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Trash strike piles on misery Street cleaners extend protest; 40,000 tons of rubbish mounts up in Athens Rubbish collectors refused to go back to work yesterday, extending their strike for the 10th straight day, as some municipal authorities took steps to reduce the public health risk from the tons of rotting trash gathering on sidewalks.

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Ex-chief’s claims of PPC graft resurging

Details of the allegations of corruption within the Public Power Corporation (PPC) emerged yesterday from a file submitted to an Athens prosecutor...

University sinks into violence

The grounds of one of Greece's most prestigious universities were the scene of a violent confrontation yesterday between extreme left- and right-wing activists that led...

Huge stash of artifacts found

Police said yesterday they had seized about 37 stolen artifacts from homes in Athens and on the Aegean islet of Schoinoussa in what authorities estimate to be one of the most...

Aggressive mosquitoes in Greece

A mosquito which can transmit a severe form of encephalitis to humans has been found in Greece for the first time, scientists said...

Plug pulled on power company con artist

A 40-year-old man accused of robbing elderly citizens in Athens after entering their homes by pretending to be an employee of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) was arrested...

IN BRIEF

More than 20 aftershocks hit island but experts say worst may be over : After being struck by a series of powerful earthquakes...

Ministry to hire 5,500 seasonal staff to help extinguish blazes : The Public Order Ministry said yesterday it will hire 5,500 seasonal staff...

New name for Cypriot airline : Cyprus's Helios Airways has been renamed Ajet Aviation, authorities said...

Cyprus elections : The Cypriot Parliament was dissolved yesterday...

KEP staff : Supreme Court prosecutor Dimitris Linos yesterday recommended...

Money laundering : Giorgos Zorbas, the former general secretary for procurements at the Defense Ministry, was formally appointed...

Food fines : The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) said yesterday it had fined...

Car recall : Car dealer Sfakianakis is recalling some Suzuki Swift 1.3 models...

Blackmail suspect : A 35-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki...

Gynecologist guilty : A 70-year-old gynecologist was yesterday given a suspended 12-month prison sentence...


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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis...
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Politics amid the stench of garbage The ink had not yet dried on Kathimerini's front-page stories about the political parties' increasing lack of credibility and the public's loss of faith in the political process, when the political party leaders dove into a debate yesterday that exacerbated an already dangerous situation for democracy. As the stench from the garbage on Athenian streets intensified, none of the political party leaders bothered...

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Soundbite politics About 15 to 20 years ago, the existence of political acrimony in this country was attributed to the old rivalry between Andreas Papandreou and Constantine Mitsotakis. According to the popular interpretation of the time, the problem was the so-called «dinosaurs» on the political scene and the only solution was their resignation, as this would theoretically stop them from poisoning political life with the bad feeling first created in 1965...

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