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Plane attempted to land Civil Aviation Authority set to face criticism over apparent inactivity The doomed Helios Airways plane twice tried to land at Athens International Airport before running out of fuel and crashing into a mountainside north of Athens on Sunday, according to official documents, prompting questions about a possible delay in response from the Greek Civil Aviation Authority.

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Athens, Nicosia agree on Ankara

Greece and Cyprus have forged a common stance on Turkey's bid to join the European Union, the two government's leaders said in Athens yesterday without revealing any details about the agreement.

Decade delay for lottery win

A case involving a row between two cousins over a winning lottery ticket has finally been settled after 11 years, with one of the pair being ordered to pay the other more than 300,000 euros plus interest to put the matter right, court sources said yesterday.

Police to pound streets in crime-fighting bid

A week after it was revealed that crime in Athens had shot up by over a fifth since the city hosted the Olympics, top police officers met with Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis and, according to sources, agreed to step up police patrols.

Greece is EU slacker on ecology

Greece is among the slackest member states in the EU when it comes to protecting the environment, according to an annual Commission survey...

IN BRIEF

Operator may face paying damages to subscribers over service break : The Development Ministry's General Consumer Secretariat yesterday asked the National Post and Telecommunications Commission (EETT) to consider...

Watchdog orders suspension of campaign over illegal drug allusion : The state advertising watchdog yesterday ordered the suspension of a campaign that draws a connection between its tobacco products...

Parties press for probe into claims : Left-wing parties yesterday called upon the government to investigate claims by the head of Athens's Pakistani community regarding the alleged...

Recycling rap : The European Commission yesterday rapped most of its member states, including Greece, for failing to pass laws ensuring...

Heroin ring : Border police, who yesterday confiscated more than six kilos of heroin from two Albanians near the Nestori border post, believe they have broken...

Migrants detained : Port authority officials on Samos yesterday detained a group of 14 Afghan illegal immigrants after spotting them in the region of Kedros...


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EDITORIAL

Crash exposes cracks in security Emerging reports on the reaction by the Greek Civil Aviation Service (YPA) to Nicosia's notification at 9.37 a.m. on Sunday that it had lost contact with the doomed Helios Airways Boeing 737 make for some interesting but very unpleasant reading. The Cypriot plane had been flying inside the Athens FIR (flight information region) for 30 minutes yet Greece's aviation authorities were unaware...

COMMENTARY

The right balance Following French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's toughened stance on Turkey, it remains to be seen whether France will try to make recognition of Cyprus a condition for opening Ankara's EU talks. Unlike last December's EU summit, the big European governments are now showing their cards.

OPINION

A common stance on Turkey needed The need for Athens and Nicosia to determine a «common stance» on Turkey's scheduled accession talks with the European Union was a direct consequence of the French government's decision to condemn Turkey's declaration that it would not recognize Cyprus. The divided status of Cyprus is well-known to all.

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