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A closer eye on judges? Trial-fixing scandal leads top prosecutor, judge to seek Justice Ministry help The country's top prosecutor and judge yesterday urged the government to appoint inspectors with wide-ranging powers to monitor members of the judiciary for corruption, in the wake of the trial-fixing scandal in which a total of 11 judges are being investigated.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

EU casts doubt on economic reforms

Greece has made only marginal progress in implementing recommended reforms to its economy and has done little to allay serious doubts over the future of its public finances...

Busiest-ever bank robbers caught

Police said yesterday they had smashed the most active gang of bank robbers in Greek history, after arresting three men in connection with 50 heists...

OA records 23mln loss for 2003

Olympic Airlines (OA) posted a 23.08-million-euro loss in 2003, the ailing national carrier said yesterday.

Cotton farmers take the plunge

Protesting cotton farmers in Thessaly decided late yesterday to up the stakes in their confrontation with the government...

Children from a Jewish school...

Children from a Jewish school in Thessaloniki hold up their paintings in front of the city's Holocaust memorial...

Teens silenced by porn on school bus journey

A school bus driver in northern Greece has landed in hot water after allegedly showing the teenagers on board his coach a blue movie in order to quieten them down, prompting a prosecutor to launch an inquiry yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Over one in two prefer Karamanlis, a fifth back Papandreou, poll shows : More than one in two Greeks consider Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis the best choice for premier...

Lurid drugs hush-up claims : The former bishop of Thessaliotis, Constantinos, has claimed that the Archbishopric hushed up the alleged arrest...

Tsunami aid : A charity concert at the OAKA basketball stadium in Maroussi on Wednesday night raised a total of 274,520 euros...

Forged coins : A Thessaloniki gas station employee yesterday complained to a prosecutor...

Migrants intercepted : A group of 52 illegal immigrants yesterday faced an Alexandroupolis prosecutor after police found them...

Cyprus pullout : Hundreds of peacekeeping troops will begin leaving Cyprus next week...

Club raid : Attica drug squad officers arrested 13 people early yesterday morning after a raid on the Kahlua club...

Car drowning : A 53-year-old man died early yesterday morning after the small truck he was driving plunged...

Pest control : Officials from the Greek and Turkish prefectures of Evros and Edirne yesterday agreed...


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Rio-to-Antirio suspension bridge...
EDITORIAL

Perilous message The recent revelations about corruption in the judiciary have rightfully caused a furor. The burgeoning number of allegations, the announcement that 10 cases are already under investigation, and the news stories on the alleged soft spots of specific judges are not enough to tarnish the image of the country's judicial system as a whole. Nevertheless, they underscore that corruption in the sector is not limited to one or two perjurers. Greece is all of a sudden faced with an unacceptable scourge.

COMMENTARY

Conflicting interests This is not the first time that the issue of media corruption has been catapulted onto center stage. Again, it was a coincidence (the state tender bill controversy) and not political will that renewed debate on the issue. Therefore, the best we can expect is a set of measures aimed at curbing sinecurism in the broader public sector. At worst, the whole thing will fade into oblivion. There has been no shortage of hypocrisy in this case.

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