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Milk prices prompt fines

Watchdog finds anti-competition practices, imposes penalties of 28 mln

Four dairy firms and six supermarkets were fined a total of 28.6 million euros for fixing retail prices of dairy products, the country's competition watchdog said yesterday.

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PM aide quizzed on DVD content

The head of the prime minister's press office, Yiannis Andrianos, was called to testify before a prosecutor yesterday afternoon...

On track for longer metro hours

A two-month pilot scheme that will see trains on the metro system and the Kifissia-Piraeus...

Dirty river triggers a fresh clash

A row broke out yesterday between the Prefecture of Piraeus and the Environment and Public Works Ministry over who is responsible for checking....

A wall collapsed at a building site in Kolonos

A wall collapsed at a building site in Kolonos, west of central Athens, yesterday. A worker was trapped under the rubble...

New exams for civil servants

Candidates interested in getting a job in public services will be tested on the history of humanity and problems faced by modern man, based on a new examination system...

Boy critical following Christmas stabbing

A 13-year-old boy who was allegedly stabbed during an argument between his mother and her lover on Christmas Day was moved into...

IN BRIEF

Ministry says Greek jets intercepted eight Turkish planes over Rhodes : Eight Turkish military jets violated Greek airspace by flying...

Police find man that escaped custody while awaiting trial : An Iraqi suspect who escaped from police custody while awaiting trial on charges...

Call to reflect on passing of time : The passing of time and the inevitability of death were the main themes in Archbishop Christodoulos's New Year message...

Quarry fire : A fire broke out at a quarry operating in Markopoulos, eastern Attica...

Plane traffic : More than 3,000 flights are expected to land and take off at Athens International Airport...

Shopping hours : Retail stores will be open today until 6 p.m. and will also be open...

Train cancellations : A number of Proastiakos suburban railway services on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day...

Dud explosive : Police found parts of an explosive device in an OTE telecom control box on a street in Hellenikon...

Spoons seized : Athens prefecture officials yesterday seized a number of spoons used to feed infants...


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EDITORIAL

Foot-dragging on migration matters Illegal immigration is one of the biggest problems facing the world today and presents a serious challenge for Greece, the nearest gateway to the European Union for people in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Greece is therefore well justified in asking its European peers for their assistance in tackling the problem. In the meantime, international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union...

COMMENTARY

Another crucial year ahead The year 2007 saw a tough electoral victory for Costas Karamanlis as well as gains for smaller opposition parties. It also saw the painful defeat of PASOK and its leader George Papandreou, who, however, came out of an uneven battle with authority over his party. Viewed against this background, the new year finds the political leadership decidedly bolstered...

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