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Anti-flood works pushed Local authorities fear barriers will not be ready in time for bad weather As anti-flood works got under way in the Peloponnese and Evia yesterday, residents of fire-ravaged areas said they feared that crucial infrastructure would not be in place in time to avert further damage from floods and landslides which may be brought by heavy rain.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Leaders pick up political pace

As the national elections draw near, the leaders of the country's political parties are putting...

Cyprus talks anew after break

The leaders of Cyprus's divided communities met yesterday for the first time in a year but made no apparent progress...

Mayor, citizen in land dispute

Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis and a citizen yesterday sued each other following a dispute...

Fires’ cost up to 5 bln euros

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has estimated the cost of the devastating fires that hit southern Greece...

Police see drug link in triple murder

Three Albanian men were found shot dead in an apartment in Kolonos, western Athens, yesterday...

IN BRIEF

Suspect to stand trial for murder of IKA chief : A court ordered yesterday Dimitris Vrakatselis, the man accused of murdering...

Greek mobile operator fined over wire-tapping scandal : Greece's communication privacy watchdog yesterday fined...

Bad spelling keeps tourists away : Three Norwegian tourists who planned a holiday on the island of Rhodes landed...

Academic released : An Athens appeals court yesterday decided to release the former vice dean...

Bank robberies : A total of 55,000 euros was taken from banks in Thessaloniki yesterday...

Toy recall : The General Secretariat for Consumer Protection announced the recall yesterday of Barbie dolls...

Two killed : Two people, a man and a woman, were killed in a car accident in Kalyves...


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EDITORIAL

Time for political responsibility The extent of forest fires follows a specific cycle that is identical to the political one. At election time, when politicians are most vulnerable to pressure due to the need to secure votes, the incidence of arson rises sharply. The same happens each time a window of opportunity is opened for land-grabbers, that is, whenever governments discuss the legalization of homes...

COMMENTARY

A new Turkey? The deadly wildfires and the snap elections at home have naturally deflected attention from political developments in neighboring Turkey. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Erdogan's election triumph and Gul's presidential win - a fact that did not go down well...

DPINION

What politicians need to be asked In the wake of the recent tragedy of the fires, it was clear that this pre-election period would not be like previous ones, that it would lose its «color,» its traditional sparring and rousing rhetoric. The truth is that this color had faded long before the devastating fires.

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