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Ministers at odds over taps Papaligouras says suicide may be linked to snooping, Voulgarakis disagrees The two ministers at the center of the government's handling of the phone-tapping affair briefed a parliamentary committee yesterday but disagreed over how significant the alleged suicide of a Vodafone technician was to the case.

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EU looks into gov’t role in OTE plan

The European Commission is expected today to call for an investigation into Greece's plans to partially fund an OTE telecom voluntary retirement program...

Lax laws let CD piracy thrive

Seizures of pirate compact discs dropped last year, police said yesterday, but this is partly due to a growing trend in music being downloaded...

Rubbish strike to litter Athens

Rubbish piles could reappear on the streets of Athens over the next few days as Attica's only landfill will be closed from today through to Friday due...

New high schools get a gold star

Prompted by the dwindling number of pupils, the Inner Cabinet yesterday approved plans to scrap technical high schools in favor of creating a new breed...

Worried soldiers cry out over spoiled milk

Piraeus prefecture officials blocked yesterday more than 97 tons of canned milk from heading to soldiers' breakfast tables after finding that it had turned...

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Athens pleads for calm, wants to avoid a 'clash of civilizations' : Greece yesterday joined the calls for calm around the world...

Heavy snow cuts off more than 300 villages around the country : More than 300 villages around Greece were isolated...

Greece, Spain : Save EU Constitution : Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis and his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos met...

Slippery thieves : Three armed men yesterday held up an olive oil factory in Hania...

Alcohol ring : A Thessaloniki court yesterday imposed a total of 4.5 million euros in fines...

Bryza visit : US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matt Bryza said...

Drugs murder : A 25-year-old Greek woman was charged yesterday with the murder...

Bank blast : The leftist group «Anti-State Justice» claimed responsibility...

Explosive mail : An army conscript on Rhodes is being questioned by military police...

Armed robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of ATEBank located at the Mitera...


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EDITORIAL

Government doublespeak Watching the meeting of Parliament's Institutional Transparency Committee yesterday, the general consensus was that the government failed to present a consistent argument. Despite the seriousness of the phone-tapping incident, the two conservative ministers who are handling the case failed to present a unified front. It was the second time they did so after the joint press briefing last week. At that time, Justice Minister Anastassis Papaligouras was very cautious in his remarks.

COMMENTARY

Political media We will not comment on whether Socialist leader George Papandreou's call for four ministers to resign over the phone-tapping scandal is right or wrong. The point is that opposition PASOK's demand came five days after the controversial press briefing. The delay may stem from Papandreou's poor political reflexes or his change of mind over the affair. Unfortunately, a third explanation sounds more plausible.

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