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First aid for health system Cabinet approves minister’s plans to overhaul hospital tenders scheme The National Health System (ESY) is about to make «a leap forward,» Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said yesterday as he pledged to sort out hospital tenders, which are seen as a main source of corruption within the sector.

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Professor lashes out at reform setback

The head of a panel of academics that put together proposals on tertiary sector reforms earlier this year...

Corfu hotel permit suspended

The government yesterday suspended the operating license of a hotel on Corfu where two British children last week died...

New probe in teen rape case

The Education Ministry yesterday began a separate investigation into allegations that four schoolboys raped...

Police nab 95 illegal migrants

Police detained 75 illegal immigrants and three traffickers yesterday near Greece's border...

Sham travel agent sets up own trip to prison

A package holiday which offered five-day stays in luxury hotels in Paris and Prague...

IN BRIEF

Two youngsters and one of their fathers allegedly attacked a policeman : A prosecutor issued misdemeanor charges...

Homeowner injured, basement wrecked after sudden blast : A homeowner was injured late on Monday...

Man impaled by branch in forest : A 62-year-old man from the village of Potamia...

Cyprus talks : Cypriot government officials yesterday confirmed...

Train suspended : The Hellenic Railway Organization (OSE) said yesterday...

Arsonist arrested : A 26-year-old man was arrested in Nea Smyrni...

Murder suspect : A 41-year-old farmer accused of murdering his cousin...

Detective shot : A 40-year-old private detective was shot in the shoulder...

NATO drills : Greece will host a NATO military exercise tomorrow...


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EDITORIAL

The cost of a tragedy The deaths of two British children on Corfu last week as a result of gas poisoning - that is, because certain people failed to do their job - have cast a long shadow on the good news about the record number of visits by foreign tourists to Greece. The tragic event hit the headlines of the foreign press, proving that Greece's most profitable industry, tourism, is a fragile one.

COMMENTARY

Bad lessons Life teaches Greeks an important lesson very early: What counts is who you know, who you can bribe, and what party connections you have. Fresh conscripts can be seen lining up at the public telephone begging their parents to arrange a favorable transfer to a different camp. The conversation starts something like this:...

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