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‘Silly’ claims swept aside Minister says abduction of Pakistanis never took place; probe launched Claims that Pakistanis migrants were kidnapped in Athens and questioned by Greek authorities working with British agents are «groundless» and «silly,» the public order minister said yesterday as the government asked for an urgent investigation into the allegations.

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Souflias passes on blame for landfills

Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias blamed the previous Socialist government and municipal authorities yesterday for an EU decision to take Greece to court over illegal landfills...

Greeks are going off their food

Greeks are growing increasingly concerned about the safety and quality of food that they eat in the wake of rotten goods being discovered on supermarket shelves and in warehouses...

Fears grow for Lesvos woman

The search, for the owner of a betting shop on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos who has been missing since Sunday, was stepped up...

Hospital’s cleanliness questioned

A few weeks after an Athens hospital was accused of serving its patients soup that contained a piece of rat...

Firefighters try to extinguish...

Firefighters try to extinguish a burning police car in central Athens after...

Cyprus calls off Greek trips for rowdy teens

Embarrassing rowdiness from Cypriot teenagers has compelled Nicosia to ban organized...

IN BRIEF

Minister plays down suggestions group was behind Syntagma bomb : Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis yesterday rebutted claims...

Athens blasts Iranian president for comments denying Jewish Holocaust : Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said...

EFET issues fines of 141,200 euros : The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) said yesterday that it has fined...

Athletes rewarded : The Culture Ministry said yesterday that it had approved...

Patriarch support : President Karolos Papoulias reiterated yesterday that Greece will stand...

Drugs chase : Police arrested one Greek and one Albanian man near Ioannina airport...

Deadly blaze : A 92-year-old man, Stamatis Ambazis, burnt to death...

Air violations : Turkish military aircraft violated Greek air space...

Christmas products : The Development Ministry warned consumers yesterday...

Athens summit : A two-day meeting between Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis and interior ministers...


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A lone walker braves...
EDITORIAL

Growing pains hit new labor market Everyone knows that each action causes a reaction. When the government set out to radically transform Greece's public utilities, or DEKO, it did not expect exemption from this natural and social law. The fierce reaction from the labor unions, whose strength lies mostly in this sector, was predictable. But it is merely rearguard skirmishes whose outcome is predetermined. It's been some time since the most privileged workers...

COMMENTARY

The future of FYROM Just when the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) seemed to have locked in EU candidate status, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Monday cast doubts on the bloc's ability to expand further. That did not please the government in Athens, which had only just demanded - and indeed got - a guarantee that EU talks would be held with the current name FYROM. Keeping FYROM outside the bloc was not among Greece's aims.

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