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Greece rapped over gases UN panel deems system measuring greenhouse emissions to be unreliable The United Nations has thrown Greece out of the system that allows countries to trade emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and has given Athens three months to come up with a reliable way of testing its pollution levels after deeming its current methods unsatisfactory.

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NATO pushes FYROM on name

NATO's secretary general yesterday urged the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to reach a settlement with Greece...

Fireworks law is a damp squib

Greece's complicated law governing the sale of fireworks was blamed yesterday...

Cheap farm labor thrives

As foreign laborers working the strawberry fields in Manolada, near Patras, resumed their jobs...

Low meat prices irk producers

Farmers yesterday called on consumers to be skeptical about the quality of cheaper meat being sold at some supermarkets...

An ancient funerary urn...

An ancient funerary urn or lekythos is seen on display...

Tragic landfill death prompts call for action

Workers at Athens's only landfill yesterday pleaded with authorities to step in and remove some 300 people from the area...

IN BRIEF

No passengers injured after empty vessel hits full ferry leaving Piraeus : An empty passenger ferry conducting a trial journey...

Teachers marking papers to be vetted, mobiles to be deactivated : Education Minister Evripidis Stylianidis yesterday distributed...

Ex-employees' accounts scrutinized : Two former employees of Siemens Hellas yesterday faced...

Papandreou recovery : The main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou is to remain...

Zachopoulos case : A prosecutor recommended yesterday to a council of Appeal Court judges...

GPS : Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis assured members of the Athens City Council...

Supermarket sweep : Three women have been arrested in Hania...

Drug ring : Three Albanian nationals, arrested last week...

US Embassy : The consular section of the in Athens will be closed...


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The dust... A cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert made the atmosphere in Athens murky...

EDITORIAL

Earth Day? Really? It might perhaps be considered overly sarcastic to say that Greece is today celebrating Earth Day, with its censure for failing to comply with the emissions limitations laid down by the Kyoto Protocol, if it were not for the fact that the situation is actually much more serious. The insistence of the Ministry of Public Works to be responsible also for the environment first of all has had - and continues to have - serious consequences for the lives, and health, of each person in this country.

COMMENTARY

Something has snapped From the outset, it was clear that 2008 would be a difficult year, but developments have exceeded even the worst expectations. Who would have expected the US economy to be on the brink of a recession, jeopardizing growth in Europe and the rest of the world? Who would have expected food riots in far-flung corners of the world, and oil smashing through the 100-dollar-per-barrel mark, and showing no sign of easing?

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