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Corinth blaze burns homes in its path Wildfire rages for a third day A forest fire near Corinth, west of Athens, continued to rage for a third day yesterday burning homes in two villages, while the fire service struggled to cope with more than 100 brushfires across the country.

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Greece garners Patriarchate support

Greece is launching a diplomatic publicity campaign to inform the European Union and foreign governments about the problems faced by the Christian Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, the Foreign Ministry revealed yesterday.

Tapping probe at a dead end

The head of the Communications Privacy Protection Authority (ADAE) Andreas Lambrinopoulos said yesterday that an investigation into a phone-tapping scandal could not progress since the basic information had all been wiped out.

Official sues his accusers

Former Competition Commission member Panayiotis Adamopoulos has initiated legal proceedings against two senior executives of dairy producer MEVGAL, accusing them of perjury, fraud and making false accusations against him.

Anarchists ‘out for revenge’

A group of suspected anarchists attacked two banks in central Athens yesterday morning, causing widespread damage but no injuries, and distributed leaflets in support of convicted bank robber and anarchist Yiannis Dimitrakis.

Drive for antiquities to remain high-profile

Greece intends to continue with its policy of publicizing the return of antiquities because it encourages people to give more artifacts back, Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis told Parliament yesterday.

IN BRIEF

German chancellor due in Athens today for talks on defense, Kosovo : German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected in Athens today for talks with Prime Minister...

Archbishop to be discharged today after more than a month in hospital : Archbishop Christodoulos has been cleared to leave the hospital today...

Jehovah's Witnesses implicated : Two men charged in connection with the brutal beating of a labor union president in January last year have been indicted...

Saving power : The Public Power Corporation (PPC) will today call in an agreement it has struck with some of its biggest customers...

Burning wood : A warehouse storing wooden items in Peristeri, western Athens, was razed yesterday after it caught fire...

Loan scam : Six people were arrested in Thessaloniki yesterday accused of obtaining bank loans using fake tax and income documents...

Gang caught : A gang of four people, aged between 18 to 42, were arrested in Katerini, northern Greece, yesterday after allegedly blackmailing a local businessman...

Kozani tremors : An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the northern Greek city of Kozani, at 7.25 a.m. yesterday...

Teenager charged : A 16-year-old Roma male was arrested in Mandra, west of Athens, yesterday accused of taking part in 16 thefts in the area...


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EDITORIAL

Greece still not absorbing funds Remarks by EU Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hubner that Greece ranks at the bottom of EU tables regarding the absorption of community funds spent on road, railway and port projects say a lot about the incompetence of Greece's political officials and the state apparatus in general. Her words shatter the impression cultivated by Greece's idle politicians that progress on public works is stymied by a lack of money. The money is there, it's just that the ministries have not hammered out any plans for how to use it.

COMMENTARY

Dangerous slander The recent devastating forest fires have no doubt harmed the government's popularity. And the blunders of certain officials, particularly in the Mount Parnitha blaze, have done little to help. Naturally, PASOK is capitalizing on the conservatives' decline, particularly as we are in a pre-election period. However, to claim that the latest wave of forest fires was orchestrated by PASOK, as Deputy Labor Minister Gerasimos Yiakoumatos implied, is nothing short of slander. PASOK's fierce reaction forced Yiakoumatos to retract his remarks.

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