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Volunteers help to extinguish 33 blazes
A volunteer firefighter helps put out a blaze in the area of Aghios Ilias in Aitoloacarnania... |
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The blame game over petrol
The same old problem has reared its ugly head once more in the petrol markets.
While every slight increase in the price of crude reaches gas stations at lighting speed, the reduction of international prices drags behind, slowly, if ever, reaching the dials of gasoline pumps. What this means is that in the process from distillation to distribution and mass consumption, there are those who are making hefty profits at the expense of consumers. |
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EDITORIAL:AthensPlus |
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Broken from the start
For the past 10 years, during which Greece has had an immigration policy, the state has been anything but welcoming. Hundreds of thousands of people from many non-EU countries have suffered without reason, over and over and over again. But this has also served as a warning: Choosing to live in Greece is not all that it seems. Because, as foreigners will learn, on the other side of the fence is no paradise of sensible rules and just laws. They need only look at the current panic, in which 3 million Greeks were given just three months to register their homes and other property or risk heavy fines and even confiscation.
The procedures and the staff involved in dealing with immigrants display all the problems that plague everyone who lives here. Unreasonable demands are placed on citizens and foreign residents alike, whereas the state usually fails to honor even its most basic obligations. |
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