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It’s official, graft’s rife State watchdog’s 2003 report cites cases of bribery, corruption The state watchdog entrusted with fighting official corruption presented its first report to Parliament and Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday and - Greeks might not be surprised to learn - it is rife with instances of brazen corruption by members of local authorities and the public administration.

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Cypriot chief blamed for plan’s failure

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lays the blame for the Greek-Cypriot rejection of his reunification plan on President Tassos Papadopoulos in his report to the Security Council that will be made public today.

Old-age home report under gag

A prosecutor yesterday took delivery of a Health Ministry report on claims that residents at a major retirement home in central Athens were subjected to clinical trials without their consent.

Olympic ‘not to’ go for a song

Contradicting the chairman of Olympic Airlines, the government yesterday ruled out any move to flog off the ailing state carrier for a nominal sum, insisting it would persist with efforts to negotiate a satisfactory sale.

Deaf-mute exploitation

Two Greek deaf-mute men have been arrested on suspicion of having abducted and stabbed similarly disabled Ukrainian slave-workers who were planning to jump ship and work for a better-paying gang.

Deputy Culture Minister...

Deputy Culture Minister Petros Tatoulis (r) inspects the weather-beaten marble of Hadrian's Arch...

Athens denies plan to block migrant workers

As the Interior Ministry yesterday extended the deadline for immigrants to apply for new residence permits, Athens denied rumors that it planned to deny re-entry...

IN BRIEF

Public order minister insists there will be no armed foreign guards : Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis yesterday emphasized that there would be no foreign armed guards in Greece...

No access to Acropolis, agoras this morning due to strike : Several major archaeological sites and museums - including the Acropolis, the Theater of Dionysus, the Ancient Agora...

Eleven sailors can leave Georgia : Eleven sailors from a Greek-flagged fuel tanker, who have been in detention at the Georgian port of Poti...

Bomb claim : A group called Popular Revolutionary Action yesterday claimed responsibility for planting a bomb...

Iolas villa fire : The Iolas villa in northeastern Athens, which belonged to art collector Alexandre Iolas who died in 1987, was damaged...

Consumer protection : The Development Ministry has prepared draft legislation for the establishment of a Consumer Ombudsman...

Robbers thwarted : Two gunmen who fired at policemen outside a supermarket in Nea Erythraia on Tuesday night had been preparing...

Cafe bullies : Two men who drew knives on a waiter at a cafe in the harbour of Piraeus when asked to pay their bill have been arrested...

Promotion tour : Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis today begins a five-day trip to the USA where she is to brief US media organizations...


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EDITORIAL

Measures to fight inflation needed Prospects look grim for the government's war on inflation. Price hikes not only exceed the average inflation rate, but they are often wholly unjustified. Prices head upward as any rise quickly affects all related products and services, in violation of the principles of healthy competition. Worse still, as the Olympic Games draw nearer, there is growing concern that the Athens-based event will spark a wave of profiteering - especially in the service industry.

COMMENTARY

Suspicious secrecy Secrecy persists over the negotiations on the delimitation of the continental shelf (and a whole set of border disputes) between Greece and Turkey. Despite 24 rounds of so-called exploratory talks, the politicians and the public are still in the dark over what is being discussed. This «secret diplomacy» has naturally resulted in endless rumors about the depth of exploratory talks that were held during Simitis's tenure - talks which to a large degree are binding on the current premier as well. It is time this game of hide-and-seek concerning changes to Greece's sovereign rights came to an end. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly welcomed the «positive developments» arising from the contact talks.

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