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Praise for pay parking Scheme has curbed cars in Athens, authorities say, but experts unsatisfied A pay parking scheme, introduced to central Athens last November in a bid to tackle chronic congestion, has had the intended effect as fewer cars are entering the city center and those that do are parking for shorter periods of time or using private car parks, municipal authority officials said yesterday.

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Metro dig begins in southern Athens

Work on extending the Athens metro to the southeastern suburbs began yesterday as Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias sought to bestow good luck on the project by naming the tunnel boring machine after his favorite soccer player.

Rectors ask for vote on bill to be delayed

Six university rectors yesterday asked the government to delay the parliamentary vote on the education reform bill as the academic community debates whether it will support the changes.

An ancient silver coin...

An ancient silver coin is shown yesterday on a site in Athens's coastal suburb of Voula which, archaeologists believe...

Hera statue follows Zeus find

Archaeologists yesterday hailed the discovery in ancient Dion, near Mount Olympus, of a 2nd century BC statue of Hera, the ancient Greek goddess of marriage and wife of Zeus, a few years after a matching statue of Zeus was found on the same site.

Gazi residents demand action on nightclubs

Residents in the districts of Gazi, Kerameikos and Rouf in central Athens called on authorities yesterday to take action against the increasing number of illegal nightclubs that are operating in the area.

IN BRIEF

Magistrate calls on five young suspects and parents to testify : The magistrate in Thessaloniki investigating the disappearance last year of 11-year-old Alex Meshivili from Veria, northern Greece, yesterday asked the five schoolboys suspected of killing their classmate to testify...

Two killed, six injured in crashes : Two men, aged 40 and 45, were killed early yesterday morning after the car they were traveling in hit a stray dog on the Thessaloniki ring road...

Lake warning : Scientists revealed yesterday that they have detected higher-than-usual levels of toxic bacteria in Lake Koroneia...

Students released : Two students allegedly involved in disturbances outside the Aegean and Island Policy Ministry on Thursday that led to a guard firing a warning shot...

Fans indicted : Eight people have been indicted for prosecution after Attica police identified them in camera footage of violent clashes between fans...


WEEKEND

Saturday PASOK leader George Papandreou chairs the Socialists' national council at 3 p.m. at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliron...

Sunday Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis addresses a business awards ceremony hosted by the Chamber of Halkidiki...


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Eleni Filandra...
EDITORIAL

An environment ministry for Greece Greece is the only European country not to have an autonomous environment ministry. The decision sounds absurd for a country where everyone is supposedly concerned about local and global environmental catastrophes. Most paradoxically, responsibility for environment issues falls under the same ministry that carries out public works.

COMMENTARY

Unpunished The recent government bill against corruption in the private sector is a welcome step, even though few really believe that one piece of legislation is enough to fight things like bribes in hospitals as long as the National Health System is a mess. How can the government expect to thwart private sector graft when corruption is still rife in the public sector? If it wants to change the quick-buck mentality that is at the root of the problem, the government must convince voters that it's serious about cleaning up the graft-ridden system. As opposition leader, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis won the 2004 elections on the promise of exposing entangled interests.

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