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Sludge plans kept buried

Visiting Euro-MPs left in the dark as sewage treatment questions linger

A team of European Parliament deputies on a visit to Athens to inspect the city's waste management facilities have come across a veil of secrecy covering how the government plans to solve the problem concerning tons of sludge threatening to contaminate the Saronic Gulf.

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Draft law takes aim at media industry

Following the government's failure to place strict restrictions on media tycoons over access to public contracts, the ruling conservatives are preparing to submit two bills to Parliament next month which seek to regulate the media industry more tightly, sources told Sunday's Kathimerini.

Patriarch’s ire at Israeli snub

JERUSALEM (AP) - The new Greek Orthodox patriarch of the Holy Land says Israel is not recognizing him in an effort to extort his support for the controversial lease of Church land to Jewish groups in east Jerusalem, a church official said yesterday.

Athens crime rates steady

As more Athenians say they feel unsafe in the city, new data show that almost half of the thefts and burglaries in Athens take place...

13 firms linked to EU scam

Greek investigators working with the Swiss authorities have uncovered 13 firms in northern Greece which allegedly swindled the European Union out of millions of euros...

Albanian Cams demonstrate...

Albanian Cams demonstrate in front of the Greek Embassy in Tirana on Saturday...

Policeman dies in Cyprus soccer riot

A policeman died and 27 people were injured in Cyprus on Saturday during a riot by soccer fans after a match which police had asked to be called off because of safety fears.

IN BRIEF

Athens calls on Ankara to respect European Union principles, values : Turkey must respect the European Union and its principles and values...

Turk bridge seen as provocative : The Cypriot government accused Turkish troops...

Diplomatic attack : Four youths smashed the window of a car belonging...

Deadly row : A 38-year-old man was killed and another man was seriously injured...

Young drinkers : Police arrested two men in Athens on Saturday night ...

Child abuse : A 40-year-old foreign national in Athens has been charged...

Crete quake : An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck...

Crew safe : Five crew members on board a 48-meter boat off the island of Tinos were hauled...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Transport Minister Michalis Liapis meets with truckdriver representatives to discuss...

Wednesday : Euromoney Conferences opens its «Greece 2005: The Year of Competitiveness» conference...

Thursday : Fourteenth congress of academic libraries on «Knowledge Management» opens...

Friday : Aristotle University of Thessaloniki opens the seventh conference on...


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Greek actress Theodora Siarkou...
EDITORIAL

The illicit interests holding us hostage All the observations made by the president of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) in yesterday's interview with Kathimerini are unlikely to elicit much of a surprise: They are either familiar or expected realities. Nevertheless, they are issues that no government official has dared to publicly address. But the chief of the country's largest public utility dared to do just that. And his comments merely serve to consolidate the fact that our country is trapped in a mesh of illicit interests.

COMMENTARY

A political void Both Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou find themselves continually targeted for criticism over their inability to conjure up a political vision capable of mobilizing citizens, acting instead in a manner that is, at best, inconsistent. Public disappointment is only to be expected from such a state of affairs, but the problem is somewhat more complex than this. Better fiscal management and the reduction of public debt have been highlighted as key governmental aims, egged on by a wide variety of economic experts.

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