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Lax disposal of toxic waste draws EU ire Tons of dangerous refuse ending up in landfills due to inadequate planning The European Commission is expected to issue a stern warning to Greece today for failing to adequately manage hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic waste produced in the country every year, which is believed to be ending up in landfills.

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Crowds queue up to bid farewell to archbishop

Thousands of mourners queued for up to three hours outside Athens Cathedral yesterday...

Zachopoulos questions roll on

The probe into the alleged blackmail of the former Culture Ministry general secretary is due to continue today...

Venizelos ends row in PASOK

PASOK deputy Evangelos Venizelos has backed down in his dispute with party leader George Papandreou...

Siemens knew of bribes

Germany's Siemens was aware that its Greek subsidiary gave kickbacks to state officials in order to sway government procurement decisions in their favor...

Athens metro on line until after midnight

A two-month pilot scheme that will see trains on the metro system and the Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway run until late on weekends...

IN BRIEF

Erdogan upbeat on bilateral ties after talks with Greek PM : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Gale-force winds and snowfall disrupt travel and cause damage : Snowfall and strong winds yesterday caused transport problems...

Missiles on truck were replicas : Two air-to-air missiles discovered by Italian police in a truck...

Stowaway dies : The decomposing body of a man was found yesterday on board a passenger ferry...

Quake : An undersea quake, measuring 5 on the Richter scale, struck...

Drug death : A 29-year-old man was found dead yesterday...

High-tech weed : Police seized a sophisticated hydroponic plant growing system...

Bank blast : An improvised explosive device detonated in front...

Caught on camera : Police took in four people for questioning in Thessaloniki yesterday...

Flare-up : Two fans of PAOK soccer club were jailed for 10 days yesterday...


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Snow falls...
EDITORIAL

At the mercy of insinuation Until recently, the country was held hostage by an illegal recording of personal moments that were stored on a DVD. Now it is hostage to innuendo and illegally acquired recordings of telephone conversations. Political life cannot be dependent on the threats hurled by certain journalists nor on illegal phone tappings. Anyone in possession of evidence of illegal activities has a duty to hand that evidence in to justice, and justice in turn has a duty to investigate their reliability and legality.

COMMENTARY

An archbishop for difficult times This country can be really funny at times. Up until early Monday, Greece resembled a trashy nightclub. All sorts of colorful TV personas were trading barbs and accusations in an endless show of kitsch and cacophony. All of a sudden, the din gave way to fine manners and subtle language, with a backdrop of classical music. The hypocrisy of these past few days dictates that we indulge in cliches about the character and works of the late archbishop.

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