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More fires fuel arson fears Gov’t plans business park below Parnitha, vows to keep developers at bay Firefighters yesterday struggled to control several fires across Greece, evacuating a monastery and children's camp in Corinth after a large blaze that had broken out on Tuesday rekindled.

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Boom in postgrad courses revealed

The number of students taking postgraduate courses in Greece has more than doubled in the last five years...

Unemployment is on way down

The government said yesterday that the start of the tourism season had helped lower the country's unemployment rate to 8.4 percent...

Piraeus hit by stench of garbage

Residents of Piraeus resorted yesterday to throwing diluted chlorine over mounting piles of rubbish in the streets as there seems to be no solution in sight for the area's waste problems.

Second heat wave threatens

It will get even warmer across Greece over the next few days as the country heads into its second heat wave this summer, but experts said that temperatures are unlikely to reach 46 Celsius (115 Fahrenheit).

To build a cultural complex...

The vacant area in front of the dilapidated Faliron racetrack was visited by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday...

Pensioner’s coin stash on show at museum

More than 1,800 ancient coins were unveiled yesterday at the Numismatic Museum in Athens after the relative of a collector who died 16 years ago found the artifacts while painting the family home.

IN BRIEF

Doctors give Christodoulos the all clear for discharge from hospital : Doctors at the Aretaio hospital in Athens said yesterday the health of Archbishop Christodoulos is improving...

Seismic activity in northern Greece continues with 4.0 Richter tremor : An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale shook Kozani in northern Greece yesterday after Tuesday's 5.4 Richter tremor...

Three suspected traffickers arrested : Police in Thessaloniki said yesterday they have arrested three people and detained 23 migrants in connection with an immigrant trafficking ring...

Pilots strike : Pilots of state-run airline Cyprus Airways are threatening to disrupt flights on Saturday by holding a five-hour strike...

Lovers convicted : A court on Kos yesterday sentenced a 39-year-old Rhodes woman and her 38-year-old lover to life imprisonment...

Deadly forklift : A 21-year-old forklift truck driver was killed in a workplace accident, police in Tripolis in the Peloponnese said yesterday...

Bugs in oven : Prefectural officials yesterday closed down a bakery in the Athens district of Vyronas that was filthy and infested with cockroaches...

Man strangled : Police said yesterday they had arrested a 29-year-old Albanian man for allegedly strangling to death a 52-year-old compatriot...


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EDITORIAL

Study less, study better Wouldn't it be great news if the surge in demand for postgraduate programs reflected a higher level of studies at Greece's tertiary institutions? Unfortunately, though, it is more telling of a decline in the worth of graduate diplomas. Students know well that their four- or five-year graduate study programs are not enough to guarantee them a place in Greece's labor market. As a result, they hope that an extra year of study will increase their chances of getting a job.

COMMENTARY

Poisoned relations The slow death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned by a radioactive substance in London last November, has come to symbolize the gradual poisoning of relations between Russia and the West. Recent developments have dashed expectations created during the recent meeting of Bush and Putin in Maine. Britain's decision to expel four Russian diplomats and Moscow's retaliatory measures have sparked a diplomatic war, prompting cliched parallels with the Cold War days. London said the decision was made to protest Moscow's refusal to extradite...

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