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Elderly in squalid homes Cockroaches, filthy conditions found at private retirement institutions A number of private retirement homes in Athens house their residents in horrendous conditions, offering cockroach-infested rooms and filthy sleeping quarters, according to the results of a sample review released yesterday.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Big stock scam is foiled

An alert bank manager thwarted Greece's biggest financial fraud in recent years, police said...

Formula 1 race bypasses Athens

The government is weighing its options regarding the possible location of Greece's first Formula 1 racing track, but yesterday ruled out the possibility of hosting the sporting event in residential Athens.

Evidence from British pilot could prove vital

Coroners are hoping to identify by the end of the week the bodies of all 121 people killed in the Helios plane crash...

Archbishop invited to judge play

The playwright who has adapted Cretan novelist Nikos Kazantzakis's controversial play about Christ's life for theater yesterday invited Archbishop Christodoulos to the work's Athens premiere following an outcry by clerics, some from the archbishop's circle.

IN BRIEF

OA flight forced to return to Athens after problem with landing gear : An Olympic Airlines Boeing 737-300 carrying 131 passengers and crew to Brussels had to make an emergency landing...

New parking lot at Fix metro station : An underground parking lot adjacent to Fix metro station, which cost 13.5 million euros to build...

Gasoline tracking : The Finance Ministry is assessing the obligatory implementation of a software system...

Police : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis met yesterday with Public Order Minister...

Mild quake : A moderate earthquake shook the islands of Lemnos and Lesvos early yesterday...

Armed robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of Alpha Bank in Peristeri...

Security sale : Greece's Security Research Center (KEMEA) is scheduled to sign a deal today...

Athens map : Tourists in Athens will soon be able to pick up a free map of the city...


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EDITORIAL

Care of elderly must be improved Society's insensitivity to elderly people is truly shocking, particularly when it is displayed by those whose job is supposedly to care for them. The public was astounded and outraged at the news that impromptu inspections of private nursing homes by Athens prefectural authorities found cases where owners of certain establishments were feeding their residents with food whose expiry date was long past.

COMMENTARY

PASOK’s leadership issue It has been an open secret for some time that PASOK officials who are dissatisfied with the performance of their leader, George Papandreou, are already discussing various alternative solutions. As they see it, the party's chief problem is that its leader lacks political nerve, is slow to act and has wasted time and energy for months...

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