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Silence on new claims No statement from gov’t after names of ‘secret agents’ published There was no official comment from the government yesterday as the issue of whether Pakistani migrants were abducted and questioned in Greece by secret agents began to take on potentially damaging proportions for the ruling conservatives.

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Migrants given until February 28 to apply for their new permits : Migrants living in Greece who want to renew or obtain a residence or work permit have...

Students to have medical tests due to prickly biology teacher : The health directorate of the Athens Prefecture yesterday informed...

Police catch hit-and-run driver : A 40-year-old Armenian national was arrested yesterday...

BA flight : Thirty-two passengers on board a British Airways (BA) flight that was forced...

Large haul : Two armed men held up a branch of Emporiki Bank in Thessaloniki yesterday...

Ad axed : Greece's media watchdog has refused to allow the free broadcasting...

Underage party : Police said yesterday that they had arrested a nightclub manager in Thessaloniki...

Petrol prices : Unleaded petrol cost motorists an average of 0.91 euros per liter on Thursday...

Drug trail : Guards on the Greek-Albanian border arrested six Albanian nationals...


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EDITORIAL

When the state breaks the law The brewing controversy involving the alleged abduction and interrogation of five Pakistani immigrants living in Greece raises a number of crucial questions. The law, of course, gives the intelligence services the power to interrogate terrorism suspects. Nevertheless the authorities chose the illicit path - in a way that does not appear to be an accident. It seems that politicians are to blame but for more than just illicit actions by secret agents.

COMMENTARY

Unfettered press ΄The National Intelligence Agency, or EYP, is not some illegal or clandestine organization - hence there is no need for any media investigation to dismantle it or disclose its members. Like all countries, Greece has set up a secret service with the ΄aim of advancing its national interests. The question of what these interests are, and whether EYP does a good job of protecting them, is a political one.

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