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Parties brace for Euro elections ND, PASOK name their candidates as survey shows 1 in 10 citizens not planning to vote in June 7 polls New Democracy and PASOK named their candidates yesterday for the upcoming European parliamentary elections but the latest opinion poll for Sunday's Kathimerini suggests that they could have a tough task on their hands attracting voters' interest as almost one in 10 Greeks is not intending to cast a ballot on June 7.

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Anti-terror unit to use wiretapping

The police's counterterrorism department has begun to install a multimillion-euro wiretapping system as it redoubles its efforts...

Siemens suspects face detention

Some of the seven suspects in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal...

Arsonists amok in major cities

Suspected anarchists staged a barrage of arson attacks in Athens and Thessaloniki...

Sunken ship cleanup begins off Santorini

Authorities on Santorini on Saturday launched the first phase of a long-delayed operation to...

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Police catch escapee who impersonated Palestinian : A 24-year-old Afghan detainee who managed to escape from Omonia police station...

Artist, 70, choked by cravat : The respected sculptor Dimitris Armakolas, 70, was found dead...

Family tragedies : An 81-year-old man shot his 78-year-old ex-wife in the head...

Boy burned : A National First Aid Center (EKAB) helicopter left the island of Samos...

Corinth quake : A mild earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was recorded...

Child porn : A 46-year-old man and his 21-year-old son are to face a Rhodes prosecutor...


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EDITORIAL

Questions need to be answered It appears to be something that Greek politicians fail to grasp, but a large segment of our society is deeply enraged with the domestic political system. The impunity of scandal-tainted politicians, the inability of these politicians to deal with pressing problems and the petty skirmishing between political parties have seriously undermined people's faith in the credibility of the system.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

A sinister turn in our immigration problems In the last few weeks, Athens took a serious fall down the slippery slope of xenophobia and intolerance. Not that it was unexpected: For over a year, anyone who cared about the capital city and its center - as well as anyone who cared about the fate of illegal immigrants - warned that abandoning migrants to their own devices would lead to trouble.

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