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Attica’s worst fire in a decade razes Parnitha Blazes threaten Pelion, Halkidiki The worst forest fire in more than a decade yesterday ravaged some 3,000 hectares of Mount Parnitha, one of the few oases of green in Attica's concrete jungle, as ash rained down on the capital.

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HIV man jailed for infecting girlfriends

A 26-year-old HIV carrier from the island of Rhodes was jailed for 10 years yesterday after being found guilty...

New, energy-efficient homes

Plans to build an environmentally friendly housing development in Goritsa, west of Athens, aimed at slashing household energy needs...

Archbishop concerns allayed

The doctors treating Archbishop Christodoulos said yesterday that the head of the Church of Greece does not need further surgery on his large intestine...

Changes at top for judiciary

The search for a new Supreme Court president will begin today as Greece's top judge...

Three more die in record heat wave

Three more people have died as a result of the prolonged heat wave, the Health Ministry said yesterday as environmental experts warned...

IN BRIEF

Teenager killed by train while playing with friends in Serres : A 16-year-old boy was hit and killed by a train at a railway station...

EU places Revolutionary Struggle on its danger list of terror groups : The European Union placed the extremist group Revolutionary Struggle on its terrorist list...

German woman hit by stray bullet : A 47-year-old female tourist from Germany was injured late on Thursday in Hania, Crete...

Illegal passengers : Four Bulgarian women have been arrested in northern Greece for allegedly trying to smuggle five illegal immigrants...

Bank heists : A gang of four armed assailants held up a branch of National Bank...

University attack : A group of some 50 youths destroyed electronic surveillance equipment at a university building in Ioannina...

Cyprus extradition : A court in Cyprus yesterday granted a request by US authorities...

Armed robbery : An automatic payment machine in Thessaloniki...


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EDITORIAL

The day after the catastrophe After the devastating forest fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares and killed two people, empty words and apologies by state officials are completely pointless. There is only one thing to be done: We need to study and evaluate the performance of those that were assigned to protect all that has been reduced to ash.

COMMENTARY

Out-of-touch politicians The public frustration caused by repeated power cuts as the country sweltered under a heat wave once again underscored the failure of politicians to deal with day-to-day problems because of petty politicking. «But what could politicians have done about the heat wave?» one might ask. «Could they have kept it outside Greece?»

OPINION

Why do we hide our prosperity? When we are asked how we view life, we complain that nothing is right. If you speak to a motorist, he will say that the situation on the roads is out of control, that all other drivers are potential killers behind the wheel.

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