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Health system creaking Minister reveals 3-billion-euro debts and confusion over number of employees A day after inspectors criticized the state of public hospitals, the health minister yesterday painted a bleak picture of the situation in the country's health service, saying it owed billions, was suffering from mismanagement and was open to corruption.

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Anger in Athens, Nicosia on protocol

Athens and Nicosia yesterday presented a united front in the face of Ankara's foot-dragging in signing a protocol extending its customs union...

MPs vote on reforms amid clash of views

Opinions of the government's proposed labor reforms among the country's political parties were at their most polarized yesterday, as Parliament prepared...

Leftist group claims three bomb blasts

An extreme leftist group which first emerged two years ago claimed responsibility for three bomb explosions outside the premises of construction firms in Athens...

Roadwork taking place...

Roadwork taking place in a narrow road in Thessaloniki yesterday caused a truck to overturn in a maneuver...

Final touch to be put to property tax

Homebuyers will hear the government's proposals next week on changes to property taxes, in what could have...

IN BRIEF

Sightseeing tours of the city begin today in test project : Visitors looking to take in some of the sights Athens has to offer...

Explosion at Larnaca camp harms 11, three seriously : Eleven soldiers, including as many as three from Greece, were injured...

Youth, 18, charged with killing : An 18-year-old man was charged yesterday...

Biker crash : A 47-year-old motorcyclist was killed late Tuesday night...

Forest trap : A court in Kastoria, northern Greece, yesterday charged...

Church theft : Police charged a 37-year-old man yesterday...

Peach war : Farmers in northern Greece said yesterday that they have cut off...

Lucky escape : A driver was lucky to walk away unhurt...

Confession : The girlfriend of a 46-year-old business man shot dead...

Fire operation : Firefighters acted quickly yesterday and set up...


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EDITORIAL

Adulterated laws The common practice of Greek nightclubs spiking their drinks with lower-quality alcohol is not a new problem and certainly not a minor one. It is highly unlikely that there is any other action in which people professionally put other people's lives at risk in a clear bid to increase profits. Nightclub owners and the protection rings with which they collaborate - not always voluntarily - write off the cost of a single bottle by serving a couple of drinks.

COMMENTARY

Uneasy alliance The relationship between Greece's leading neo-liberal duo, Stefanos Manos and Andreas Andrianopoulos, and George Papandreou's Socialist party has entered a very interesting phase. The interest lies not so much in the unmistakable ideological tension between the two sides but rather in Papandreou's reaction to the unfolding tiff. PASOK cadres are urging their chairman to put...

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