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Dimas calls for greener measures Commissioner warns Greece will miss goals unless more steps are taken Greece needs to introduce extra measures to meet goals set in the Kyoto agreement as the country heads toward water shortages, higher temperatures and desertification, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said yesterday.

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Bystander killed when train wagon hits wall in Piraeus

A train carriage undergoing maintenance came off the tracks and slammed through the wall of a station near Piraeus

Premier dangles FYROM veto

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis for the first time yesterday made known his views on the proposals by UN mediator Matthew Nimetz...

Police foil citizenship subterfuge

Police said yesterday they have arrested four women believed to have been in charge of a racket selling Greek citizenship to hundreds of illegal immigrants.

Cyprus gears up for election

Polls are due to open tomorrow morning on Cyprus for the second and final round of the presidential election as tempers became frayed on the island...

Illegal CD traders face clampdown by officers

The prosecutor's office in Thessaloniki has ordered police to clamp down on the sale of pirated music CDs after firms responsible for protecting intellectual rights...

IN BRIEF

Probe launched after bullets sent in mail to Fani Palli-Petralia : Employment Minister Fani Palli-Petralia yesterday dismissed a threatening letter she received...

Court rules that high school students should get copies of written tests : The Council of State has upheld an intervention by Greece's privacy watchdog...

Tremor shakes southern Greece : An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook southern Greece yesterday...

Illegal immigrants : The coast guard yesterday arrested 21 off the island of Samos...

Store fire : A fire broke out in a mobile phone store on Sophocleous Street...

Athens helpline : The City of Athens said yesterday that it had changed its citizen's helpline number from 195 to 1595...

Drunk driving : The Health Ministry launched a program yesterday to discourage drink driving. Under the title «One sober driver,»...

Planting trees : Volunteers who want to help replant trees that were burned on the hillsides around Kalyvia...

US Embassy : The consular section of the in Athens will be closed to the public on Wednesday...


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EDITORIAL

Memories the only Olympic legacy Wherever they are held in the world, the Olympic Games leave a priceless legacy that translates into increased tourism and a massive inflow of funds for the host cities. Athens, yet again, is an exception. The grandiose constructions of the acclaimed Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava have been completely abandoned.

COMMENTARY

Capitalism and nationalization Last Monday the prime minister of the world's second-biggest (after the US) cradle of capitalism made a groundbreaking announcement. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the nationalization of a privately owned ailing mortgage lender, Northern Rock. When the news reached Brussels it triggered a number of bitter comments from European Union ministers.

OPINION

Lessons learned from days of snow The days of snow are most certainly behind us, but I couldn't resist sparing a few thoughts for last weekend's events. That weekend reminded us that Athens is still an underdeveloped capital city. Not because we were unable to get around as usual...

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