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New phone-tap evidence raises more questions Watchdog says Vodafone, Ericsson acted against snooping earlier than they admit Vodafone and Ericsson, the two mobile phone companies at the center of the phone-tapping affair, began installing software to prevent outsiders snooping on phone calls in January last year - two months before Vodafone said it had discovered the wiretaps - it was revealed yesterday.

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Helicopter wreck probed for clues on fatal crash

Armed forces experts yesterday analyzed the wreckage of a UH-1H Huey military helicopter...

Ship strike sails on to Friday

Ports will remain closed until Friday after seamen agreed yesterday to extend a six-day strike, creating further food and supply headaches across the country.

Languages get Greeks talking

Greeks are above the European Union average when it comes to being able to speak a foreign language, a study released yesterday suggested.

Goal is in sight for soccer elite

The prospect of saving Greek soccer from trouble on and off the pitch moved a step closer yesterday after the government gave its backing to the blueprint...

Loan shark hooked in police operation

A 57-year-old man, accused of lending a business owner money at a monthly interest rate of 100 percent, was arrested in Athens yesterday, police said.

IN BRIEF

Seventh wild bird in Greece tests positive for H5N1 strain : A seventh wild bird has tested positive for the deadly...

Unions call strike for March 15, work stoppage for next Tuesday : Greece's two largest unions, the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) and the Civil Servants' Union (ADEDY), said...

Bakoyannis to receive Iacovou : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis is due to meet...

Souflias attack : Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias yesterday accused...

Immigration Directorate : The Interior Ministry said yesterday that the Directorate of Immigration will be closed...

Oil spill : A Maltese-flagged tanker created a 1,000-square-meter at Perama...

Mother's testimony : A 20-year-old mother accused of killing her baby because...

Repeat offenders : Police suspect that four bank robberies in Athens yesterday...

Bar death : A 22-year-old Albanian national was stabbed to death...

Jewelry racket : Police said yesterday they are searching for three people...


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EDITORIAL

State ducking its responsibilities The ease with which governments have set up independent authorities in recent years is in reverse proportion to these agencies' actual capacity to deliver. As the phone-tapping scandal showed, the real power of these bodies is limited. It is no coincidence that Vodafone's CEO in Greece failed to inform the Communications Privacy Protection Authority...

COMMENTARY

Escaping unscathed The Imia crisis, the Ocalan fiasco, the phone-tapping scandal: three disasters that were blamed on the governments of the time but fell short of creating any electorate shifts. It is important to remember this in light of recent opinion polls that attribute most of the responsibility for the eavesdropping case on...

OPINION

The ‘female George’ and ties with Turkey Of the many different reactions to the appointment of Dora Bakoyannis as foreign minister, the most interesting is that of the Turkish media. But, of course, in Ankara they have their reasons for calling Bakoyannis «the female George.» The similarities in the refined manner of Bakoyannis and PASOK's former FM George Papandreou are obvious.

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