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Soccer law tweaked again Amendment bolsters EPO’s autonomy ahead of FIFA’s July 15 deadline The government yesterday proposed yet another amendment to a draft sports law in a bid to persuade soccer's world governing body FIFA to lift a ban barring Greece from international competitions for allowing government interference in the running of the sport.

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Ministry targets property owners

The Finance Ministry is expected in coming weeks to target an estimated 100,000 property owners who have hidden information on real estate holdings...

Mayors protest college rules

Mayors from 38 cities across the country are threatening protest action against the government if the Education Ministry tightens requirements for entry...

Strong winds stoke flames

A fire that broke out south of Rethymnon, Crete, was largely under control late yesterday after authorities evacuated nearby hotels and homes, authorities said...

EU growth support slipping

Support in Greece for European Union (EU) enlargement remains solid as Greeks continue to give Brussels a vote of confidence, although the numbers have dropped somewhat...

One of the luxury pools...

One of the luxury pools inside the Brilliance of the Seas cruise ship, which sailed...

Firefighting plane sinks; pilots safe

A Canadair water-dropping plane sank off the isle of Patroklos, south of Attica, yesterday after it was hit by a massive wave as it was refilling its tanks...

IN BRIEF

Ministry slams North Korean tests as threat to international security : The Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday condemned...

Officers hunt for 3 men alleged to have shot cafe patron in stomach : Police are searching for three men in Sfakia...

Police unit planned for risky zone : A police station, including a traffic squad, will begin operating...

Phone-tapping probe : Appeals court magistrate Panayiotis Petropoulos was yesterday appointed...

Teenager electrocuted : A 13-year-old boy was killed yesterday in Petralona...

Stabbing death : Police said yesterday that a 62-year-old man was found dead...

Horseback smugglers : Two Albanian men smuggling cannabis into Greece on horseback were arrested...

Thessaloniki fire : A fire broke out at a building supplies store in Thessaloniki...

Suspended sentence : A Thessaloniki court yesterday handed a 74-year-old man...

Samothrace aid : The government will allocate 300,000 euros to help repair...

Clinic plunge : A 43-year-old man being treated at the psychiatric clinic...


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Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis...
EDITORIAL

Monumental incompetence After many bombastic statements by sports minister Giorgos Orfanos, the FIFA saga came to an inglorious end. Following a pointless period of turmoil, the New Democracy conservative government finally came around and accepted the rules that already apply to the other 207 members of international soccer's ruling federation. It took a few humiliating days for the ND minister to accept the obvious.

COMMENTARY

Double standards Even more shocking than the barbarity of Israel's Gaza raid is the tolerance of the international community. The otherwise rights-sensitive Western governments are applying double standards in this case. Anyone who sympathizes with the drama of the Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants also has to sympathize with the drama of the thousands of captive Palestinians, including many women and children. Israeli forces have abducted a third of the members of the Palestinian authority and some 20 deputies.

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