By Epaminondas Marias

THE FIGURES disclosed by the Hellenic Statistical Authority last month show the complete failure of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription for Greece, resulting in a rapid increase in inflation, but also a reduction in the revenues.

(AP)

BP’s life on frontiers of energy industry at risk as it is frozen out of licence to drill in Greenland

BY GEORGE GILSON

DOES George Papandreou have a dream? If not, he had better get one fast and present it credibly and authentically, because the wave of despair and rage is leading to polls showing that 80 percent of Greeks are pessimistic.

(Athens News)

MOVES to boost the country’s economy through large public works should not be at the expense of the environment, nine of the country’s most prominent environmental NGOs said on August 31 in a common statement.

By Steve Mills

A century or so ago it was believed that swallows, in autumn, sank to the bottom of ponds and waited until spring to come out again. Now, while that sounds daft to us, in the absence of evidence of their migration to Africa it’s perhaps understandable. But we now have so much knowledge about the natural world. We know all about

(Athens News)

Environmentalists say the Cretan palm forest should be out of bounds for visitors for at least two years

By Damian Mac Con Uladh

One in four fatalities is due to cancer in Oinofyta, a municipality in the middle of a region polluted with the carcinogenic compound hexavalent chromium

(ANA)(AP)(ANA MPA)

Iranian hunger strikers promised asylum - Chania suspect kidnappers nabbed - Exhibition on exam cheating - West Nile virus claims 13 - Athens traffic restrictions back - Tourist crushed to death by falling rocks - Kiosk owners to strike

BY ELAINE GREEN

Genome scientist Craig Venter teams up with pharmaceutical group Alapis to develop a new generation of vaccines

(AP)

BLACKBERRY’S Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the UN technology chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security concerns that should not be ignored.