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Zachopoulos probe gathers momentum minister Magistrate questions high-profile journalist and former culture Former Culture Minister Petros Tatoulis and journalist Makis Triantafyllopoulos were questioned yesterday by the magistrate investigating the Zachopoulos case as the probe picks up pace.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

One in 5 teens risks Internet addiction

Medics running a clinic in Athens for adolescents addicted to the Internet yesterday told...

Use of public transport disappoints

The number of journeys conducted on the Athens metro increased by more than 11 million last year...

Trees poisoned for a car park

Residents of Ilissia, near central Athens, have blocked plans for the construction of a car park on the site of a local park...

Assailants claiming to fight graft

Attacks on banks and multinational companies in Athens have picked up in the last few days by self-styled gangs...

Vincent van Gogh...

A copy of a sketch believed to be by Dutch painter...

Ship captain honored after Cuban rescue

A Greek sea captain was awarded yesterday for turning around a cruise ship with 2,800 people on board...

IN BRIEF

Failure of relatives to agree on organ donation is major obstacle : The number of organ transplants performed in Greece last year...

Ministries agree to set aside much needed space for sports activities : The Education and Culture ministries agreed yesterday...

Authorities help migrants recuperate : Dozens of immigrant workers, found living in wretched conditions...

Christodoulos : Archbishop Christodoulos, who turns 69 today, is increasingly frail...

Driver charged : The 54-year-old female driver of a bus that knocked down a 3-year-old boy...

Syntagma fire : An unidentified man was found dead in the charred remains of a building...

Arms dealer : Police said yesterday they had arrested a 38-year-old...

Brothel raid : Three unidentified robbers netted 2,750 euros in a raid...

US Embassy : The US Embassy, including its Consular Section...


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EDITORIAL

The Internet is a double-edged sword Every great technological leap is a double-edged sword that brings positive and negative changes to society. In other words, what goes for fire also goes for the Internet. The Internet is a powerful tool of communication and education, especially for the young, but it can have undesirable side effects. It can get some children hooked.

COMMENTARY

Amateurish reaction A suicide attempt is more than rare in Greece's political history. People naturally thought that there must be something serious behind the act. They found it hard to believe that the Culture Ministry general secretary's affair with his assistant could be the sole reason for it. Most suspected an economic scandal.

OPINION

Historic building now derelict Georgiou Gennadiou Street, a small and ungainly thoroughfare connecting Academias and Feidiou in downtown Athens, leads directly to the old Greek Conservatory, for many years one of the capital's many ruins. There would be nothing new about this in Athens were it not for the fact that this particular building is of special historical significance, plus the fact that a Culture Ministry decision for its renovation has remained pending since 2006.

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