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Oil spill assistance pledged International agencies agree at Piraeus meeting to aid Lebanon in cleanup International experts meeting in Piraeus yesterday unveiled a plan to limit the damage from a devastating oil spill caused after Israeli raids on a Lebanon power plant last month.

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Limits on protests dividing opinion

Reactions were mixed yesterday to a proposal by Public Order Ministry Vyron Polydoras to restrict...

Andros fire blamed on arson

Arsonists were responsible for the brush fire that scorched more than 30 hectares of forested...

Man assaults 3-year-old girl

A toddler was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 66-year-old man in Loutsa...

Officials to check hot workplaces

Labor Ministry inspection teams will step up checks on workplaces over...

The Municipality of Thessaloniki said...

The Municipality of Thessaloniki said yesterday that it will turn one...

Derailed tram delays commuters for hours

A tram derailed early yesterday in Neo Faliron, causing delays on the line...

IN BRIEF

Government says it will not help pensioners with winter heating costs : Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas yesterday denied...

Salpiggidis signs with Panathinaikos for 1.8 mln euros and three players : Dimitris Salpiggidis became Greece's most expensive soccer player...

Three arrested for detaining man : Three men were arrested yesterday for allegedly holding...

Cyprus plan : Nicosia said yesterday that it may consider a plan for the United Nations...

Pot plants : Two men were arrested on the island of Rhodes after police found...

Thessaloniki shaken : An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale shook Thessaloniki...

Missing vacationers : Coast guard patrol boats and a helicopter were yesterday...

Pilots' strike? : The government of Cyprus yesterday urged pilots at state-carrier Cyprus Airways to call off...


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Managing protest culture of Athens The Public Order Ministry has created a stir during the lull of the August holidays by bringing up the prickly topic of demonstrations and how exactly the government should deal with them. Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras wants to initiate dialogue on this issue by bringing together the state, social agencies, political parties, and those vying to become the next mayor of Athens.

COMMENTARY

Grass’s personal responsibility About a year ago, the release of Oliver Hirschbiegel's film «Downfall,» one of the books on which it was based (by one of Hitler's secretaries, Traudl Junge) as well as the reaction these received in Germany, stirred up fierce debate (presuming it has died down).

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