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Corfu deaths caused by gas poisoning Charges may be issued against hotel Tourism Minister Fanni Palli-Petralia said yesterday that criminal charges would be brought against those found to be responsible for the deaths of two British children on Corfu last week as tests confirmed carbon monoxide poisoning killed the children.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Ministers managing secret funds

The majority of government ministers have access to some 7 billion euros each year that are not recorded in Greece's national budget...

University reforms put on ice

The government has pushed back until January the submission to Parliament of a draft bill introducing university reforms because it wants to avoid fanning tension in the sector, sources said...

Comic no joke for archbishop

The head of the Church of Greece joined hardline Greek Orthodox religious groups yesterday in condemning a show in Thessaloniki by stand-up comedian Jimmy Panousis which pokes fun at the Church...

Migrant smuggler arrested

Police arrested in Xanthi, northeastern Greece, on Saturday a 25-year-old Greek man accused of human trafficking after he allegedly took part in an operation to smuggle 23 illegal immigrants into the country...

Man loses his legs in discarded missile blast

A man lost both of his legs in an explosion on Saturday after he set fire to a pile of scrap metal in a Roma settlement in central Greece without knowing that an air force missile had been dumped in with the other trash....

IN BRIEF

Theater great Maria Kalouta dies as a result of natural causes, aged 85 : Maria Kalouta, one of Greece's most renowned comic theater actresses, died...

Six arrested on vessel off Lesvos : The coast guard has arrested six seamen...

Muggers caught : Police arrested three Iraqi men in central Athens...

Bank firebombed : Arsonists threw a Molotov cocktail at a branch of the National Bank...

Car chase : Four men were arrested on Mesogeion Avenue...


THIS WEEK

Monday : The consular section of the United States Embassy in Athens...

Wednesday : The British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce is hosting...

Thursday : The Alba Graduate Business School is hosting a seminar...

Friday : The Europe Corporate Games begin in Athens at the Hellinikon Complex...

Saturday : The 1st Panhellenic Secretary and Top Management Assistants Conference takes place...

Sunday : The Athens Classic Marathon and the 5&10km Road Races take place...


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EDITORIAL

Useful message Primary school pupils are finally returning to class this morning. State schools will open their doors after six weeks of strikes that have caused a major upheaval among students, families, teachers and society in general. The return to normalcy was not easy, in fact a complete breakdown was averted at the 11th hour. There are no winners and losers here.

COMMENTARY

Democracy in school Now that the second round of local and provincial government elections is over, everyone is trying to gauge the broader political significance of the results, probing the entrails of the process for significant omens. But sometimes the fact itself (in this case, the elections) is more important than the conclusions one can draw from it. In any case, these elections did not amount to much, other than to provide a showcase for the strengths and weaknesses of the major parties. They showed that the government still has a strong mandate, while PASOK also retains significant strength among voters and has a responsibility to build on it.

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