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Rising inflation prompts concern about price hikes Finance minister attempts to allay fears Greece's inflation rate has risen to its highest in more than two years amid hikes in oil and electricity charges and has prompted fears at the Economy and Finance Ministry that it could lead to a round of price increases and demands for higher wages.

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192 migrants rescued in storm off Crete, 1 dead

The coast guard yesterday rescued nearly 200 illegal immigrants from a ship that had been floundering...

Wildfire recovery plan blasted

Attempts by authorities to restore parts of Greece ravaged in the summer's catastrophic forest fires...

Policeman is a suspected thief

Police in Agrinion, in west central Greece, were yesterday questioning a local officer believed to have opened fire...

Turks find body after jet crash

The body of a Greek air force pilot whose plane crashed late on Wednesday during a training exercise...

TV actor out on bail after drug arrest

A judge in Athens went against the recommendation of a public prosecutor yesterday and released on bail...

IN BRIEF

Athens satisfied with Babacan's visit despite 'Turkish minority' comments : Foreign Ministry sources said yesterday that Athens is pleased...

Four ministry officials to attend international talks about environment : The Environment and Public Works Ministry said...

Soldier caught after firing at building : A soldier who fired a shotgun at a school building...

Judge cull : The Justice Ministry is planning to fire around 100 judges...

Istanbul attack : Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios and government officials in Greece and Turkey...

Eco-bloggers : Concern about the absence of greenery has prompted some Athenians...

University police : The Education Minister Evripidis Stylianidis said yesterday...

Spuds in disguise : Authorities are investigating suspicions that a group of farmers and wholesalers have been importing...

TEI strike : Technical colleges (TEIs) will be closed on Wednesday...


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EDITORIAL

Media and the national good It was only to be expected that the local television networks would relegate the complexity of Greek-Turkish relations to their usual poor-quality standards. That's the way the Greek media have handled most of the national issues and that's the way they handled the visit of Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan to Thrace.

COMMENTARY

Violence is not about style Recent youth clashes are being seen by many as a war of stylistic differences. The «cool» kids beating up on the «emos.» Next, we will embark on an analysis of each trend or the subculture to which each belongs. But this approach harbors many dangers. First, we begin by looking at violence as a matter of aesthetics, a lifestyle conflict. It is that, but only partly.

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