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Gruevski note to EC irks Athens Diplomats expect little interest from Brussels; opposition slams gov’t for ‘opening dialogue’ on minority issue The government yesterday avoided issuing an official response to news that the prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Nikola Gruevski, has sent a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso complaining about the treatment of a supposed «Macedonian minority» in Greece.

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Fewer trains in bid to cut OSE costs

The routes traveled by trains on the national railway network are due to be reviewed and probably cut as the government looks at ways of reining in the 7.5-billion-euro debt that has been run up by the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), sources said yesterday. The majority of routes do not make any profit for OSE and the likelihood is that a number of them will be removed from schedules.

Mount Hymettus to get protection

Planned changes to an old presidential decree for the protection of Mount Hymettus, east of Athens, promise to shield the area more effectively from forest fires and land developers.

Briton held for killing infant

A 20-year-old British woman was under police guard in a hospital on Crete yesterday after allegedly suffocating her newborn baby to death.

Anti-corruption group draws up top 10 list

The Greek branch of an international organization that combats corruption has produced a list of 10 things that Greeks should watch out for and plans to distribute it to drivers on the national roads in an effort to raise awareness.

IN BRIEF

Two foreign workers killed on construction site in Hania : Two foreign laborers, a 22-year-old Syrian and a 23-year-old Egyptian, were killed instantly yesterday...

Last member arrested : A 21-year-old man arrested following an armed robbery on a supermarket in Piraeus in April was part of a three-member gang...

Fires controlled : Firefighters were able to bring under control last night four large forest fires on Crete, in the Peloponnese, Fthiotida and Evia...

Land dispute : Three mayors from western Thessaloniki yesterday demanded that the land on which the former Diana paper mill stands should be turned into a park...

Fugitive traced : A fraud suspect who on Monday managed to escape from the main Attica police headquarters on Alexandras Avenue, central Athens, was found yesterday...

Traffic offenses : The traffic police revealed yesterday that they had recorded 4,500 offenses in Attica between Friday and Sunday...

Cannabis farmers : Police in Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, are looking for the owners of a cannabis plantation they discovered...


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A year after fires, water levels low in Ileia The water level at the Pineios Reservoir in the Peloponnesian prefecture of Ileia has fallen much lower than usual this year.

EDITORIAL

A ministry’s artless posturing The repeated cancellation of big arts productions gives an indication of the Culture Ministry's future course. The ministry has stopped the release of funds for cultural events; it has failed to pay back outstanding debts from last year's program; it sees no obligation to answer to outside criticism; it does not meet its obligations and it is pushing various festivals toward extinction. Ministry officials see no need to offer any explanation - or at least admit that there is no money in the ministry coffers. As a result, well-established and popular events, such as the Kalamata Dance Festival or the Babel Comics Festival in Athens, are in danger since the ministry has decided to freeze its accounts following the case of former Culture Ministry general secretary Christos Zachopoulos.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

It’s a jungle out there The growing desperation with which Athenians watch their Hopefully, teams of social anthropologists are out in our streets, night and day, taking meticulous notes on the behavior of Athenian taxi drivers, working on studies that will shed light on one of the most bizarre groups in modern society and offer suggestions on how to remedy the situation. Because the eclectic horde that drives our yellow fleet is as unique and as fascinating as any undiscovered Amazonian tribe. But unlike primitive tribes that are suddenly thrust into the 21st century, Greek cabbies are a modern tribe that lives by the rules of pre-agricultural society.

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