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FM heads for Middle East Bakoyannis to visit Israel, Lebanon as involvement in UN force is mulled Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis is to conduct a tour of the Middle East next week, including visits to Lebanon and Israel, as Greece prepares to take over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council next month, sources told Kathimerini yesterday.

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Thieves plunder ‘miracle’ holy icon

A priceless 700-year-old icon was stolen yesterday from a cliff-side monastery in the eastern Peloponnese...

Russians flock to north coast

Some 75,000 Russian holidaymakers visited northern Greece this summer, the highest number in 15 years, as the region is developing into an increasingly popular tourist attraction for the emerging Balkan countries...

Verdict on Tsalikidis imminent

Appeals court magistrate Miltiadis Andriotelis is likely to release next month the findings of an appeal against a prosecutor's report that said that the death of Vodafone employee Costas Tsalikidis was due to suicide...

Crete ‘suicide’ still unclear

The family of a British man who allegedly killed his son in a suicide attempt in Ierapetra, Crete, on Tuesday...

Volos split over rotten shipment of bananas

A row broke out yesterday over how to dispose of 2,000 tons of South American bananas that are rotting aboard a cargo ship that has been docked in Volos...

IN BRIEF

Greece calls for new FYROM government to cooperate in talks : Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis said yesterday that he hoped «the new government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will display the necessary spirit...

Four men detained on Cyprus after one local is killed, another injured : Four British men were arrested in the Cypriot holiday resort of Protaras yesterday after a 17-year-old Cypriot was killed...

Blaze destroys cafe, damages club : A fire yesterday destroyed the Galea cafeteria in the beachside area of Voula, firefighters said...

Illegal immigrants : Two foreign nationals were arrested in a boat off Chios, close to the Turkish coast...

Magic mushrooms : Two 29-year-old men were arrested at the Athens International Airport yesterday...

Serial arsonist : A man who allegedly set fire to a total of 13 cars over petty differences with their owners has been arrested...

Austin power : A special team of police officers who patrol the country's borders to prevent drug smuggling yesterday...

Halkida trains : Trains between Piraeus and Halkida in Evia will resume normal operation on Monday...

Cannabis crops : Police on Crete arrested a local man yesterday in connection with a cannabis plantation on the island...


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EDITORIAL

State obstructing tourism expansion The latest figures on tourism in northern Greece are very encouraging. The economic recovery in the nearby former communist states has created a large middle class with sufficient incomes for holidays on Greece's beaches. The sharp increase in arrivals from Russia and the Balkans reminds us that there is a huge market north of our borders, millions of potential tourists who want to visit.

COMMENTARY

The re-establishment of the state In one of his essays, Umberto Eco wrote, «There is no news in August.» We journalists can confirm that as we try to fill our pages with text. This year, however, August has proven to be an exception, with the war in Lebanon showing that life is still difficult and dangerous. To get back to Eco, think of Italy at this time of year, Ferragosto, when everyone from politicians and entrepreneurs to the workers of Turin and the restaurateurs of Rome go on holiday.

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