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Tax checks afoot With just two days to go before the new VAT rates and the hikes in the taxation of cigarettes and spirits kick into effect, the government yesterday assured shop owners they would be given some leeway in adjusting their tills and software.

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Blueprint for use of Olympic venues is set out

Seven months after the end of the Athens Olympics and following several delays, the government yesterday presented the draft law that it hopes will pave the way...

Patriarch handed a loaded gun

Without quite formally urging the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem to resign, Greece yesterday effectively handed the embattled Irenaios a loaded gun and invited him to do the decent thing over the alleged sale of Church land in the holy city's Arab section to Jewish settlers.

Cyprus mulls action on ports

NICOSIA (AFP) - Nicosia said yesterday it would take unspecified action against Turkey if it continues to keep its ports closed to Cypriot traffic despite agreeing to include the island in an EU customs agreement.

Youth, 17, held over execution

Two youths, the one aged 17, have been arrested and another teenager is being sought in connection with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Vassilis Mamopoulos in the Athenian suburb of Hellenikon on Monday, police said yesterday.

Drug watchdog chief raises steroid concerns

The head of Greece's drug watchdog told a parliamentary committee yesterday that he had recently been the subject of numerous death threats and that a factory in Greece is making 1.4 million boxes of anabolic steroids each year.

IN BRIEF

'Moldy' products have been removed from the market, ministry says : The Development Ministry yesterday assured consumers...

Ministry to send 200,000 euros in aid : The Foreign Ministry will be sending 200,000 euros in humanitarian aid...

Turkish violation : A Turkish coast guard vessel violated Greek territorial waters...

Quake readiness : The Education Ministry heralded a program to check the resilience of school buildings...

Sicilianos dead : Composer Giorgos Sicilianos is to be buried tomorrow...

Satanist saga : A 23-year-old Albanian woman, who claimed to have been kidnapped...

Student protest : Members of student unions staged a demonstration in central Athens...

Yiossakis rebuffed : An investigating magistrate in Piraeus yesterday rejected an appeal...

Flag vandalism : A 19-year-old Greek man, arrested...

Fraud watch : Employees at Citizens' Information Centers (KEPs) are to be provided with a list...

Traffic disruption : Traders and small business owners from Lamia blocked the national highway...

Smugglers convicted : A Chios court yesterday passed down 10-year jail sentences...


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Greece’s Angelos Charisteas...
EDITORIAL

Patriarch Irenaios must step down If the Greek Church is mired in multiple corruption scandals that have injured its standing and moral status, the parallel crisis that has hit the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has more dangerous implications. In fact, the scuffle could cause irreparable damage. The open involvement of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have lent the ongoing crisis a clearly political dimension. At stake is the very Greek Orthodox identity of the Patriarchate.

COMMENTARY

Poor communication What politicians refer to as public relations exercises these days borders uncomfortably on advertising aimed at mass consumption or, simply, pure propaganda. Mainstream political parties and governments bank a great deal on their spin doctors. The ever more sophisticated promotional tools and the growing clout of the media in influencing public opinion have also played their part. Spinmeisters now have the power to promote all types of products, good and bad. They do not hesitate to employ various techniques to misinform...

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