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Pension clash looms Unions step up criticism of conservatives’ plans to merge funds Plans to merge Greece's disparate pension funds look set to put the government on course for a head-on collision with unions, who poured more scorn on the idea despite the government's efforts to defend the scheme.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Heat waves, floods are here to stay

Extreme weather phenomena such as the blistering temperatures of last summer...

Zoniana developments expected

Police are expecting to announce today or tomorrow that forensic tests on weapons...

City cleanup, with big fines

Citizens and store owners caught littering the streets of the capital are to face fines...

A boost for power to demolish

Demolish first and ask questions later - that was the message...

Benaki Museum...

A visitor looks at a painting by the late poet and painter...

Plan for Kifissos River revamp gets backing

A proposal by a group of architects for the regeneration of Athens's Kifissos River...

IN BRIEF

Complex occupied by protesting students wrecked by 'outsiders' : A complex of six schools in Pangrati, eastern Athens, under occupation by students...

FM Bakoyannis to attend peace talks in US next week, ministry says : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis will travel to the USA...

Campaigners protest hotel, golf plans : Campaigners in Crete revealed yesterday that they have written...

High-flying thief : An airplane passenger alleged to have stolen from flight attendants...

Drug hauls : Police in Athens confiscated over 5 kilos of cannabis following searches...

Hygiene fines : Athens Prefect Yiannis Sgouros asked the Development Ministry yesterday...

Ball of fire : A truck carrying fuel caught fire yesterday on the Patras-Corinth national road...

Bank robberies : Armed robbers held up two branches of National Bank yesterday...


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River Ardas...
EDITORIAL

Cutting the Gordian knot Olympic Airlines has plumbed the depths with the latest revelations. None of Greece's governments in previous years has dared to solve the Gordian knot of the troubled state-owned carrier. Greek taxpayers keep putting money into the company while recent reports have taken a toll on the few remaining shreds of credibility.

COMMENTARY

Pay up and set an example In modern Western democracies, where individualism has undermined traditional family-based solidarity, social insurance is the minimum guarantee of a modicum of well-being in old age. It's no surprise that the planned reform of the social security system constitutes the most sensitive political issue, capable of mobilizing even those who tend to shy away from strikes and protests.

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