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Land swap inquiry concludes Roussopoulos, the last witness, denies any involvement in property exchange while also shielding prime minister Former government spokesman and Minister of State Theodoros Roussopoulos yesterday rejected accusations that he had orchestrated the land deal with the Vatopedi Monastery and told investigating MPs that the prime minister had not been involved either.

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MPs stretch House limits over bill

A bill designed to limit smoking and drinking was essentially hijacked by a number of MPs yesterday...

Plan to decongest Thessaloniki

A new draft town plan for Thessaloniki envisions the northern city expanding to incorporate Halkidiki, Kilkis and Pieria, in a «regional metropolis» that would be home to some 1.2 million people...

Taxi complaint line now open

Would-be taxi fares fed up with getting the cold shoulder from cabbies who refuse to take them to their destination can now report them...

Arsonists hit ministry as AFP attack claimed

Suspected anarchists used improvised explosive devices in arson attacks on two offices of the Environment and Public Works Ministry early yesterday...

IN BRIEF

PM and US president-elect discuss global financial crisis : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and US President-elect Barack Obama...

State of emergency called after strong wind fuels blaze : The General Secretariat for Civil Protection yesterday declared...

Ministry sit-in : Health Ministry staff staging a sit-in at the ministry's premises...

Thieves caught : Two men, aged 27 and 21, and a 21-year-old woman were being questioned...

Gay marriages : A Rhodes prosecutor yesterday asked a local court to overturn...

Crushed : A municipal truck loaded with a crane a 65-year-old woman...

Correction : Yesterday we referred to the death of author Margarita Kapranou...


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Students face long arm of the law in Athens A riot police officer waves his baton at a crowd of youths during a student protest...

EDITORIAL

Breaking the law in Parliament We can't really know to what extent a single law can protect minors from alcohol and cigarettes, but what is certain is that members of Parliament are not safeguarding the institution of making the law with a barrage of irrelevant amendments related to the draft bill. The Constitution clearly states that addenda and amendments that are not directly related to draft laws will not be introduced on the agenda of discussion for those laws. This article was passed in 2001 in order to protect the lawmaking process from superfluous amendments.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus EDITORIAL

A false dilemma The endless controversy over the efforts to legalize private colleges in Greece goes right to the heart of the failure of our politicians and society to adapt to the times. Taboos, prejudices, political grandstanding and fear of the political cost have all been employed to stymie efforts to deal with reality, keeping the colleges and their graduates in limbo for no reason other than an inability to deal with problems.

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