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OSCE summit a ‘success for diplomacy’ Headway made on immigration, US visas Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday described as «a great success for Greek foreign policy» a meeting on Corfu of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) at which proposals for a new European security structure were thrashed out.

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Ankara snubs migrant repatriation pact

While Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and her Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday pledged to work together on bilateral issues in their first meeting on the sidelines of an international summit...

Anarchists go on arson spree

Self-styled anarchists carried out a string of arson attacks in Athens and Piraeus on Saturday, targeting police and businesses and causing widespread damage but no injuries.

Siemens suspect has strong hand

The ex-managing director of Siemens Hellas, Michalis Christoforakos, who was arrested in Germany last week, has evidence that proves 12 politicians who served as ministers and another 153 deputies received bribes, discounts or gifts from the company between 1997 and 2007, sources close to the former executive have told Sunday's Kathimerini.

Another ‘unholy’ land swap under scrutiny

Just a few months after news broke about the Vatopedi land-swap scandal, the Supreme Court prosecutor this weekend called for an investigation into another suspicious exchange between the Orthodox Church and the state.

IN BRIEF

Stormy weather prompts cancellation of festival's 2nd day : The organizers of the popular Rockwave music festival, held in a field in Malakassa, north of Athens, canceled yesterday's show...

5.1-level tremor 'not a worry' : Seismologists reassured citizens over the weekend that a strong earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, that shook the popular Aegean island...

Bank disruptions : A 24-hour strike by bank workers today will disrupt transactions at several banks, including National and Emporiki...

Armed raids : Three armed robbers raided a gas station in the Athens suburb of Aghios Stefanos late on Saturday night, shooting the migrant worker who had been on duty in the foot before fleeing...

Swine flu : Another seven people were diagnosed with yesterday, raising the total number of cases recorded in Greece to 86...

Hail damage : A heavy hail storm over parts of Thessaloniki prefecture late on Friday resulted in widespread power cuts on Saturday...

Drunken brawl : Two men were injured, one seriously, following a in the Athens suburb of Aghioi Anargyroi, early yesterday...


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The charred remains of three buses... The charred remains of three buses are seen at a terminus in the Athens suburb of Aghios Dimitrios following an arson attack early on Saturday, one of many carried out by self-styled anarchists across Attica this weekend.

EDITORIAL

Protecting their image The low turnout among Greek voters in the recent European Parliamentary elections was due to a number of reasons. Public apathy and disillusionment with the local political system has deep-rooted causes. One of these is the widespread belief among Greeks that no politician in this country will ever be punished for wrongdoing. At the time when British deputies are facing a year in prison over the notorious - as well as growing - expense account scandal, it is outrageous that their Greek counterparts appear to be getting away with their dubious role in a far bigger scandal, the Siemens bribery case.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Greece in the world Greece's relationship with the rest of the world is something of a see-saw oscillation between self-absorption and extroversion, between navel-gazing and punching above its weight in the international arena. On the one hand, this is the result of the intense local politics in which all Greeks are involved and, on the other, of the demands placed on the country by its responsibilities as a member of international organizations. Greece's current presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), like its presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2003, is purely the result of chance.

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