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City life tires Athenians Two in three want to leave due to worsening traffic, pollution, poll shows Two in three Athenians are unhappy with life in the capital and believe conditions have deteriorated over the past few years due to increasing traffic congestion, inadequate garbage disposal and rising air pollution, according to the results of a poll made public in yesterday's Kathimerini.

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Former ministers included in probe

Three former ministers serving under the previous socialist government, four OTE telecom board members and officials from the ruling New Democracy party are among those allegedly involved....

Reds end top but wait for title

Olympiakos won its fourth straight Greek championship last night but could still lose the title if a ruling by the highest court in sports goes against the Piraeus club...

Greece rejects UN criticism

Greece defended its record on handling asylum seekers yesterday saying that recent criticism from the United Nations (UN) was unfair...

FM lures FYROM with aid

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis has said that Greece will provide a major boost to the economy of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) once the Macedonia name dispute is solved...

Greek, Armenian priests come to blows

Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers scuffled at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday...

IN BRIEF

Opposition PASOK leader in hospital after fracturing spine in bicycle mishap : The leader of main opposition PASOK, George Papandreou...

Police to boost road patrols this week as pre-Easter exodus begins : Police will increase supervision of the country's national road network...

Foreign farm hands protest over pay : Farm workers clashed with police in Manaloda...

Policeman mugged : A policeman was mugged by a demonstrator...

Rhodes plant : The Aegean island of Rhodes, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations...

Far-right crackdown : Police yesterday raided an abandoned apartment in Nicosia...

Fireworks seized : Police in Serres yesterday arrested five people...

Firebomb attack : A group of youths attacked police stationed outside the PASOK offices...

House fire : Authorities said yesterday a 35-year-old man, a Romanian national...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis to inaugurate...

Friday : The Australian Embassy is organizing...

Sunday : Easter Sunday. Public holiday...


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93rd anniversary of the genocide... Children holding Armenian flags take part in a march held in the center of Athens on Saturday...

EDITORIAL

Letting the big fish get away This is a crucial phase for Greece, as various alleged scandals will either be exposed or covered up. Investigations into the Greek citizens implicated in the Siemens bribery allegations - mainly during the socialist PASOK administrations - are progressing. In the case of the German industrial giant, it will be hard to cover up the actions of the suspects here, as most of the evidence comes from abroad.

COMMENTARY

No place for refugees Greece's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers is drawing serious criticism from other European countries and international organizations. The issue, which is not widely covered in Greece, highlights the problems that pertain to the issue of political asylum in Europe as a whole but also to the structural problems that plague Greece on so many levels. On January 31, 2008, the European Commission lodged a complaint against Greece at the European Court of Justice...

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