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Voters not convinced by reforms But PASOK is also failing to gain the public’s support, according to poll A clear majority of Greeks disagree with the pension reforms that are set to be rubber-stamped in Parliament on Wednesday but, despite the apparent dissatisfaction with the government's policies, opposition party PASOK seems unable to capitalize on this, according to a new poll.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Security is tightened for Olympic Torch ceremony

The final rehearsal for the Beijing 2008 Olympics torch-lighting ceremony took place in Olympia...

Olympiakos widens the gap

Defending champion Olympiakos took a major step toward retaining the Greek soccer league title yesterday with a 3-1 win...

Port police nab 15 smugglers

Police and port authority officials intercepted 15 suspected smugglers and a total of 89 would-be migrants in different parts of the country...

Name talks to continue tomorrow

There was a climate of cautious optimism in Athens and Skopje over the weekend ahead of fresh negotiations on the Macedonia name dispute...

Ieronymos wants a more tolerant Church

Archbishop Ieronymos yesterday distanced himself from the Holy Synod, which last week described cohabitation between unmarried couples as «prostitution,»...

TO OUR READERS

Kathimerini English Edition and the International Herald Tribune will not be published in Greece, Cyprus and Albania tomorrow due to the March 25 national holiday marking Greek Independence Day. We will be back on Wednesday.

IN BRIEF

Lawyers back to work after weeklong protest but central bank staff continue : Lawyers, who had beeostrike for all of last week...

Two Greek gold medals at Europeans : Greece's 4x200-meter freestyle swimming team came seventh...

Club shooting : Two men, aged 34 and 35, were injured iThessaloniki...

Body found : A fishermaoVevi Lake, near northerGreece's Florina, found a humabody...

Anti-war protest : Hundreds of protesters oSaturday attended...

Wet weather : Raiand strong winds will replace the recent spell of mild weather...

Fires : Firefighters iHania had to quell four yesterday...


THIS WEEK

Monday : The Olympic Flame for the Beijing Games will be lit...

Tuesday : Greek Independence Day...

Wednesday : The US Embassy's consular sectioiAthens will be closed...

Thursday : The Hellenic Society for the Protectioof the Environment and Cultural Heritage is hosting...

Friday : Archbishop Ieronymos begins a five-day visit to Istanbul...

Sunday : Clocks go forward one hour...


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EDITORIAL

New chapter, new challenges Parliament's act of voting through the new pension reform bill has opened a new chapter for Greece, and the government will have to face a series of significant challenges. On the one hand, it will have to persevere with its reform agenda in education, in the privatization of ports and in loosening the Gordian knot of Olympic Airlines. On the other, it will also have to deal, quickly and effectively, with mounting social problems. Increasing funding to the Social Cohesion Fund is one of the measures it will have to adopt right away to help the weaker sectors...

COMMENTARY

Fear and unknown strength Looking at how Greece has been caught up in interminable and fruitless negotiations on a name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), one can only wonder how our country got trapped into a situation which has cost it great diplomatic and political capital without any gains so far. We don't know where the situation will lead, but it is interesting to look at the issue as a compilation of the problems which - 178 years after its establishment - plague the modern Greek state.

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