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Thessaloniki put on alert following massive gas leak A massive fuel leak from a pipeline in a factory located in western Thessaloniki was contained yesterday after releasing 50 tons of natural gas into the air, authorities said, but there were no reports of injuries.

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Ankara must toe EU line, PM says after EC penalty

The government yesterday reiterated its support for Turkey's bid to join the European Union...

Farmer charged with murder

A prosecutor in the city of Agrinion, central Greece, yesterday charged 37-year-old livestock farmer Dionysis Foukas...

Burnt cameras fire up police

Police appear to have had enough of seeing their traffic cameras being set alight by vandals, as senior officers filed a lawsuit yesterday...

Metro line to Aegaleo by April

Three new metro stations will be ready in April of next year as the underground railway will stretch out to Aegaleo in the western suburbs...

Blaze damages an old Mt Athos monastery

A 13th century monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece caught on fire late on Tuesday...

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Pope meets Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios in Istanbul : Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios yesterday met...

Eleftherotypia newspaper founder and publisher dies at the age of 86 : The founder-publisher of the daily newspaper Eleftherotypia, Christos Tegopoulos died...

Firing of cancer sufferer investigated : Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis said yesterday...

Afghanistan troops : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis indicated yesterday...

Student checks out : The Cypriot student who was allegedly beaten...

Strikes loom : Trolley bus drivers and Workers at OTE telecom...

Police explosion : A hand grenade exploded yesterday outside...

Bubble bursts : A 43-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki...

Railway service : The management of the Proastiakos suburban railway said...


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EDITORIAL

Papal trip sends dual message Pope Benedict's visit to Istanbul and his meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios are both of major historical significance. This is not the first meeting between the leaders of Christianity's two branches. However, this pope's visit, like previous ones, will not suffice to bridge the theological differences that led to the Schism many centuries ago.

COMMENTARY

Old-style bargaining The European Commission recommendation on Turkey yesterday launched a more intense phase in EU-Turkish negotiations. Cyprus and Turkey are leading the show while EU states are playing a mediating role with various degrees of interest and intervention.

OPINION

Subject overkill on TV news bulletins The police may have solved quickly the murders of five hunters in Agrinion but our television channels had solved them even quicker than that. Consider their «post-mortem examinations» at the scene of the crime...

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