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Fire-ravaged Cassandra hit by flooding Experts mull environmental damage Just days after a forest fire ravaged Cassandra in northern Greece, a 30-minute storm yesterday flooded the area and raised concerns about the environmental damage to one of the country's most popular tourist destinations.

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Old meat ‘safe,’ consumers told

While state veterinarians were yesterday destroying more than 65 tons of frozen Belgian beef dating from 1999, the government claimed that neither domestic nor European health regulations had been violated by the meat imports and stressed that the beef was safe.

Police rethink theft of icon

Police plan to reconstruct the theft of a precious icon from the Elona Monastery in the eastern Peloponnese to examine if authorities have been following false leads in the case, sources said yesterday.

Cyprus sees red over Grand Prix

Cyprus said yesterday it will complain to Formula One's world governing body over the awards ceremony at the Turkish Grand Prix where Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat officiated.

Dealers escape long jail terms

Drug dealers are bribing doctors to list them as addicts so they can escape heavy jail sentences when they are arrested, the head of a parliamentary committee said yesterday.

Baby in safe hands after fall from balcony

A border guard who was returning home from chasing drug smugglers on Greece's northern border yesterday saved a 2-year-old baby which fell from a balcony and landed in his arms in the town of Kastoria.

IN BRIEF

Next secretary-general should be from an Asian country, FM says : The next United Nations secretary-general should be Asian, Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis declared...

Teenager was spotted in central Athens with an adult, police say : Authorities said yesterday that a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for about 10 days...

Police trace robbery ring in capital : Police said yesterday that they had identified a four-member gang of thieves...

Passport offices : One of the three new that is to open in September will operate at the Diliyiannis Street police station...

Cabbie attacked : Three men robbed and beat a taxi driver in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, yesterday...

Psara migrants : Coast guard officers discovered 33 illegal immigrants on a beach on the islet of Psara...

Fiery bolt : A fire broke out in the Seih-Sou Forest in Thessaloniki yesterday after lightning hit a tree...

Fatal accident : A 29-year-old man was killed in a car accident near Kastoria, northeastern Greece, yesterday...

Cigarette smuggler : A 51-year-old truckdriver was arrested at the port of Igoumenitsa in northwestern Greece yesterday...


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Yiannis Panagopoulos...
EDITORIAL

Provincialism must not stall education Owners of provincial apartments and cafes reacted badly to the number of students who will be admitted this year to technical colleges (TEI) in their towns. In their reactions, which have snowballed into protests supported by the area's municipal leaders, we can clearly see the level of distortion in our society and its political representation.

COMMENTARY

Vacant minds Greece's education system has been in crisis, much in the manner of the naked emperor: Everyone could see the crisis was coming, but no one pointed a finger. It was only after the government introduced a minimum pass grade that we pretended to notice the bareness of our education system. What we saw was 15,384 vacancies in tertiary institutions, and universities divided into numerous departments across the country for the sake of local real estate agencies and coffeshop owners. And yet we still shy away from the more important issues...

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