New abduction adds to bugbear

The sun and the wind could supply Greece with power yet the Public Power Corporation continues to invest in petrol-based energy production, and looks likely to until 2040, despite the fact that it can’t meet its commitments to the EU emissions-trading scheme, which Greece only signed up to in June. For failing to meet the agreed targets, the PPC was billed €69,000,000 euros in the first nine months of 2005 and, whereas Greece has a commitment to restrict the increase in carbon dioxide emissions to 25% by 2010, in comparison to 1990 levels, the increase looks set to be around 40%, according to the Athens Observatory.

Let’s hope the proposed windfarms blow a breath of fresh air through the foggy thinking of the PPC.

Kostas Tsalikidis almost certainly knew about the spy software when he allegedly killed himself, a former colleague of the high-level Vodafone software engineer reportedly told a prosecutor in the phone tapping scandal that’s rocking Greece. Tsalikidis’ technical diary, submitted to the prosecutor, contains the statement “something is wrong” in English.

According to the newspaper ‘Pontiki’, a member of PASOK’s Political Council was abducted and questioned by the secret services in Bulgaria while he was visiting the country on business. The politician is among those on the mobile phone wiretap list.

Nicosia has sent a letter of complaint to the British Government over recent statements by British Foreign Minister Jack Straw, in which he launched a severe attack against the Cypriot Republic on the issue of occupied Cyprus.

The deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has infiltrated Africa. The World Health Organisation did not hide its deep concern and asked African governments to stay alert, as an epidemic outbreak in the world’s poorest continent, where health systems and veterinarian infrastructure are highly insufficient, could turn into a serious threat to the world.

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