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Bomb targets minister Device explodes near Voulgarakis home but does not injure him A bomb exploded yesterday near the home of Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis in central Athens, wrecking several cars and slightly injuring a policeman in the second attack on the minister in three years.

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Athens may go to Hague over Turkey

As the government issued its clearest indication yet that it may take its air space dispute with Ankara to an international court, Greek and Turkish border patrol vessels staged...

Justice poised for change at top

The process to select successors for Greece's top prosecutor and tens of other high-ranking judges who are to retire in a month has been gathering pace and sources...

Greek beaches fine and sandy

Greece has the second-highest number of clean and well-maintained beaches out of the 40 countries rated by the Blue Flag campaign in its annual awards...

Never too late to kick the habit

Smokers over the age of 65 who kick the habit can reduce the chances of contracting a fatal smoking-related disease by 50 percent...

Teenage diet based on meat and sweets

Greek teenagers opt for meat and desserts when they are hungry, shunning fish and other traditional Mediterranean dishes, according to research...

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Doctors, nurses and ambulance staff to strike from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today : Staff at state hospitals and clinics as well as ambulance workers will stage...

Greece making progress but must do more to boost rights, MEPs say : Greece is making steps toward combating human trafficking but needs...

Has Athina lost bid to control charity? : A legal attempt by shipping heiress Athina Onassis for control of the Greek charity founded...

Illegal immigrants : Authorities yesterday detained 56 hiding in a truck...

Hospital blaze : Staff at the Giorgos Gennimatas hospital in Thessaloniki helped extinguish a fire...

Driver hurt : A 48-year-old man was seriously injured yesterday when...

Atlanta flight : Delta Airlines yesterday inaugurated its Athens-Atlanta route...

Something fishy : Hygiene inspectors from the Athens Prefecture referred...

Bank raid : Two armed robbers raided a branch of Eurobank in Menidi...

Fire protection : new system for detecting and monitoring forest fires in Halkidiki...


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EDITORIAL

Ministerial micromanagement The new measures announced yesterday by Merchant Marine Minister Manolis Kefaloyiannis and Transport Minister Michalis Liapis to upgrade the services at the port of Piraeus are no doubt welcome. No reasonable person would disagree with the plans to relocate the city's bus terminal or to create a taxi stand within the boundaries of the port. These are obvious changes that should have been implemented a long time ago as they are connected to Greece's tourism industry, a very crucial sector of the Greek economy.

COMMENTARY

Wrong reaction It should be Ankara and not Athens which should be expressing concerns over former president Costis Stephanopoulos's remarks that the two countries should take their dispute over air space to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. There are many arguments to back this policy, first proposed by the late Constantine Karamanlis in 1975. In a bid to demonstrate Greece's good will...

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