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Fugitive eludes police, again Search for Palaiocostas resumes in western Attica after fingerprints found on car of roadblock evader A massive police hunt was under way in western Attica last night for a man, believed to be the escaped convict Vassilis Palaiocostas, who evaded a police roadblock in a sports utility vehicle near the coastal town of Alepohori and fled on foot after the pursuing officers shot out his tires.

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Expert picks holes in plan for Attica

An ambitious government plan to regulate development in Attica does not lay enough emphasis on curbing building in densely built areas...

Pavlidis family mounts defense

The finances of the Pavlidis family came under further scrutiny yesterday while former Aegean Minister Aristotelis Pavlidis prepared...

Another Greek ship hijacked

A Greek-owned cargo ship was among four vessels hijacked off the pirate-infested waters of Somalia yesterday...

Sudden heavy downpour...

Tourists on an open-top double-decker sightseeing bus...

Brussels warns gov’t over private degrees

The European Commission sent Greece a warning letter yesterday, demanding to know what action it has taken...

IN BRIEF

Judge asks for more charges over Olympics security package : Investigating magistrate Nikos Zagorianos has found enough evidence...

Rector rejects talk of move : The rector of the National Technical University of Athens, Constantinos Moutzouris...

Turkish violations : Four Turkish jets violated Greek air space above the Aegean island of Farmakonisi...

Joker robber : An armed robber wearing a plastic red clown nose netted 5,000 euros...

Counterfeit currency : Police in the Peloponnesian town of Nafplion yesterday were questioning two Pakistani nationals...

Kuneva visitor : Employment Minister Fani Palli-Petralia yesterday visited Constantina Kuneva...

Arson attacks : Unidentified arsonists yesterday used gas-canister bombs...

Illegal antiquities : Police in Veria, northern Greece, yesterday detained two Greek men...


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Archbishop pays Easter visit to young inmates Archbishop Ieronymos is seen emerging from a jail for young offenders in Avlona...

EDITORIAL

Focusing on the job at hand The list of scandals that Parliament is being called upon to investigate just keeps getting longer every day - with the Siemens probe being the most recent. After being looked at by Parliament, the issues are then handed over to the justice system and, inevitably, end up being pored over the mass media, which, in turn, run their own informal investigation.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Banking on the Balkans In the two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Greece has managed to miss every opportunity to establish itself as the major economic and political player in Southeast Europe. Our politicians have allowed domestic concerns to dictate foreign policy without establishing a long-term strategy or showing any ability to adapt to the changing political and economic climate.

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