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Ban on young smokers Law amendment to prevent cigarette and alcohol sales to under-18s Greece intends to ban youngsters under the age of 18 from buying cigarettes or alcohol in a change of law that will also provide social security coverage for women who want to have in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, it was revealed yesterday.

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Athens hopes for stability in Turkey

Athens yesterday stressed its desire for an easing of tensions in neighboring Turkey where the Islamist-rooted government...

Zoning seeks to boost tourism

The government released yesterday a proposal for introducing land zoning regulations which could lead to the construction...

Five charged for fan’s death

A prosecutor yesterday charged five Olympiakos soccer fans with instigation in the murder of a rival supporter during a mass brawl...

Police heed Belgian for Alex clues

A team of 25 Greek police officers is following a seminar in Thessaloniki led by the head of Belgium's missing persons unit whose expertise...

Police rule out dam sabotage attempt

Police ruled out yesterday the possibility that an explosion at the Alpheios dam, western Greece, may have been a deliberate act of sabotage...

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Two men arrested for allegedly torturing businessman in Thessaloniki : Two men have been arrested in the Sindos area of Thessaloniki on suspicion...

Liverpool club's CEO calls for 'careful planning' for Athens final : The chief executive of Liverpool soccer club Rick Parry called yesterday...

Man sought ransom from niece : A 54-year-old man was handed a five-year jail sentence in Thessaloniki...

Body in forest : A Thessaloniki coroner yesterday attributed to hypothermia the death of a 51-year-old doctor...

Railway extension : A project to extend the Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway to the northern Athens suburb of Aghios Stefanos is almost ready...

Trial postponed : The trial of Nikos Palaiocostas, one of Greece's most notorious robbers, was postponed yesterday...

Teacher convicted : A Thessaloniki court yesterday passed down a jail sentence...


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EDITORIAL

The capital city is under attack Greece is suffering a serious public order deficit. Many recent incidents are unique to Greece among the countries of Europe. Attacks with makeshift incendiary devices and petrol bombs, the attack on the US Embassy with a rocket-propelled grenade, the disarming of a special guard and attacks against police stations have become routine. The state appears to have lost control over historic parts of the capital.

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A neighbor’s crisis The annulment of Turkey's parliamentary elections for a new president by the constitutional court on Tuesday, without any legal reasoning, effectively amounted to a coup by the security establishment. The secular military hopes that by using blackmail, polarization and violent provocation...

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