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Athens salutes London Officials offer advice and help in organizing 2012 Olympic Games Almost a year after last summer's Olympics, Greek officials yesterday passed on their congratulations, advice and offers of help to London, which was picked to host the 2012 Games after a nail-biting vote.

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Greeks shiver at heating oil levy

With the government expected to announce in coming weeks just how consumers will be protected from a higher tax on heating oil, officials are releasing some details...

Cheating conscripts targeted

More than 55,000 Greek men who have served a reduced stint in the military due to their family status will be scrutinized after the Defense Ministry found that some had used...

Theoklitos free of drug charge

Five months after he resigned as Bishop of Thessaliotis, following mounting pressure in the wake of allegations about him dealing in drugs, Theoklitos was yesterday cleared...

Athens ire at FYROM land claim

Angered by what it described as the «serious issue» of the existence of schoolbooks in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) which contain material implying...

Rescue workers yesterday carried...

Rescue workers yesterday carried the remains of an unidentified man from a height of 1,300 meters on Mount Taygetus...

Greek MEP’s name has Europeans in muddle

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - After twice mangling the multisyllabic name of a Greek European Parliament member who authored a report on Iraq...

IN BRIEF

Brussels gives Athens 15 days to reply over EU compatibility : The European Commission yesterday made public the warning letter...

Palestinians reject report doubting former patriarch's guilt on land deals : The Palestinian Authority said yesterday that a report published this week...

Popular Zagori brand withdrawn : The food safety watchdog EFET yesterday said it was recalling...

Votanikos development : Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis yesterday submitted plans to the Finance Ministry...

Biofuel threat : The European Commission yesterday sent Greece, as well as eight other EU member states...

Kabul hospital : A Greek mobile army surgical hospital with 30 medical personnel and 20 support staff will be operational...

Dead fish : Local officials in the prefecture of Trikala in central Greece said yesterday...

Hash truck : Police yesterday seized a truck carrying 116 kilos of cannabis...

Flip-flop flop : Officers at a prison in Hania, Crete found two bundles containing eight grams of cannabis each...

Dog attack : Two pit bulls attacked a two-year-old boy late Tuesday in the beachside area of Voula...

Hotel drugs : A 48-year-old man was arrested in Crete yesterday after police found...


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EDITORIAL

Government booked News that 29 libraries, established across the country under the auspices of the national organization devoted to books for children and young people, may close down and that three of them have suspended their operations is a cause for serious concern. In a country that already suffers a shortage of public libraries and which has tried to stimulate readership among pupils, it is unforgivable that the few remaining libraries are in danger of closing down as well. To be sure, PASOK Deputy Maria Damanaki's intervention was driven by political opportunism and carefully avoided the fact...

COMMENTARY

A crumbling system A number of interesting developments are currently at play in the domestic political arena. The mainstream political parties, the trade unions and the sections of society who enjoy close ties to the public sector all appear to be in disarray. The apparent confusion has been caused by the government's reform campaign, a necessary measure to tackle Greece's fiscal woes, faltering productivity and dysfunctional civil administration. These problems have no place in a changing...

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