Greece allows EU spying

In a new twist in the on-going phone-tapping scandal, it’s been alleged that the PASOK-led government of Greece signed an EU directive allowing one EU country to monitor the telephones of another without any technical involvement by the country under surveillance.

Meanwhile, the present administration is winning the war on tax evasion, having equipped the tax ministry with high-tech tax-crosschecking systems and quietly targeting big companies hiding profits through sister companies rather than mounting raids on small- and medium-size firms.

As part of a plan to promote a new digital strategy in the period 2006-2013, Greece has signed a strategic agreement with Microsoft, offering preferential financial terms for the purchase of software licenses by the Greek state and free software use rights for Greek civil servants.

In the UK, Muslims protesting against the publication of cartoons of Muhammad (which haven’t been published in the UK media) waved placards bearing slogans such as "Behead the one who insults the prophet" and "Free speech go to hell", while others called for more terrorist bombings.

Other demonstrators complained that the extremist slogans do not represent the majority of Muslims.

Egyptian authorities admitted last night that a ferry that sank in the Red Sea with more than 1,400 people on board was unsafe and did not have enough lifeboats. Nearly 1,100 are feared dead.

And Greece may turn into a desert as more land becomes arid.

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