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PM urges support of labor unions Papandreou tells workers ‘efforts will pay off’ as EU defies German reticence, calling for firm aid plan Prime Minister George Papandreou yesterday appealed for the support of labor unionists protesting his administration's austerity measures - stressing that the debt-ridden country was «one step from being unable to borrow» - as European Union officials urged the bloc's leaders to offer Greece a firm pledge of aid.

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Migrants seek way home, in vain

Hundreds of undocumented immigrants who want to return to their native countries are unable to do so due to the nonabsorption of European Union...

Tension peaks in the Aegean

Greek diplomats yesterday complained to Ankara after two Turkish fighter jets threatened a Greek coast guard helicopter...

Cretan pupils posed online with Nazi signs

Cretan teachers are spearheading an anti-racism drive after photographs uploaded onto the social networking site Facebook...

IN BRIEF

Minister orders investigation into death of 1-year-old boy : Health Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou yesterday ordered...

Man, 90, kills wife, then self : A 90-year-old man suffocated...

Cyprus talks : Prime Minister George Papandreou yesterday reassured...

New protest : The main civil servants' union ADEDY yesterday confirmed...

Arson attacks : A previously unknown group calling itself Revolutionary Memory Patrols...

Crete brawl : Three Cretans were in an Iraklio hospital...


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Bomb targets far-right group A powerful time bomb detonated early yesterday outside the central Athens offices of the extreme-right Chryssi Avgi (Golden Dawn) organization...
EDITORIAL

Bring back hiring on merit One of the biggest ongoing problems to have been created since the end of the Greek dictatorship has been the complete destruction of the backbone of public administration, stemming from the abolition of the institution of general managers and the appointment of high-ranking executives based on who they know rather than years of service or merit. This process of destruction began in the 1980s and has continued until just recently.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Going down fighting George Papandreou has a reputation as a dogged campaigner, pushing along steadily until he gets what he wants. Even so, what he has achieved over the past few days is staggering.

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