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Migrants clash with police in central Athens Alleged defacing of Quran sparks riots Police clashed with hundreds of Muslim immigrants in central Athens for a second day yesterday in an escalating protest at reports that a policeman had defaced a copy of the Quran during a routine inspection earlier this week.

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Ex-Siemens manager has heart attack

Just a few hours after becoming the second person to be remanded...

Huge backlog cripples courts

Despite a slew of measures taken by the government...

ND offensive misses the mark

An attempt by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to step up the intensity of...

What’s brown, smelly and flows from taps?

Residents of Oinofyta, north of Attica, where tests on water have revealed high traces of...

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Two sentenced, two cleared of Thessaloniki unrest in 2007 : A court in Katerini, near Thessaloniki, yesterday passed down two suspended jail sentences to...

Nine fans detained after game : Nine basketball fans were detained late on Thursday...

Desperate measures : A 42-year-old man yesterday handed himself in to police...

Cyprus 'storm' : Officials in Nicosia expressed exasperation yesterday...

Contraband smokes : Officials of the Economy Ministry's financial crimes squad said...

Smuggler intercepted : Police in Kastoria, northern Greece, yesterday detained a 31-year-old Bulgarian...


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A bird of prey... A bird of prey is released near the Cretan port of Iraklion yesterday by members of animal protection groups...
EDITORIAL

Reluctance to shake things up The European Union has made a suggestion that may help streamline the public sector and make it work more efficiently. A recent EU directive calls for the use of contract employees to fill posts in the public sector and local government. This is an important step in the right direction as it will ensure the legality of the hiring and operating process and deter further uncontrolled growth of the public sector, while also dealing with the problem of staff on short-term contracts who have long and vociferously demanded to be taken on full time.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Quiet museums of the mind Something is stirring in Athens's relationship with its ancient past. The New Acropolis Museum will open its doors in a month, the National Archaeological Museum has been refurbished and now, due to the pressure of local residents and renewed interest from the Culture Ministry, the desolate ruins of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum will be added to the map of places worth visiting in the capital.

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