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PM seeks end to sit-ins Karamanlis suggests students being led, refuses to ban private colleges Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday called for an end to a wave of student sit-ins that have paralyzed hundreds of secondary schools across the country, saying the government was open to debate.

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Greece asks for selective tax relief

The Finance Ministry has submitted a request to Brussels for approval to cut the rate of value added tax (VAT) on selected consumer items such as motorcycle helmets and computers.

French-Greek disaster force

A team of French and Greek fire experts will begin discussing a joint reaction force to tackle natural disasters in the region by the end of the year...

Bad start to FYROM name talks

FYROM yesterday rejected a key element of fresh UN proposals to help settle a 16-year dispute with Greece over the name of the former Yugoslav republic.

Poorly marked map blamed for sinking

The operators of a cruise ship that sank in April, killing two passengers, blamed an error in official maps yesterday for the accident off the Greek island of Santorini.

IN BRIEF

Municipal street cleaners cancel protest action over money dispute : City street cleaners early yesterday called of...

Woman injured as mountainside gives way due to heavy rainfall : An elderly woman sustained minor injuries and four homes...

Passengers safely transferred : The 103 passengers of a high-speed ferry heading from Piraeus to Poros...

Weather alert : The National Meteorological Service (EMY) warned yesterday...

Climber safe : A 36-year-old Spanish national who was injured...

Bank holdups : Police said yesterday three banks were held up in Thessaloniki yesterday...

Taxi theft : Two Albanian nationals were arrested in Peristeri, western Athens, yesterday accused of repeated counts...

Illegal immigrants : The Merchant Marine Ministry said yesterday 20 were arrested...

New kindergartens : The Education Ministry said yesterday it will build 600...


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EDITORIAL

Justice and double standards The seventh successive debate at the Council of State over the Pharaonic project of diverting the River Acheloos raises an issue that matches in significance the environmental disaster in question. This is none other than the smooth enforcement of Greece's rule of law. When the Greek state, through the Ministry of Public Works, fails to respect the decisions of a supreme court...

COMMENTARY

Flagging competitiveness n late 2004, the then development minister Dimitris Sioufas set up the much-hyped National Competitiveness Council with the aim of boosting Greece's performance by 2007. However, the country's rankings have been declining ever since. According to the Global Competitiveness Report published earlier this week...

OPINION

A cry that will not reach our ears July 11, 1995. Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic enters Srebrenica, a UN-protected Muslim enclave. He turns to the camera of the Serbian television channel and makes a patriotic declaration...

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