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Ecosystems in trouble Environmentalists say Greece must move quickly to protect its rivers Already troubled ecosystems in northern Greece may be headed for a downward spiral if the government does not take steps to protect nature's sensitive balances in areas such as the Axios River, environmental experts said.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Numbers fail to add up at regional TEIs

Tertiary education reform is a «main priority» for the government, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis insisted yesterday as Education Ministry figures seen by Kathimerini suggested that there is an alarmingly low number of graduates from some technical colleges (TEIs).

Greeks to be flown from Lebanon

Foreign Affairs Minister Dora Bakoyannis expressed concern yesterday that military action in Lebanon in the last few days may get out of control as the government prepared to evacuate around 50 Greek nationals from the country.

Ancient road splits Andros

Ecologists expressed fear yesterday that the construction of a new road running through an ancient site on the Cycladic island of Andros will lead to the destruction of valuable antiquities.

Did academic blind his wife?

A university professor in Thessaloniki has been arrested and remanded in custody for allegedly torturing his wife, causing her to lose her eyesight, police said yesterday.

In memory of Thanos Axarlian...

A passer-by looks at wreaths placed at the junction of Karagiorgi Servias and Voulis streets in central Athens yesterday...

Turkey tops agenda of Finnish EU presidency

The European Union's relations with Turkey will be one of the issues topping the agenda of Finland, which has taken over the EU's six-month presidency, one of its top diplomats told Kathimerini yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Police to question three schoolboys today over disappearance : Veria police are due today to again question three of the five schoolboys alleged to have been involved...

Greek army chief to visit Turkey for talks with military counterpart : The head of the Greek military, Admiral Panagiotis Hinofotis, will visit Turkey on July 26-28...

Suspect caught after 15 years on run : A 40-year-old man from Serres, northern Greece, who is suspected of murdering his wife...

Publisher jailed : The far-right publisher Grigoris Michalopoulos yesterday had his 18-year jail sentence for attempted blackmail commuted...

Camera flash : Arsonists set fire to a traffic camera on Vouliagmenis Avenue in Voula...

Bomb farce : Police said yesterday that a phone call to a newspaper warning of a bomb being placed at the offices of Vodafone, in Halandri, northern Athens, turned out to be a prank...

OTE robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of OTE in Megara, west of Athens, yesterday and made away with an unknown amount of cash...

Elderly targeted : A 33-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki yesterday, accused of robbing elderly citizens...

Migrants detained : Police yesterday detained 66 illegal immigrants in the village of Mandra...

Baby bonus : A woman who gave birth to a baby boy in Thessaloniki yesterday was given further good news when the city's traders association informed her that she had won a car...


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Iranian Foreign Minister...
EDITORIAL

Lacking purpose, TEIs fail education We used to worry that Greek universities and technical colleges (TEI) produced degrees that were of no or of little value. Now, statistics from the Education Ministry have given us further reason for concern. Many of the TEIs, which have been scattered pointlessly around the provinces, don't even produce a piece of paper that Greek students can frame and put on their walls. Some departments are full of first-year students but have no graduates. The popular and historical music department of the TEI in Epirus, which has seen just two graduates from a student body of 264, is just the tip of the iceberg.

COMENTARY

The cost of a gray economy The findings of a recent Eurobarometer poll, published in Thursday's Kathimerini, are disturbing. They are troubling not so much because they reveal the pessimism of most Greeks regarding the fate of their country and their restrained optimism about their personal future. It is the contrast between these stances that is so worrying. While 57 percent of Greeks declared that «the next 12 months will be worse as regards the country's economic situation» (as compared to an EU average of 35 percent), only 28 percent claim to be similarly negative about their personal financial situation.

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