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Education is big strain on family budget Private classes cost 2.6 billion euros As the government refuses to acquiesce to teachers striking over pay increases, survey results seen by Kathimerini yesterday showed that households spend 2.61 billion euros per year on private education services.

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Municipal taxes spiraling higher

Municipal taxes have risen by more than 100 percent over the last three years in some areas of Attica...

Volos water looking murky

Doubts were raised yesterday about the safety of drinking water in the city of Volos, central Greece, after a study made public...

Greece dogged by castoff pets

Many pet owners continue to abandon their cats and dogs in the streets despite a scheme to tag domestic animals...

Tooled-up policeman is probed

The government has ordered an investigation into a policeman's alleged use of a metal ring...

Three suspects cut their way to freedom

Police launched a manhunt early yesterday for three Albanian nationals who escaped...

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Two men hijack Turkish plane flying over Greece but surrender peacefully : Two Turkish men who hijacked a Turkish Airlines flight...

Bank employees call for industrial action as pay dispute continues : The Federation of Bank Employees' Unions (OTOE) has called...

Watchdog head confronts detractors : The head of the Competition Commission Spyros Zissimopoulos said...

US visa lottery : The US Embassy in Athens yesterday advised Greeks...

Voter discounts : Voters who need to travel to a different part of the country...

Father stabbed : A 16-year-old boy attacked his father with a knife in Larissa...

Ship stranded : A Turkish-flagged cargo vessel anchored 1 nautical mile...

Emergency flight : A 3-year-old girl suffering from a rare liver disease was flown...


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EDITORIAL

Exorbitant municipal taxes The statistics about municipal taxes on companies which the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA) have made public have raised the dual issue of how heavy those taxes are and how excessive the increases in them have been over the past two years. Annual municipal taxes amount to 8.96 euros per square meter and in some areas have risen 158 percent over the past two years.

COMMENTARY

The gag of political correctness For the past 25 years or so, a very singular form of McCarthyism has prevailed in our country. It has become difficult to express nonconformist views on certain serious issues. And those who dare to challenge politically correct stances are showered...

OPINION

The slow process of EU unification European leaders appear to be realizing - albeit after some delay - that their policy of shallow enlargement threatens to transform the union into a flaccid and cumbersome entity as progress toward «deepening» the union has virtually come to a halt.

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