Vdovin addressed journalists yesterday...

EDITORIAL

Oligopoly in the fuel market Greece is the second most expensive country in Europe after the Netherlands with regard to liquid fuel prices. As the Competition Commission has just shown in a report, the burden placed on Greek consumers is due to the distortions prevailing in the market caused by the lack of competition among all businesses involved in the trade, all the way from the refineries to the multinational commercial companies, and from transporters to gas stations.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

A modern death cult For a people so much in love with life, it is astonishing to see how keenly the Greeks court death - and nowhere is this more evident than in the way they drive. Even though billions have been spent on road and other infrastructure projects since Greece joined the European Union in 1981, such is the quality of our roads and so great our recklessness that our country is still the EU's leader in road deaths. Our roads are the stage on which we strut and display every personal and collective weakness to the deadliest effect.

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