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Flow of money into state coffers misses target Gov’t considers tax hikes to boost revenues

As it scrambles to reduce the deficit and put public finances in order, the government was dealt a blow yesterday by the revelation that the amount of money flowing into state coffers last year was substantially lower than previously projected, potentially prompting a rise in some taxes.
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Interpol asked to help find Vavilis, Papadimas
Another four members of the judiciary were suspended and two more faced criminal and disciplinary charges...
EC unswayed on tender law
A last-ditch effort yesterday by Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos failed to talk top EU officials out of their determination to launch legal action against Greece...
WADA set for appeal on sprinters
PARIS (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency will appeal against the Greek amateur athletics federation (SEGAS) decision...
EU frets over Greek wildlife
The European Commission is worried over the state of bodies set up to look after natural habitats and wildlife in Greece, according to a statement publicized yesterday.
Police flush out three toilet gang suspects
Police yesterday said they had arrested three Albanian nationals...
IN BRIEF
Karamanlis meets Erdogan in Brussels as Turkish jets violate Greek air space : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday dined with his Turkish counterpart...
Airport workers call off 2-day strike : Greek airport workers yesterday called off a two-day strike...
Road safety : Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis yesterday visited Tempe and Thermopylae...
Parking crackdown : An Athens municipal police officer removes the license plates...
Prison deaths : A 26-year-old inmate of Alikarnassos prison on Crete, who was found dead...
Coach strike : There will be no intercity coaches serving the country on Thursday...
Publisher trial : The far-right publisher Grigoris Michalopoulos, who allegedly warned top public figures...
Lost marble : A teenage girl from Canada has been arrested...
Tempe trial : The trial of six people charged in connection with the April 2003 bus crash...

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EDITORIAL
Enforcing tax discipline
 The government's uphill struggle to shave the yawning budget deficit will, to a significant extent, depend on how well it does in fighting the now rampant tax evasion. The above conclusion is based on a report by Greece's General Accounting Office on the structure of the 2004 deficit that was made public yesterday.
COMMENTARY
Earthly treasures
 Judging from the discrepancy between the Gospels' precepts and the actual practice of those who preach them, those books have come to resemble a manifesto of the impossible. We don't have excessive expectations;...
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