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Europe warns Greece to curb pollution Commissioner calls for new ministry European Commissioner Stavros Dimas yesterday warned Greece to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and embrace cleaner energies or face «irreversible consequences.» He also proposed the creation of a new «ministry of sustainable development» to help protect the Greek environment.

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Mediterranean fish are in troubled waters

A survey of the Mediterranean Sea has revealed that the fish population is dwindling...

Animal waste to spark power

The natural waste produced by animals in Greece is enough to run several power stations...

IKA chief killed by blows

Coroners handed their final report yesterday to the magistrate investigating the alleged murder of IKA Chairman Yiannis Vartholomaios that, according to sources, maintains that the blows the civil servant received to his head killed him rather than his heart problems.

Cyprus court jails Briton

A 39-year-old British tourist who killed a Cypriot teenager in a hit-and-run accident in southern Cyprus last August was jailed for 15 years by a court in Larnaca yesterday.

Jewel thieves caught after flurry of activity

A gang of thieves that targeted jewelry shops in Athens over the last few months and is suspected of stealing at least 400,000 euros' worth of valuable items has been caught, police said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Railway line closed for two days after train derails near Xanthi : Train journeys in and out of Thrace, northeastern Greece, were canceled yesterday...

MP wants limit on charges : Independent MP Stefanos Manos yesterday called on the government to reduce the fee that notaries are able to charge for their services during a property purchase...

Deadly swerve : A 56-year-old man was killed and his 57-year-old wife seriously injured yesterday morning when a car struck them as they were waiting at a bus stop in Marathon...

Costly mistake : A 47-year-old man told police in Thessaloniki yesterday that two men on a motorbike stole -92,000 from him...


WEEKEND

SATURDAY PASOK leader George Papandreou begins a two-day tour of Ptolemaida, Kastoria and Kozani prefectures...

SUNDAY Defense Minister Evangelos Meimarakis visits Litohoro to attend anniversary celebrations for the uprising of the Olympos area in 1878 against Ottoman rule...


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EDITORIAL

Passing the buck over quarries The crisis over the two quarries in Markopoulo would be amusing was it not such a serious issue. Senior state officials - elected as well as those appointed - have so far failed to implement the Council of State ruling ordering the quarries to stop operating. An irritating amount of buck-passing is going on between regional and local authorities unwilling to take on the responsibility.

COMMENTARY

Hostage to the party The never-ending skirmishing within PASOK, the repeated digs against George Papandreou from party barons and backward advisers pushing the socialist party leader into the zone of 1980s-style populism are a putoff for the prudent voter. National progress mandates strong hands on the helm of the country and the presence of a serious opposition that is capable of cautious and constructive criticism. Modern democracies simply work this way.

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