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First Siemens suspect remanded Ex-telecoms director Prodromos Mavridis held, warrant issued for former CEO Michalis Christoforakos An investigation into the alleged payment of bribes by German electronics giant Siemens that began in the wake of the Athens Olympics five years ago reached a crucial juncture yesterday when a former manager at the company's Greek branch was remanded in custody and an international arrest warrant was issued for another.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

New museum set for grand launch

The long-awaited opening of Athens's New Acropolis Museum next month will be marked by five days of celebratory events...

Flu tests on student’s kin negative

State health experts revealed yesterday that tests carried out on 16 relatives and friends of a 19-year-old Greek student...

MD shortage is left to fester

Almost a month before a six-month deadline to hire 2,000 more doctors for the National Health System is due to expire, the government has failed to employ a single extra person...

Ransom payment fails to save businessman

Police on Crete early yesterday found the charred remains of a 50-year-old local businessman who had been abducted near his home in Iraklion on Monday...

IN BRIEF

Minister says Athens and Washington are close to deal : Negotiations aimed at including Greece in the US Visa Waiver Program are progressing...

Petralona latest to be shut down : Petralona station is due on Monday to become...

Officer hurt : A policeman was slightly injured and two people were detained...

Zakynthos quake : A mild undersea quake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter sale...

Shooting probe : Police in Thessaloniki yesterday were investigating an attack...

Thasos fires : Four forest fires that broke out on the island of Thasos on Monday...

Cyprus hopes : Alexander Downer, the United Nations special envoy for the Cyprus problem...

Poor teachers : The State Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OLME) said yesterday...


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Residents of Lemnos... Residents of Lemnos, in the northeastern Aegean, hold up a banner...

EDITORIAL

British lessons in how to quit The resignation by the speaker of the House of Commons on Tuesday, which came soon after Britain's upper house suspended two lords for offering to amend laws in return for money, is yet another reminder that Greece and its political representatives still have a long way to go and a great deal to learn from the political cultures in other countries.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

A sinister turn in our immigration problems ln the last few weeks, Athens took a serious fall down the slippery slope of xenophobia and intolerance. Not that it was unexpected: For over a year, anyone who cared about the capital city and its center - as well as anyone who cared about the fate of illegal immigrants - warned that abandoning migrants to their own devices would lead to trouble.

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