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Illegal landfills to close 2,700 landfills targeted on mainland, but those on islands face delays Most illegal landfills in mainland Greece are headed for closure now that the Interior Ministry has financed environmental studies on about 2,700 of the 3,000 such dumps around the country, a senior government official said.

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New bill favors mining industry

A draft law which gives mining companies legal dominance at the expense of other businesses in areas where there are quarries is being prepared by the Development Ministry and could meet with fierce opposition from other government departments, Sunday's Kathimerini has learned.

CA sees Greek springboard

French bank Credit Agricole will aim at using Greece as a springboard to enter other high-growth Balkan markets after it increased its offer to buy state-controlled Emporiki Bank, its managing director Georges Pauget told Sunday's Kathimerini.

Sex abuse charges at boys’ camp

A child psychologist who was working at a municipal children's summer camp in Attica was arrested on Saturday for engaging in lewd acts with minors and photographing the exchanges.

Lawyers’ blast over Alex case

Two lawyers deemed to have exploited public interest in the case of a missing 11-year-old to increase their exposure have been indicted to appear before the Athens Bar Association's disciplinary committee, it was revealed yesterday.

British girl found in Athens with older man

A 14-year-old British girl missing from her home in England for some three weeks was found in Athens on Saturday after police in the southern suburb of Glyfada arrested the much older man with whom she allegedly ran away.

IN BRIEF

Greece condemns Qana attack, calls for immediate ceasefire : The Foreign Ministry yesterday issued a statement condemning an Israeli air strike in Qana...

Minister unveils 25-mln-euro program : One million euros has been secured to conduct seismic inspections on school buildings...

Boy beating : A forensic surgeon submitted to police in Thessaloniki on Saturday his report...

Mother discharged : Natela Ichuadze, the mother of missing 11-year-old Alex Meshivili, was discharged from the hospital yesterday...

Relief effort : A C-130 military plane was scheduled to fly from Elefsina, west of Athens...

Migrants detained : Five illegal immigrants were detained on Saturday in Didymoteicho...

Last respects : Crowds of worshippers, dignitaries and members of the church gathered in Iraklion to pay their last respects...

Iraklion tremor : An earthquake measuring 4.4 Richter shook Iraklion, Crete...

Rhodes dealers : Two alleged drug dealers were arrested on the island of Rhodes on Saturday...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Shareholders of the Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (OTE) repeat general meeting...

Tuesday : Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis speaks at the ancient Olympic stadium in the Peloponnese town of Olympia...


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EDITORIAL

Defense spending The billions of euros being spent by the Greek people on the country's defense often go toward the purchase of useless weapons systems for the sole purpose of serving irrelevant interests. The new systems that are ordered are often incompatible with the existing defense structure. As a result, they do nothing to help the country's defense and create even more problems.

COMMENTARY

Ideologies and politics The extremely discreet political and diplomatic presence of Russia in the war on Lebanon is surprising if one bears in mind that the Middle East and the Israeli-Arab dispute, in all its versions, have always been the focus of clashes between the former Soviet Union and the United States. And so, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels around the globe promoting America's ideology of the «democratization» of the Muslim element and of a «new Middle East,» Russia, having already consolidated its presence in the European energy market, is beginning to penetrate the energy sector in the American continent.

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