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Thessaloniki surgeon released pending trial on bribery charges

The chief of the children’s surgery unit at the Georgios Gennimatas Hospital in the northern port city of Thessaloniki was released on Friday from custody pending trial on charges of accepting a 1,000 bribe in order to operate on a 20-year-old patient.

He was also ordered to pay 10,000 euros in bail.

OLME unionists protest outside Education Ministry

Members of the secondary school teachers’ union (OLME) were on Monday holding a protest outside the Education Ministry in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi against a so-called mobility scheme of forced transfers and layoffs.

A delegation was expected to meet with newly-appointed Education Minister Andreas Loverdos to discuss the issue later in the day.