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Students test rector vote Cretan university expected to postpone elections, demonstrations planned The Technical University of Crete is likely to postpone today its upcoming rector elections due to pressure from protesting students opposing recent reforms to state universities.

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Prices rise as few control market

Soaring global petrol prices have been a key factor in pushing consumer price increases to record highs recently but a lack of competition in key sectors is also contributing to accelerating inflation...

Underage drinking spiraling

Adolescents aged as young as 12 are consuming alcohol regularly due to inadequate inspections of stores and bars and irresponsible advertising which conceals the health risks linked to heavy drinking...

Olympiakos wins double

Olympiakos secured the club’s 13th league-and-cup triumph with a 2-0 win over Aris in Saturday’s cup final...

Rally raps nationalist outbursts

Members of leftist and anti-war groups from Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) staged a rally in Skopje on Saturday, protesting outbreaks of nationalist sentiment in both countries over the Macedonia name dispute...

Sunken ferry poses risk to water plant

Experts warned yesterday that the Sea Diamond ferry, which has yet to be salvaged off Santorini after sinking last year, poses an additional threat to the area due to the risk of contaminating the water...

IN BRIEF

Taxi charges, intercity coach fares increase by 5 percent from today : Taxi charges and tickets for intercity coaches are 5 percent dearer...

Youths scare woman, 83, to death : A83-year-old womadied of a heart attack...

Smoking ba : Parliament is expected to soopass a bill banning smoking iall public areas...

Environment protest : Environmental groups and residents of Oropos...

Dawattacks : A group of youths hurled stones at a riot police van...

Fire aid : The government will immediately release 100 millioeuros...

Flight disruptions : Several Olympic Airlines flights were canceled or rescheduled...

Volos fire : Aold shopping mall ithe easterport of Volos was completely destroyed...


THIS WEEK

MONDAY : Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis pays aofficial visit to Moscow...

TUESDAY : Former chairmaof the US Federal Reserve Bank, AlaGreenspan, to be the keynote speake...

WEDNESDAY : Mazda Motor Europe to donate 35 fire engines...

THURSDAY : The Associatioof Hellenic Tourism Enterprises (SETE) to hold...

FRIDAY : The Educational Program for the Muslim Minority hosts...

SATURDAY : Communist Party (KKE) General Secretary...


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New collection of Egyptian artifacts... Visitors to Athens's National Archaeological Museum are seen yesterday examining a sculpture...

EDITORIAL

Consumer victims The contaminated sunflower oil was detected by a French company and has now been withdrawn from the local market. However, subsequent revelations concerning the production and distribution of dangerous foodstuffs are a cause for sadness and concern: ruthless producers who trade enormous quantities of goods without paying heed to laws and principles; big firms that fail to conduct efficient quality checks and monitoring; state authorities that fail to live up to their task and European Union legislation with suspicious loopholes

COMMENTARY

Hostage nations In our age of increasingly open markets and borders, is it possible for some regimes to brutalize their populations with impunity? Two current examples show how complicated the problem is and underline the need to find a solution. In Zimbabwe, a regime delirious with arrogance and paranoia is holding the whole country hostage, refusing to accept the result of a March vote that President Robert Mugabe lost after being in power for 28 years.

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