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Athens air often a ‘toxic’ mix Ministry report shows that pollution exceeded safe levels on 163 days last year; experts call for industry curbs Air pollution in central Athens exceeded internationally recommended safety levels on nearly half the days of last year, according to a report by the Environment and Public Works Ministry which also noted a growing smog problem in regions around Attica such as Mesogeia and the Thriaseio Plain.

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Gov’t accused of failing on migrants

PASOK leader George Papandreou yesterday slammed the government's immigration policy as a complete failure...

Vatopedi charges being lined up

Suspects in the Vatopedi scandal, which has troubled the government since last year, are set to face charges...

First swine flu case in Greece

Health Ministry officials are to hold an emergency meeting this morning...

Restored Lake Karla to irrigate Thessaly Plain

An ambitious project to replenish Lake Karla in central Greece, which was drained in the 1960s...

IN BRIEF

Suspected anarchists target stores, cars for second day : Suspected anarchists staged a second day of arson attacks...

ISAP station up and running : The Thiseion station on the Piraeus-Kifissia urban electric railway (ISAP) opened yesterday...

Officer assaulted : A police officer sustained minor injuries early yesterday...

Lightning fire : A team of 28 firefighters were battling to extinguish a blaze...

Corinth quake : A mild earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded near the Gulf of Corinth...

Name talks : The new president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Kuneva home : Employment and Social Security Minister Fani Palli-Petralia...


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The main party leaders hit the campaign trail Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (l) waves to supporters...

EDITORIAL

Candidates galore, no proposals Greece's political parties expect to sway voters by announcing their candidates for the upcoming European parliamentary elections. The problem is that political figures are not enough to attract public interest. Voters expect to see specific proposals and policy recommendations. It is a shame that parties have not gone to the trouble of explaining to voters how they plan to deal with the numerous acute problems dogging the country.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

A sinister turn in our immigration problems ln 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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