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PM looks for consensus Papandreou to call meeting of party leaders to agree on graft-fighting measures Moments after his government's draft 2010 budget was handed into Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister George Papandreou said he would be calling a rare meeting of party leaders in a bid to reach common ground on ways to combat corruption.

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Rizai stays silent on fellow escapee

Alket Rizai, the convicted murderer who was on the run from police for nine months...

Bus lanes lead to dead end

Plans to triple the length of bus lanes in Athens have been placed in doubt after it emerged...

Damanaki gets Brussels post

PASOK deputy Maria Damanaki will be Greece's next European commissioner...

Rhodes child porn arrest third in a week

A 60-year-old man from Rhodes yesterday became the third person in Greece in a week...

IN BRIEF

No new public sector workers next year, says interior minister : Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis said...

Reforms dialogue to continue : Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou indicated...

Crime syndicate : Three lawyers defending Vassilis Stefanakos and Yiannis Skaftouros...

Myconos building : The Council of State has reversed a 2005 law...

Doctors' strike : State hospital doctors said...

Nea Ionia blast : An explosive device made from gas canisters went off...

Armed suspect : Police in Thessaloniki revealed...


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Children place... Children place plastic bottles in a recycling bin in Syntagma Square, where Skai TV and Eurobank...
EDITORIAL

ND voters want clear answers The number one problem facing the country these days is the economy. Despite this, none of the politicians running for New Democracy's leadership - Antonis Samaras, Dora Bakoyannis or Panayiotis Psomiadis - has put forward any clear proposals about how to extricate the country from the economic and fiscal hole into which it has fallen. Sadly, the candidates have largely confined themselves to criticizing the new administration and slamming George Papandreou for backpedaling on his election campaign promises.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Simple medicine for the plague In Greece, the optimists are those who believe the country's finances cannot get worse. As we saw in the weeks before and after the October 4 election, the unpleasant surprises in our economic indicators seem to have no end.

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