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Warning on pesticides Some Greek farmers are importing banned chemicals, group discovers Large quantities of banned pesticides are being illegally imported into Greece from Turkey and other countries and being used by farmers who may be putting consumers' health at risk, Kathimerini has learned. The Greek Federation of Agronomists' Association has discovered that the majority of the pesticides are being imported from Turkey but sizable quantities are also entering the country from Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Fires ravage forestland on Lesvos, in Attica

Hundreds of hectares of forest and cultivated land were ravaged and at least five homes destroyed yesterday as several fires raged across the country, fanned by strong winds.

Thousands call police hotline

More than 12,000 people a day on average call the police emergency hotline 100, requesting help with anything from assisting the elderly to rounding up bulls roaming the streets, the head of the service told Kathimerini yesterday. Brigadier Constantinos Kasapakis said that officers are dispatched as a result of one in roughly four of the calls received by the center.

FM wants UN role in Lebanon

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis yesterday pleaded with the United Nations to take a more active role in trying to resolve the crisis in the Middle East after meeting in Athens with Lebanese Ambassador William Habib.

Two migrant rings smashed

Police in northeastern Greece said yesterday that they made a significant breakthrough in tackling human trafficking in the area, as they had arrested eight people smugglers who were attempting to bring 86 illegal immigrants into the country.

Electronic tour guides for island’s fossil forest

Visitors to the petrified prehistoric forest of western Lesvos will be able to enjoy a personal guided tour of the site using a palm-top computer or third-generation mobile telephone as of next month, local officials said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Police look again in river for clues to boy's disappearance : Some 40 police officers and rescuers yesterday morning began again searching the Tripotamo River in Veria...

Inspectors find half of firms they check to be breaking the law : The Economy Ministry's Special Investigation Service (SIS) said yesterday that more than half of the firms it checked...

Interest abroad in learning language : The Education Ministry said yesterday that it will open four new language centers abroad due to the high number of people who want to learn Greek...

Tagarades fire : The mayor of Thessaloniki, Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, yesterday blamed the public works ministers of the past 15 years for the state of Greece's landfills...

Blood donation : The Health Ministry said yesterday that it will hold a drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday...

Hania lighthouse : Authorities in Hania, Crete, said yesterday that some two-and-a-half years of restoration work on the port's Venetian lighthouse...

Cheese off : The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) yesterday asked for the recall of a smoked Regaletto cheese being sold under the Calypso brand...

Underage sex : The vice squad in Thessaloniki said yesterday that one of its officers had arrested a 58-year-old man because he allegedly paid a senior high school girl...

Port strike : Port workers in Thessaloniki are due to meet on Monday to decide whether to continue with their current industrial action...


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EDITORIAL

The poison on our dinner tables Recent claims by the Federation of Agronomists' Associations concerning the high levels of illegal pesticides being used in the countryside's agricultural industry prove that the healthy diet being promoted by Greek doctors is extremely unhealthy indeed. The fact that various con men have taken advantage of the loopholes in the deregulation of pesticide imports from European Union countries and are instead bringing chemicals into the country from China, Turkey and other non-EU countries, reveals that Greece is in serious trouble on two different fronts.

COMMENTARY

An unnecessary police force In a country where we cannot even hire enough doctors and nurses to meet our most pressing needs, Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras has heralded the recruitment of rural police officers with «environmental responsibilities.» This would be a nice idea in a country like Luxembourg which has a surplus budget but in Greece the proposal raises a few questions.

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