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Monks snub Parliament’s investigation Ephraim, Arsenios refuse MPs’ questions The work of a parliamentary investigative committee that is probing the Vatopedi Monastery property scandal was thrown into disarray yesterday when two senior monks refused to face questions from deputies, instead submitting only written statements.

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Extremists hijack protest over migrants

A demonstration yesterday in Aghios Panteleimonas, near central Athens, by residents objecting to the large increase in the local immigrant population, was hijacked...

Doctors now raising the stakes

The decision by private doctors to suspend their contracts with all state social security funds as of December 15 will mean that a large segment of the working population will have to pay...

New revelation in Mevgal case

The trial of three men alleged to have blackmailed dairy producer Mevgal over price fixing began yesterday with the revelation that one of the suspects communicated with the brother...

Out-of-puff smokers unaware of illness

Greeks rank high among Europe's heaviest smokers but half of them are unaware that what is commonly known as smoker's cough could be the first signs of a serious lung disease...

IN BRIEF

Washington 'unhappy' with FYROM's appeal to The Hague : The USA was disappointed, according to sources at the American Embassy in Athens...

Lawyers object to water park : The Athens Bar Association yesterday filed an appeal...

Papadopoulos stable : Former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulou was yesterday in stable condition...

Fatal shooting : A 35-year-old man died yesterday after being shot...

Hemo recall : The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) yesterday warned consumers...

Disorder in court : Scheduled work stoppages this week by court workers...

Land register : Homeowners declaring their properties on the land register...

House fire : A 58-year-old man and his elderly mother died...


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EDITORIAL

Another display of arrogance After embarrassing the entire public administration with land swaps and after belittling the entire justice system with their interventions concerning ownership of the lagoon, the monks Ephraim and Arsenios decided to continue in the same vein and trivialize the institution of Parliament and its investigative committee. Their presence yesterday at the bulwark of democracy revealed another mortal sin beside greed: pride.

COMMENTARY

Eggs but no omelet It is such a shame that much more was not done when it could have been. Just recall the government's energy and hope when it came to power in 2004 and the good political climate that prevailed. It was a government with a popular premier, with no real rivals and a public that was eager for change. It was a government that could sail through any crisis without batting an eye.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Working with China President Hu Jintao's visit next week underlines the great store that China has put in developing ties with Greece. Trade between the two countries, weighed greatly in China's favor, has developed in great leaps, reaching 2.9 billion euros last year - a rise of 52 percent from a year earlier. China is now Greece's seventh-largest trading partner but is quickly gaining on the leading countries.

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