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Call to prayer as scandal balloons Theoklitos implicates politicians in testimony, two more bishops and four judges in trouble Top churchmen yesterday summoned the faithful to a nationwide, all-night prayer next week for the scandal-mired Church to overcome the ballooning crisis, as a bishop forced to resign for corruption implicated politicians in the alleged trial-fixing ring thought to have comprised clerics and judges.

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Aide in pension suit about-face

Deputy Economy Minister Petros Doukas was forced to deny plans to resign after it emerged that his top personal assistant withdrew yesterday...

Anger at plan to burn sewage

Local officials and residents from the wider Piraeus area yesterday staged a protest on the nearby islet of Psyttaleia, which houses Attica's only sewage treatment plant, over plans to burn over 100,000 tons sludge that have built up there.

Swollen Evros prompts alert

Authorities in the Evros prefecture in Thrace were yesterday bracing themselves for another round of flooding, as the depth of the local river reached its highest level for more than 100 years.

Garganas warns of tough year

Greece's economic growth will slow during 2005 while inflation is set to rise, according to the governor of the Bank of Greece (BoG), Nicholas Garganas, who delivered an annual monetary policy report yesterday.

Live-in maid held for pensioner’s murder

A domestic carer and her drug-addict boyfriend have been arrested on suspicion of mounting a central Athens burglary that led to the death of one of the woman's elderly employers...

IN BRIEF

Authorities on Milos hold 174, three smuggling suspects arrested : A group of 174 illegal immigrants, including their three suspected Turkish smugglers...

No injuries to passengers on train for Evros following axle rupture : No harm came to any of the 135 passengers aboard a train...

Screwdriver attacker refutes charges : A 28-year-old Albanian laborer, charged with the rape last November...

Conscript death : A 20-year-old conscript serving at a military base in Thebes was found dead...

Power problem : An engine malfunction at a Public Power Corporation (PPC) plant...

Weather woes : Heavy snowfall caused traffic problems yesterday in central and western Macedonia...

Balkan tour : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is due to meet with his Croatian counterpart...

Olympic appointment : International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge...

Drug haul : Thessaloniki drug squad officers yesterday arrested a 40-year-old man...

Bank raid : Two armed robbers netted around 30,000 euros in a raid...


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EDITORIAL

Greek policy on Kosovo The final status of the UN-run province of Kosovo is on the international agenda, but the future looks grim. The status quo cannot go on for much longer. Belgrade flatly rejects any hint of independence for the region, but it seems only a matter of time before that very scenario materializes. After the parliamentary elections in October last year, which were dominated by ethnic Albanians, demands for immediate independence have intensified.

COMMENTARY

Education stalemate The burgeoning allegations of scandal plaguing the Church and the judiciary have naturally deflected public attention from other issues with potentially more far-reaching consequences. One of these is the impending deadlock on the «national debate on education,» as most participants have withdrawn. The National Education Council was meant to hammer out a long-term strategy on the ailing sector after all parties agreed that one of the main reasons for the sorry state of public education was the endless and often incompatible reforms.

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