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PM to take on tax dodgers Karamanlis will be responsible for new body overseeing financial checks

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is to take personal charge of a new committee that will be set up to oversee tax departments, customs offices and other state services responsible for carrying out financial checks, in a bid to combat corruption and tax evasion, sources said yesterday.
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Third PASOK runner possible
The possibility of a third candidate standing in the PASOK leadership race...
Souflias statement irks Greens
Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias yesterday...
Olympia restoration on track
The new minister of culture, Michalis Liapis, pledged yesterday that the work to restore the burned area around the site of Ancient Olympia...
Warning over school snacks
Doctors have warned parents to pay close attention to their children's diets now that schools have started again...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko stands next to a Greek Orthodox monk in Karyes...
Mystery shooter fires on two hotel workers
A 23-year-old woman was being treated for a gunshot wound in a Thessaloniki hospital yesterday...
IN BRIEF
Area of Thessaloniki evacuated after workers drill into pipe : A primary school in Thessaloniki had to be evacuated and traffic on a busy road...
Bakoyannis travels to UN meeting with full agenda of discussions : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis is due to meet United Nations General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon in New York...
No charge for public transport today : All forms of public transport will be free for commuters today as Athens marks European Car-Free Day...
Coffee time : The man who threw a cup of coffee over PASOK leadership hopeful Evangelos Venizelos...
Pedestrian killed : A 35-year-old man died near Hania, Crete, late on Thursday...
Migrants detained : Greek authorities have arrested 47 illegal immigrants in three boats...
Pinned down : Two men have been arrested in Katerini, northern Greece, on suspicion of stealing bank customers...
Drugs couple : A 50-year-old sailor and his wife have been arrested in Volos...

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EDITORIAL
Cracking down on oligopolies
 The expected wave of price hikes in dairy products reveals a certain contradiction in the way the Greek market operates. For while inflation is officially running at around 2.5 percent, the increases actually being felt by households all around Greece are over 10 percent. The result is that poorer families, already suffering from price rises in 2007, will feel the brunt even further. While steps have indeed been taken in the last few years...
COMMENTARY
First steps
 The government's program, set to be announced in the coming days, will give us a clearer picture of how, and how fast, the prime minister plans to go about advancing the outstanding reforms. After all, Costas Karamanlis was given a fresh mandate after he pledged to speed up reforms.
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