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Closed shops set to open Council of State ruling paves way for newcomers to enter restricted occupations Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, issued rulings yesterday which could be the first step toward ending the closed-shop status of a number of occupations in Greece, which are estimated to cost the economy some 4 billion euros every year.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

As flu cases rise, calls for schools to shut

As it emerged that the number of people testing positive for swine flu had shot up this week...

TEE draws up road safety map

Creating a separate highways agency, obliging people to resit their driving tests every five years...

Youth laid back on AIDS

Six in 10 young people do not systematically practice safe sex...

Antonis Samaras...

The frontrunner in the New Democracy leadership race...

Thieves expected to be blowing bubbles

Police in the northern city of Xanthi yesterday were examining closed-circuit television...

IN BRIEF

Greece files official complaint with Ankara about overflights : The Greek Embassy in Ankara yesterday lodged an official complaint...

Missiles thrown at police unit : A policewoman was slightly hurt during an attack in the central Athens...

Bus routes stopped : The Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) announced yesterday...

Burglary spree : Police in Kalamata in the Peloponnese yesterday detained...

Actor killer : A 31-year-old Georgian national sentenced to 20 years in jail...

City blazes : The Athens fire service was yesterday called upon to extinguish two blazes...


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European Union’s presidency... Prime Minister George Papandreou (left) speaks with his counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden...

EDITORIAL

Weakness sends wrong message Unfortunately, there appear to be some in the government who refuse to accept the sorry state of the country's finances and are about to lead Greece down a very slippery slope indeed.

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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