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Business premises targeted during student march Pupils call for higher education spending, oppose tertiary reforms Protesters smashed three storefronts in central Athens yesterday during a rally by secondary school and university students protesting government plans to reform the public education system and privatize universities.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

PASOK prepares to elect leader

Greece's main opposition Socialists are preparing for party elections tomorrow to elect a leader after a demoralizing defeat...

Athens bid to bag plastic

Supermarket managers have responded positively to a bid by Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis to start replacing plastic bags...


Zoniana residents face judge

Three residents of the Cretan mountain village of Zoniana were yesterday indicted to appear before a magistrate on criminal, drug-related charges as police continued their search...

Teenagers skip a beat in essays

Most 16-year-olds have problems in putting forward arguments and substantiating their point of view in school essays, indicating they have communication problems...

Butcher critical after car crashes into shop

A 33-year-old butcher and one of his customers were yesterday hospitalized after a car smashed through the glass display of the butcher's store...

IN BRIEF

Strong 5.6-magnitude tremor shakes area of Chios; no injuries : A strong undersea quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale was recorded yesterday...

Police detain 114, two smugglers after searching truck near border :Police in northern Greece yesterday detained 114 illegal immigrants and detained two suspected smugglers...

ETHEL says all vehicles are safe : Members of the union of the Athens public bus company (ETHEL) yesterday stressed that...

ERT suit : An Athens prosecutor has brought criminal charges against the president of state broadcaster ERT...

Soccer trouble : A policeman was injured and a Serbian soccer fan arrested following clashes in Thessaloniki...

Hunting ban : The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, in a ruling yesterday banned hunting...

Island aid : Deputy Merchant Marine Minister Panayiotis Kammenos yesterday pledged to boost coastal shipping connections...


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Farmers gathered at the port of Iraklion...
EDITORIAL

Justice must be served at all costs The state has to have a presence in every part of the country; this is vital. But it is more important that this presence is permanent. In this respect, the Greek police's investigations at the village of Zoniana in Crete bore fruit. The police righted a long-term shortcoming of the state justice system, resolving matters that had been left in the dark...

COMMENTARY

The demise of social security Although the government has not yet initiated a serious dialogue with opposition parties, workers' unions and employers' groups, all sides have come to realize that the existing social security system is near to collapse. One after the other, social security funds are reporting losses, due in particular to adverse demographic developments...

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