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Forest fires ravage Greece More than 100 blazes cause chaos, kill two people; blackouts continue Dozens of fires ravaged thousands of hectares of land yesterday, killing two people, as an ebbing heat wave continued to provoke blackouts across the country.

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Gov’t cuts holding in OTE telecom

Greece cut its stake in OTE telecom yesterday by selling a 10.7 percent stake in the country's largest phone company in a sale...

Two-year drug plan drawn up

The government said yesterday it will restructure the Organization Against Drugs (OKANA) in a bid to make...

Patriarch ‘not bilateral issue’

Matters relating to Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios do not fall within the category of Greek-Turkish ties...

A third of Greeks ‘old by 2020’

Nearly one-third (28 percent) of Greeks are expected to be aged over 65 by the year 2020, according...

Bank customer killed by armed robbers

A 61-year-old man who attempted to stop two armed men after they held up a bank in Ilion...

IN BRIEF

Gunman shoots dead coffee shop owner in settling of accounts : An unidentified gunman yesterday morning walked into a cafe in Kallipoli, Piraeus, and shot...

Human hair found at scene of crime on Crete leads to suspect : A 35-year-old man was arrested in the village of Voria, near Iraklion in Crete, yesterday...

New offices for Thessaloniki : Police said yesterday they will set up a new branch of the anti-terrorism squad in Thessaloniki...

Election talk : In the government's latest attempt to dispel talk of early...

Internet addiction : Four youths under the age of 18 are being monitored...

University exams : Foreigners interested in sitting entrance exams...

Vatican visit : Foreign Affairs Minister Dora Bakoyannis is scheduled to visit the Vatican...

Dice games : Police arrested nine people taking part in an illegal dice gambling ring...


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EDITORIAL

Dealing with forest fires The problem is not just the forest fires. It is also that year after year we learn nothing from them. Most importantly, the state apparatus has not found ways to tackle them. Everyone knows that when temperatures are high, forests are particularly vulnerable to fires - whether caused by arson attacks or natural phenomena.

COMMENTARY

Media law motives During his spell in opposition as well as the early period in government, Costas Karamanlis took aim at the so-called «entangled interests» of the wealth-media-power triangle. And not without good reason. Corruption is not just an ethical problem. It distorts free market and democratic principles. Legislation on the «main shareholder» was aimed at blocking legal loopholes.

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