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Debt gallops ahead State has borrowed 31 billion euros in ‘05 to service loan needs With one of the highest levels of public debt in the European Union, Greece has been borrowing money at faster rates than planned so far this year in a bid just to stay afloat and service ballooning loans.

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Parties row over Athens Olympics bill

Almost a year to the day since Athens staged its successful but costly Olympic Games, a row has broken out between the conservative government and the Socialist party that preceded it in office over the final bill for the event after claims that it could reach 13 billion euros.

New centers for passports

As of January next year, Greeks will have to head to one of the 90 new centers around the country which will be set up under the auspices of the police to obtain or renew their passports, as part of a drive to tighten security, the government said yesterday.

UK e-blackmail suspect caught by Cretan police

In what is perceived as a major victory against electronic crime, police have located a British man living in Crete who had allegedly attempted to blackmail a UK insurance company by threatening to target its website and computer systems.

Swollen Evros stirs flood fears

Authorities in northeastern Greece went on the alert yesterday after the level of the Evros River rose to a worrying high following days of heavy floods in neighboring Bulgaria.

IN BRIEF

Rescue worker, 46, crushed by collapsing wall in Pirgos block blaze : A 46-year-old firefighter was killed yesterday while he was attending to a blaze...

Church court finds Nikiforos not guilty of sexual misconduct : A special Church of Greece court yesterday cleared Nikiforos, Bishop of Didymoteicho...

Daylong strike due next Tuesday : State banks are unlikely to be operating next Tuesday...

Price announcements : In reaction to the high costs of the beverages and snacks served on ferries...

Jewel heist : Four armed robbers held up a jewelry store in the western Athenian suburb of Vyronas yesterday...

Jet ski : A British teenager pleaded guilty yesterday to charges...

Irate farmers : Peach farmers continued their road blockage of the Thessaloniki-Edessa highway...

Murder suspect : Police arrested a 38-year-old man in Kifissia, northern Athens, late on Monday...

Samos migrants : Samos coast guards yesterday picked up six Afghan and two Liberian illegal immigrants...


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EDITORIAL

Narrow minds on broadband use Greece has broken yet another record in the technology race, being last among European Union states on the list of fast Internet users. Fewer than one in 100 users owns a broadband connection, compared to the EU average of 10 percent. The huge gap is easy to explain: Greece has the lowest number of fast Internet connections simply because it imposes the highest charges.

COMMENTARY

Unholy business The archbishop and the Holy Synod who made the decision Monday to sack Bishop Panteleimon of Attica should know that firing a couple of priests is hardly a convincing sign of cleaning up the Church's act. On the contrary, such moves increase suspicions that the Church is looking for scapegoats to cover up and perpetuate an unacceptable state of affairs. At least, this is what Panteleimon's dismissal on Monday demonstrates. We will not comment on the sexual allegations but merely stick to the financial dimension of the scandal.

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