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ND plays it cool over leaked bond report extracts Gov’t insists there is no political link The government yesterday played down leaked extracts from a probe suggesting Finance Ministry officials were aware that a Greek state bond would be sold on before reaching four pension funds and that some money from the transactions ended up with a political party.

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Pollution grips Athens as heat wave arrives

Rising pollution levels in Athens forced authorities to warn the elderly and people with heart or respiration problems...

Appeal for calm to Nigerians

A senior Nigerian diplomat in Athens yesterday appealed for calm after four nights of rioting in Thessaloniki...

Pendeli fire suspect held

A 57-year-old man, who has been linked to a blaze that ravaged Mount Pendeli last week, was yesterday remanded...

Injection of cash for clinics

An agreement between the City of Athens and the Health Ministry was signed yesterday...

Specialist vet flown in for bear cub hit by car

Animal rights activists have enlisted the services of a specialist veterinarian...

IN BRIEF

Army gets new leader as Hinofotis steps down to run in elections : The head of the Greek army, Lieutenant General Dimitris Grapsas...

Police and firemen to get 950 euros for working three-day period of polls : Police officers and firefighters will get a 950-euro bonus for working extra hours...

Coast guard seizes big forged cash haul : Coast guard officials arrested two men at the port of Igoumenitsa...

Fatal row : A 42-year-old Greek man was fatally stabbed yesterday after trying to resolve...

Permit payments : Municipalities in Attica are accepting 150-euro payments by foreign workers...

Surgery shortcomings : A 17-year-old boy recently lost his leg because all the surgeons...

Psyttaleia dispute : Officials at the Piraeus prefect's office yesterday complained...


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EDITORIAL

Judge not, lest you be judged Months were needed for Giorgos Zorbas to prepare his report on the bond scandal but just a few hours for certain individuals to apportion blame to a number of government officials. From a complex, investigative process with numerous parameters and many leading figures, some preferred to draw simplistic conclusions. The bond scandal does indeed exist, but it has many and difficult aspects.

COMMENTARY

Political eclipse The Zorbas report on the bond scandal has been described as a time bomb in the electoral battle. As often happens, predictions of political cataclysms - whether dictated by opposition ambitions or reflecting media exaggeration - are likely to prove baseless. Certainly the bond scandal is a serious one, as it directly concerns...

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