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Trial fixers to be judged Prosecutor names 24 suspects to face the bench for judicial corruption A group of 24 people that includes lawyers and former judges will shortly be going on trial for fixing court cases, according to the findings of a prosecutor's investigation into corruption within the judiciary released yesterday.

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Return of funds’ money proposed

The Finance Ministry yesterday submitted to Parliament an amendment that paves the way for the payment of 3 million euros to four pension funds that purchased parts of an overpriced government bond.

Plea for EU to act over Gaza

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis returned from a tour of the Middle East and urged the European Union yesterday to take a more prominent role in trying to ease tension in the area, in the wake of armed clashes in Gaza.

No germ threat at hospital

The Aglaia Kyriakou children's hospital in Athens has denied a press report that two children have died in its intensive-care unit due to microorganisms that are resistant to antibiotic treatment.

Loansharking doctor hooked

A 38-year-old doctor has been arrested in Nikaia, western Athens, accused of extortion and lending money to two businessmen at annual interest rates of up to 133 percent, police said yesterday.

Lightning kills sheep but farmers not hurt

A family of three narrowly escaped being hit by a lightning bolt yesterday that killed 20 of their sheep in the village of Pefki, near Trikala in central Greece, as freak weather hit farmland in the area.

IN BRIEF

Christodoulos due to be moved out of intensive care today : Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of the Church of Greece, will remain in intensive care...

Officers hunt colleague after he allegedly fired gun while drunk : Officers were yesterday seeking to arrest the chief of police in Megara, west of Athens, after he allegedly fired in the air...

UN extends stay of peacekeepers : The Security Council yesterday unanimously voted to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in divided Cyprus for another six months...

GMO segregation : In a first for the European Union, Cyprus adopted legislation yesterday that obliges retailers to put products with genetically modified (GMO) content on separate shelves...

Opera appeal : A group including artists and museum directors yesterday sent a letter to Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis...

Swindlers sentenced : A 45-year-old petrol station owner in Thessaloniki was handed a 24-month suspended jail sentence and a 10,000-euro fine yesterday after being caught cheating...

Greeks abroad : Greeks living abroad will be able to complete a larger number of transactions with Greece's Foreign Affairs Ministry...

Father's Day : Greece's Association for Male and Paternal Dignity is organizing an event at Syntagma metro station...


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EDITORIAL

Greek judges to face the bench Greek judges suspected of corruption will stand trial in a few weeks. Recent revelations of graft inside the country's judicial system have left the public in deep shock. Justice, veteran politicians used to say, is the last bastion of democracy. When people lose their faith in judges, they are virtually losing their faith in the democratic system. Corruption within the judiciary had reached unprecedented levels.

COMMENTARY

Knowledge is wealth The British economist Angus Maddison is known for drafting OECD statistics on Europe's per capita income. Impressively, data show that people's living standards remained practically stagnant for 17 centuries, with income rising from $300 (current purchasing power) around the time Jesus was born to just $500 in 1700. The inhabitants of the old continent were subjected to a long period of poverty, particularly in view of the fact that their per capita income was actually lower, given that feudal lords and the church acquired more than half the wealth generated.

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