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Lawyers pursuing judges Athens Bar Association blames slow justices for delays in legal system Greece's most prominent association of lawyers hit out at the judiciary yesterday, blaming some judges for being far too slow to issue decisions on court cases and thereby delaying the whole legal process.

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Cyprus ire at UK pact with Turkey

Athens and Nicosia yesterday complained to London about a cooperation pact signed...

Olympia restoration approved

The Culture Ministry's Central Archaeological Council (KAS) yesterday approved a study...

ND concerned about majority

High-ranking members of New Democracy met yesterday to discuss how to ensure unity...

Quarries still testing patience

A new investigation into the two quarries that are operating in Markopoulo, eastern Attica, was ordered...

Police in north net record haul of heroin

A random inspection on a car near Thessaloniki yesterday led regional police to their biggest heroin haul...

IN BRIEF

Greece eyes items going under the hammer in Milan next month : Greece is thinking of bidding for various personal belongings...

Former justice out of custody after spending almost 18 months in jail : A council of appeals court judges decided...

Deadline set for stink on Psyttaleia : Piraeus Prefect Yiannis Michas yesterday called on the Athens Water Supply...

Bank robbers : Four men accused of stealing 2.85 million euros from an Alpha Bank...

School muggings : Three youngsters were arrested yesterday on suspicion of mugging...

Church break-in : A 32-year-old woman and two men, aged 26 and 29, have been arrested...

Road safety : Transport and Communications Minister Costis Hatzidakis...

Iraklion tremor : An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded...

Anti-flood works : Environment and Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias...


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Protesters staged...
EDITORIAL

Alarm bell sounded for justice While one may disagree with the Athens Bar Association for threatening that its members will not attend trials presided over by «indolent and inadequate» judges, the truth is that this radical and legally controversial protest has thrown the spotlight on longstanding weakness in the assessment of judges. Unfortunately, judges are not adequately judged by the institutions...

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An unbearable city Last Saturday, my 12-year-old son and I received a couple of lessons on city life on our way to the recycling point on Alexandras Avenue. The blue recycling bin was overflowing with waste of every kind. When my son asked why, all I could say was, «Some people will just throw their garbage wherever.» «Why don't they use the green bins, which are empty?» he asked.

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