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Transparency is key Karamanlis celebrates party’s 30 years by attacking opposition Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday defended his government's seven-month record in power, including its decision to review public deficit figures, and emphasized that he wants transparency to dominate his administration's policies and actions. Karamanlis, speaking at a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of New Democracy, heavily criticized the Socialist opposition for the way they conducted business while in power.

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Turks derail EU-OIC talks over Cyprus

ANKARA (AFP) - A row with Brussels on the status of Turkish Cypriots forced Turkey yesterday to scrap talks it was to host between the European Union and Muslim nations...

Athens to target illegal buildings

Athens town-planning authorities are gathering steam for an extremely ambitious blitz at the end of the month against thousands of illegal structures in the capital...

Transport solution sought

Strict traffic policing and the extension of Athens bus lanes were among the topics of discussion between Transport Minister Michalis Liapis, local authority representatives and transport experts yesterday.

Lonely villagers pin hope on bus

Frustrated by a lack of brides in their home villages, a group of Greek men is to visit Ukraine later this month in search of local women who would like to start a new life as farmers' wives in the hills of the Peloponnese.

Security firms by name, not by nature

A vendetta between two Thessaloniki security firms culminated in the arrest of one of the companies' bosses yesterday on suspicion of having fired several gunshots at the rival firm's office, together with some of his employees.

IN BRIEF

Data Protection Authority must be notified before network can be set up : Firms, organizations and even state bodies intending to set up closed-circuit television...

Vioxx, Peroxx withdrawn after long-term users show health problems : The National Pharmaceutical Organization (EOF) yesterday advised all patients taking Vioxx...

Turkish jets chased off in Aegean : Six formations of Turkish fighter jets yesterday entered the Athens Flight Information Region seven times...

Games wrap : Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki yesterday briefed Prime Minister...

Actress dies : The accomplished stage actress Eleni Hadziargyri died of cancer yesterday at the age of 79...

Traffic restrictions : A speed limit of 40 kilometers (25 miles) per hour will be enforced on sections of Liosion and Pireos streets...

Doping probe : The coach of weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, who won a bronze medal...

Railwaymen protest : Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) train drivers yesterday asked the government and judicial authorities...

Gun injury : A 9-year-old Cretan boy was in critical condition yesterday after being accidentally shot...


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Belgian Jean Kina...
EDITORIAL

Adroit handling Without doubt, the outgoing week was politically charged. The strident attacks on the government following its poor handling of the Chinook helicopter tragedy came as a shock to the prime minister. Costas Karamanlis made a bumpy landing on the post-Olympic landscape that seemed to coincide with the end of his government's period of grace. However, when the illegal student transfer scandal broke out immediately after the Games, Karamanlis showed sharp political reflexes. His decision to sack Agriculture Minister Savvas Tsitouridis, one of his close aides, signaled that «modesty and humility» were not merely an empty promise.

COMMENTARY

Loan culture People in the know were hardly surprised by the findings of the government's public deficit review. The problem of public finances, which first appeared in Greece's postwar history, with massive budget overruns in the early 1980s, never really came under scrutiny. In fact, Socialist mismanagement helped shape a new political culture. Borrowing was elevated to a fundamental tool of social policy while a loan culture was instilled in society.

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