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DVD fallout spreads wide Publisher implicates colleague in alleged exchange with government Another of the prime minister's close aides, Yiannis Angelou, was questioned by the magistrate investigating the Zachopoulos case as the rift widened between the high-profile joint owners of the newspaper that published photographs of the former Culture Ministry general secretary's affair with his assistant.

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Support floods in for Arta migrants

State doctors were yesterday offering medical assistance to dozens of illegal immigrants in the central town of Arta...

Church must return tsunami aid

The Foreign Ministry has asked the Orthodox Church's charity organization Allileghii (Solidarity) to return...

Road collision kills 2 families

Two couples and their two small children were killed early yesterday when the car...

Capital plans to bag plastic

The City of Athens will begin a drive in March to remove plastic bags from shops...

Thessaloniki seafront...

Pedestrians walk through the fog...

Briton held over khat haul at Athens airport

A 43-year-old British national faced an Athens prosecutor yesterday...

IN BRIEF

Thousands rally in country's north calling for crackdown after girl dies : Some 4,000 people gathered in the center of Ptolemaida...

Woman drowns after boat carrying her, 5 others, capsizes in Evros River : A female immigrant who tried to cross illegally into Greece...

Climate change to shift rare species : Many rare species of birds will no longer be seen in Greece...

Santorini missile : A missile discovered off the coast of Santorini is believed...

Murder charge : The father and brother of a 23-year-old woman seriously injured...

Big squid : A Cretan fisherman netted a 1.5-meter squid, weighing more than 4 kilos...

Thieves traced : A group of seven youths was behind a series of thefts and burglaries...

Lice outbreak : A primary school in Aegaleo, western Athens, was yesterday closed for three days...

Foreigners' rights : The Interior Ministry accepted yesterday that its immigration unit should include...


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Thessaloniki’s port...
EDITORIAL

Society’s resistance to cynicism The Arta priests' stance of solidarity for the migrants in their region has had an effect on the entire country after all. Many Greeks rushed to offer some comfort to the Afghan and Pakistani migrants working in western Greece. Even the sluggish state was mobilized into contributing. What this has proved is that the state is not a cure-all. Social problems demand social awareness and social movements.

COMMENTARY

Wiping out low-level graft There must be a way forward. Just when we though we had hit rock-bottom, we see that the bottom is even further down. Constant whining is certainly not going to lead anywhere. The fact is that in Greece we are accustomed to making a big song and dance about every big issue. We think that statements and aphorisms will banish the evil of corruption, while what we are actually doing is convincing the average citizen that nothing is ever going to change.

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