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Environmental alarm sounded for Greece President calls for separate ministry Greece was left in no doubt yesterday that it has to act quickly to improve its environmental policy as experts at an international conference in Athens warned of rising temperatures and more forest fires in the coming years.

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Killer detainee was seen as ‘low risk’

Two Thessaloniki police officers who were in the patrol car from which a 33-year-old detainee escaped on Saturday...

School fails student minds

Two in three secondary school teachers believe that the education system does not promote critical thinking...

Row with rector leads to theft

Students at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) yesterday stole equipment belonging to the rector...

Fires will get worse, experts say

Firefighting experts yesterday told an Athens seminar that Greece must take the necessary measures...

Athens mayor touts ‘green rooftop’ drive

Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis yesterday called on city dwellers to support a City Hall initiative...

IN BRIEF

Visit by UN mediator Nimetz that was planned for this week is postponed : The United Nations special mediator in the Macedonia name dispute...

Deadlines for submitting completed forms have begun this week : Hundreds of thousands of working and retired people have started...

Ex-weightlifting coach denies any part : The former coach of the Greek weightlifting team, Christos Iakovou...

Siemens probe : Sources close to the prosecutor investigating claims...

Flight disruption : Delays and cancellations on domestic Olympic Airlines (OA) flights...

Evia migrants : The coast guard has detained three people on board...

Cafe shooting : An Albanian national was shot in the leg on Sunday night...

Bank raids : More than 28,000 euros in cash was stolen from two banks...

Passengers rescued : Rescue workers yesterday evacuated 651 passengers and 330 crew...


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EDITORIAL

Ivory towers under siege Greece is the country of the absurd, but absurdity is an understatement when referring to the abuses taking place within the confines of the country's universities. In the most recent reminder of this, the rector of the Athens University of Economics and Business had the temerity to remove several notice boards that had been put up without permission.

COMMENTARY

Spill the beans, Mr Minister So, the price of «barbouni» (red mullet), that lovely bewhiskered fish, has risen to 2.90 euros. So what? It's a delicious fish, so why shouldn't it cost the equivalent of 1,000 drachmas? At the end of the day, those who can't afford barbouni can always opt for the «poor man's barbouni» - «koutsomoura» (blunt-snouted mullet) - which is cheaper because it lacks the barbouni's luxurious whiskers.

OPINION

No more room for provincialism Politicians in this country can be unbelievably provincial sometimes. This was illustrated once more by the fact that Greece is at risk of finding itself expelled from the European Union program to conform to the Kyoto Protocol. Both the relevant minister and his deputy have tried to throw sand in the eyes of foreign observers by using typical Balkan machinations. Either the ministry employee in charge of pollution was away on holiday or a United Nations employee was calling a number that doesn't exist.

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