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EU must provide clear message on Lebanon, FM says Frigate collects Greeks from Beirut Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis yesterday called on the European Union to issue a «clearer and more direct» message regarding its stance on the escalating crisis in Lebanon as foreign governments scrambled to rescue their citizens from the strife-torn country.

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State names price for lost land

People who have illegally seized public land will get a chance to buy it and boost state coffers if a bill unveiled yesterday by the Economy and Finance Ministry is passed into law...

Two years later, tram speeds up

The tram celebrated yesterday its two-year anniversary since its return to Athenian streets, following a four-decade absence, with its operator pledging...

Greece tops EU in road deaths

More young men are killed in road accidents in Greece, proportionately, than in any of the original 15 European Union states except Portugal, but Greece has fewer suicides...

Crime rise a concern for police

Crime figures released yesterday indicate that there was a rise in certain criminal activities, such as bank robberies and apartment break-ins...

Fire burns as residents smolder over landfill

Roads leading to the landfill in western Thessaloniki where a fire has been burning since last week were blocked by residents yesterday as local authorities said...

IN BRIEF

Two suspects escape from holding cell at police statioiGlyfada : Two suspected burglars being held ia cell at a police station...

Minister warns civil servants about extended summer vacatio : Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos sent a message to all civil services...

Oil slick spreads after accident : A collisiobetweetwo container ships near Piraeus yesterday produced...

Drug shootout : Armed border guards and police exchanged fire with drug smugglers...

Jackpot : The lucky owner of a lottery ticket iLarissa...

Ferry canceled : ANEK Lines ferry company said yesterday that its scheduled sailing today...

Kiosk robber : A mawas arrested iHania, Crete, yesterday osuspicioof having broken...

Hot cash : Robbers used a blowtorch to force opea cash machine near the entrance...

Block firebombed : The entrance to aapartment block iPetralona, southerAthens, was damaged...


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EDITORIAL

Stop rewarding illegal behavior Who said illegal behavior is punished? It may happen in other countries, but in Greece it has once again been rewarded. The Economy Ministry's decision to give land titles to 70,000 people who have encroached on public property, and valued for taxation purposes at lower than the market rate, proves that illegal behavior pays off in Greece. In some privileged areas it pays well; enough to become an incentive to further law breaking.

COMMENTARY

The myth of cheap fuel The price of fuel is speculative and varies around the world, our friendly gas station owners claim. This is just one of the lies told by people looking to make money. The truth is that the price of crude depends on international stock market trading but gas station owners are not investors in London. They buy a product at a specific price and should sell it at a higher price that includes their gross profit.

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