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PPC hit with pollution fine Inspectors find power company’s plants breach environmental rules The Environment Ministry yesterday slapped a one-million-euro fine on the state-controlled Public Power Corporation (PPC) for excessive air pollution, the first penalty of its kind to be imposed on the power company.

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Probe on bond not in line with law

Supreme Court prosecutor Giorgos Sanidas yesterday threw out the results of a probe into the bond scandal...

History textbook to stay on shelf

A controversial new primary school history book, which critics have lambasted for allegedly glossing over key events...

Forest official ‘sought bribes’

The head of the forest ranger's office in Markopoulo, eastern Attica, today faces a prosecutor...

Jail looms for corrupt officers

Two coast guard officers were yesterday sentenced to more than three years in jail...

Nikos Palaiocostas...

Nikos Palaiocostas (c), who had been Greece's most wanted criminal...

Stargazer faces trial over false promises

A self-styled astrologist from Thessaloniki was yesterday ordered to stand trial on fraud charges...

IN BRIEF

Court postpones trial of sprinters Kenteris and Thanou until next year : The trial of sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, who face charges of perjury...

Bodies of four migrants pulled out of the sea near Samos and Chios : The bodies of four illegal immigrants, including a child, were recovered...

Boy, 13, alters testimony again : One of the five schoolboys accused of murdering 11-year-old Alex Meshivili in Veria...

Civil protection : Retired air marshal Margaritis Mouzas was named the new head...

Security breached : Two 40-year-old men were yesterday charged with breaching state security...

Pakistani murder : Police arrested two men in connection with the murder of a Pakistani man...

Crooked cop : A Thessaloniki police officer, who allegedly sought to receive a 700 percent interest repayment...

Armed robbery : Two armed men held up a branch of Alpha Bank at Nea Moudania...

OKANA resignation : The president of Greece's Organization Against Drugs (OKANA)...


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EDITORIAL

Constitution and election rules According to sources, the conservative government is mulling a change in election legislation. The truth is that the country needs a different electoral system that will ensure a reasonable representation of voters' preferences. One big question remains, however. Why does Greece not have a standard election system like most major democracies? Perhaps it's time that the duration of a government's tenure and the election system are determined by the Constitution.

COMMENTARY

More than a tax break Does society want change? In a recent article, former conservative deputy Stephanos Manos, sketched the profile of his affluent friends. All vote for New Democracy; none wants change. Nor does ND. Rich voters have small expectations - some tax breaks perhaps. And the party moves on, on its conservative tracks, in spite of all the pledges for reform.

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