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Cost of floods counted 3 mln euros worth of damage in northeast; more warnings from officials Damage caused by recent heavy rainfall that flooded parts of Alexandroupolis, northeast Greece, have exceeded the 3-million-euro mark as authorities warned of further heavy flooding this winter.

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Asopos water is deemed ‘deadly’

The latest tests on water from the Asopos River in central Greece have shown higher-than-expected levels of cancer-causing depleted chromium...

Sea death officer is charged

A coast guard officer was charged with manslaughter through negligence yesterday after a man whom he had shot died of a heart attack...

Plan to get Greeks on their bikes

Funds are going to be made available to build bicycle lanes in towns and cities throughout Greece, the government pledged yesterday, in a bid to encourage people to leave their cars...

More buildings to get facelifts

A program that began before the 2004 Athens Olympics to renovate the facades of buildings that look onto public spaces...

Granny kept family drug business running

A 75-year-old woman, whose son has been jailed for trading in narcotics, was arrested in Alimos, southern Athens...

IN BRIEF

Greeks now free to enter neighboring country with just their ID card : Greek citizens were able to travel to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Police catch serial break-in gang red-handed at jewelry store : Three men suspected of breaking into 30 lawyers' offices and 15 jewelry stores in Athens...

OA flight suffers engine problems : An Olympic Airlines flight from Athens to Bucharest...

Rhodes fraudsters : Police on Rhodes have arrested a 22-year-old Romanian man and are looking for three of his countrymen...

Critical rangers : Park rangers accused the government yesterday...

Armed robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of EFG Eurobank in Thessaloniki...

Food seized : Health and hygiene inspectors from the Piraeus Prefecture have seizeds...

Suspected traffickers : Three Greeks were arrested near Kastoria...

Vehicle recall : The Development Ministry said yesterday that 154 Wrangler Jeeps and Dodge Nitro vehicles...


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EDITORIAL

The environment vs financial interests Kathimerini believes the environment to be a major political issue that should rank high on politicians' and citizens' agendas. Greeks understand that the environment is not just of interest to the few, as it affects the well-being and quality of life of everyone and of their children. We have repeatedly written about the polluting of the Asopos River, which poses a huge threat to public health as there are large food and drink companies in the area.

COMMENTARY

Monopoly on history Our history is a casualty of the supposedly «progressive» hysteria that gripped the country since the restoration of democracy. This came to mind as I was reading a letter sent to the paper by a professor at the National Technical University of Athens. I was struck by the fact that a university lecturer...

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