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Mental health care failing Death of autistic adult leads to doubts about expertise and current system The parents of a 21-year-old autistic man who died in a private care institution in Athens asked authorities yesterday to look into the quality of care for the mentally ill amid claims there is a lack of specialized staff and that the system leaves some sufferers at great risk.

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Cancer cure talk angers sufferers

Cancer sufferers criticized the government yesterday for not stepping in to stop television coverage...

Yotopoulos ‘ran November 17’

The activities of November 17 were cold-blooded and mercenary and inspired...

Boy escapes kidnappers

A 12-year-old boy was found safe and sound in an abandoned car in northern Athens...

Bus drivers taking on dodgers

A bus driver is under investigation after a father complained yesterday...

Former PM Costas Simitis gestures...

Former PM Costas Simitis gestures during the launch of his new book...

Top military men recruited into scam

Three retired top military officials - a wing commander, a general and an admiral - have been arrested in Athens...

IN BRIEF

Soccer coach reveals prostitution ring after falling for young woman : Police said yesterday they had arrested two men in southern Athens for the procurement...

Suspect allowed to testify tomorrow : The man charged with murdering late IKA Chairman Yiannis Vartholomaios has been given...

Teenager dies : A 15-year-old boy died in Larissa, central Greece, yesterday after falling over and hitting the back...

Policeman released : A policeman who has been accused of murdering a robbery suspect who he shot dead...

Bad medicine : The National Pharmaceutical Organization (EOF) announced yesterday the recall of the Glaxosmithkline Seretide Diskus...

Anti-flu measures : Prefectural veterinary officials yesterday asked breeders of free-range poultry to keep...

TODAY : Transport Minister Michalis Liapis meets with Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis to discuss...


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EDITORIAL

Sadness and concern And now this: Demonstrators at a sit-in at the University of the Aegean yesterday issued an announcement calling on their professors to come by and pick up their personal belongings from their offices. The announcement said: «According to the sit-in committee, we inform you that the department will be open for the collection of your personal belongings on Wednesday, February 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. only.

COMMENTARY

Voice of reason One may agree or disagree with Theodoros Pangalos. But you have to hand it to him - he is not afraid to step into the fire. Although bordering on the self-destructive sometimes, Pangalos speaks out when others shy away from the hard stuff. In his interview with Kathimerini on Sunday, the former foreign minister attacked many of the post-1974 strongholds of political correctness.

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