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Athens metro grows Expanded train system to offer city much-needed traffic relief The government unveiled plans yesterday to extend the reach of the capital's popular metro system as serious traffic problems continue to plague Athens.

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Karamanlis pulls plug on Paleokrassas

The president of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), Yiannis Paleokrassas, resigned yesterday after failing to support comments he made in an interview...

New dump to relieve Attica

Municipal authorities yesterday called off plans to close Attica's main landfill in Ano Liosia on Sunday after the Public Works Ministry assured them a new temporary dump would relieve...

Murder charge for 3 children

Three children, the oldest of which was 14, allegedly strangled to death and robbed...

Time is up for loan scam gang

Organized crime squad officers have arrested 10 Greeks and two Syrians in Athens in connection with a gang that allegedly paid drug addicts...

A child celebrates...

A child celebrates the lighting of the Christmas tree in Nicosia's Eleftheria Square...

Police bust mail-order steroid shipment ring

Authorities in Thessaloniki have uncovered a stash of more than 35,000 boxes of steroids after arresting a man who was...

IN BRIEF

Minister urges debate on recognition of three-year degrees from abroad : Education Minister Marietta Giannakou yesterday called...

MPs call for measures to bring about separation between Church and state : Two proposals effectively asking for a separation between the Church and the state were submitted...

Court rules Vogiatzis was too slow : The plenary session of the Supreme Court yesterday voted...

Esphigmenou dispute : Representatives from the Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos and from the Ecumenical Patriarchate yesterday held talks...

ERT hike : The Greek Quality of Life Consumer Union (EKPOIZO) yesterday described...

Post haste : Four masked gunmen held up a post office in the village of Aghia Fotini near Rethymnon...

Bomb scare : A bomb hoax at the Development Ministry yesterday interrupted...

Multilingual guide : The Prefecture of Athens said yesterday that it had compiled...

Child molester? : A 67-year-old businessmen was arrested in Thessaloniki yesterday, accused...


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Candles were placed...
EDITORIAL

Graft allegations warrant probe The government's decision to force the head of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece's dominant energy provider, to resign was no doubt a legitimate move. Picking the managers of public utilities, or DEKOs, is the government's business. So is their removal or replacement. Any political criticism must be based on managers' performance - not names. That said, the departure of Yiannis Paleokrassas falls short of doing away with the corruption allegations he made...

COMMENTARY

CIA in Europe? First we had workers moving from poor to wealthier countries. Then came the capital movements going in the opposite direction. More recently, a new type of movement is haunting Europe: the export of CIA prison camps to third countries, including existing and potential EU members. The political scandal has cast a long shadow on transatlantic relations, forcing many governments - including Britain's - to demand explanations from their greatest ally.

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