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Forest fires ease to reveal extent of ruin Firefighters hope winds do not pick up Residents and authorities in Halkidiki and the Peloponnese yesterday began assessing the damage caused by forest fires in their areas which are gradually being brought under control by firefighters.

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Give peace a chance, says FM

Peace in the Middle East is not possible without a solution to the Palestinian problem, Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said yesterday...

Thousands of TEI places unfilled

Entry scores into Greece's tertiary education system were posted yesterday, ending a three-month wait for nearly 120,000 candidates...

No surprises in 2007 budget

Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said yesterday that next year's state budget will not hold any surprises as the economy continues to grow at a strong pace...

EU help on migration demanded

Greece believes that European Union countries should cooperate to patrol the 25-nation bloc's outer borders to prevent illegal immigration...

Shots fly in Cretan cannabis plant raid

Police detected eight cannabis plantations in Milopotamos, near Rethymnon in Crete yesterday, in an operation involving some 80 law enforcement officers and a helicopter...

IN BRIEF

Six Pakistanis arrested in Kolonos for alleged attempt at abduction : Six Pakistani nationals were arrested early yesterday in Kolonos...

MPs from parliamentary committee call for at least two more witnesses : Six MPs who are members of the parliamentary committee investigating...

Man, 60, dies in Oropos blaze : A 60-year-old man was found dead in his home in Oropos...

US consul general : Hoyt Brian Yee has succeeded Dimitra Pappas as in Thessaloniki...

Minors misbehaving : Attica police detained a total of eight minors following a crackdown...

Armed robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of Piraeus Bank in Thessaloniki...

Samos search : Authorities on the eastern Aegean island of Samos said yesterday...

Missing diver : Coast guard officers have been searching since Wednesday night...

Mercedes recall : Mercedes Benz Hellas said yesterday that it was recalling 103 Vito and Vianio minivans...


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EDITORIAL

Education system must be scrutinized The fact that many Technical College (TEI) departments have a student body of less than 10 is evidence of what everyone already knows - that tertiary education in Greece has developed without any planning and based on no educational criteria. For instance, departments have opened in provincial TEI campuses only to provide income for the host town.

TODAY'S PHOTO

Greece must stay out, for now The ceasefire and the return of the Lebanese citizens displaced by the war to their villages have brought some relief to the population but instability persists. Israel's «defeat» has undermined its former conviction that the country can impose its will by military means.

OPINION

Protecting Europe’s forests from fires Mankind may have made great progress and technology may be advancing at a dizzying rate but our struggle with the natural elements remains tipped against our favor. Of the massive destruction that has been wreaked on countless occasions...

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