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Jail conditions slammed Piraeus Prefecture find inmates’ rights are not respected at Korydallos Conditions at Korydallos Prison in Athens are «dismal and inhuman» and its medical and psychiatric facilities lack hygiene and staff, the Piraeus Prefecture said in a statement yesterday after sending experts to assess the state of the maximum-security jail.

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Gov’t has eye on news free of ratings

State Minister Theodoros Roussopoulos met with senior television executives yesterday to discuss...

Sunken ship data collected

The Hellenic Center of Maritime Research (ELKETHE) yesterday completed collecting data on the position...

Athens prepares for the final

Greece took another step in its preparations to host soccer's Champions League final in Athens on May 23...

Zealots try to enter Mt Athos

Police yesterday chased dozens of fanatical Old Calendarists through the forests of Mount Athos...

Lake Koroneia getting polluted as water ebbs

The water level of Lake Koroneia, near Thessaloniki, has plunged to a record low of 1 meter...

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Cabbie remanded on suspicion of killing supporter in March brawl : A taxi driver was remanded in custody yesterday on suspicion of being one of the men involved...

Man, 35, arrested for allegedly forcing himself on 8-year-old girl : A 35-year-old man has been arrested in Petroupolis, western Athens, for the alleged rape and attempted...

Symi cleric linked to drug deals : A 37-year-old monk from the Dodecanese island of Symi is due to face a prosecutor today...

Jealous boyfriend : A 17-year-old girl was killed on the island of Milos late on Monday...

Family business : A 57-year-old man and his 27-year-old son yesterday faced an Alexandroupolis prosecutor...

Spaniard killed : A 22-year-old Spanish soldier was killed in Athens on Tuesday...

Artifacts deal : Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis and his Swiss counterpart Pascal Couchepin agreed to cooperate...

Church theft : Police yesterday remanded in custody a man from Trizinia...

Bank robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of Eurobank in Pilaia, Thessaloniki...


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EDITORIAL

Trimming the public debt When more money goes to pay off the debt than into investments, you really can't get an economy going. This point was made yesterday by the EU's Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia on the day Greece welcomed the end of community supervision of its economy. Official data show Greece will pay -9.750 million in debt interest...

COMMENTARY

Dogs and chameleons One of recently elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy's main campaign themes was what he termed betrayal by the left-wing generation of May 68. However, French media reports suggest that, in what would be a striking gesture, he has decided to appoint Bernard Kouchner, an icon of the 68 movement, as foreign minister. A display of political opportunism? Perhaps. But, surely, not from Sarkozy.

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