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A joint call for reforms Prime minister, opposition leader and top industrialist say action needed Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, top industrialist Odysseas Kyriakopoulos and - more surprisingly - opposition leader George Papandreou all called yesterday for speedy structural reforms in order to boost the Greek economy.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Trial over Samina’s sinking to begin today

Four years and eight months after 80 lives were lost off the island of Paros in one of Greece's worst-ever ferry accidents, eight people are to go on trial today...

Psyttaleia waste on the move

A court decision yesterday gave the go-ahead for the transfer of sludge from the islet of Psyttaleia, which houses the capital's main sewage treatment plant...

Young smokers light up freely

Greeks are among the heaviest smokers in Europe, with 50,000 young people taking up the habit each year undeterred by evidence that a quarter of them will die...

Greek seas cleanest in the EU

Greece had the cleanest coastal waters in the European Union in 2004, with only one of a thousand samples checked not being up to scratch...

A giant banner set up outside the French Embassy...

A giant banner set up outside the French Embassy in Athens yesterday served to express the solidarity of left-wingers in Greece...

Court decision fizzles set soft drink prices

Greek drinks firms will no longer have to display suggested retail prices on bottled water and soft drinks after a court decision, made public yesterday...

IN BRIEF

Major sites to remain open until 7.30 p.m. this summer, PM says : The country's museums and main archaeological sites will remain open...

'Toxic' chips to be withdrawn, ministry warns over vacuum cleaners : Cheetos Pizza chips, made by Tasty Foods, are to be withdrawn...

Teacher, 37, dies in storm on Crete : A 37-year-old college teacher died yesterday after her car was swept away by floodwaters...

War memorial : Senior Defense Ministry officials yesterday unveiled a monument at the military barracks...

Psychiatrist exonerated : A court yesterday cleared an Athens psychiatrist and four employees...

Crooked cop : A policeman, suspended from his post in Evia last year after facing charges...

ELA trial : In the second trial of Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) suspects yesterday...

Syrian ties : Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis yesterday highlighted terrorism as the greatest threat...

Florakis buried : Dozens of mourners yesterday attended the funeral of former Communist Party leader Harilaos Florakis...

Albanian visit : President Karolos Papoulias yesterday received at the Presidential Palace 40 primary school pupils...


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EDITORIAL

Joining hands Prompted by the landmark agreement between Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) and labor unions over the terms for future staff hirings, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and opposition leader George Papandreou yesterday both emphasized that the deal should serve as a prologue to a series of necessary structural reforms. The case of OTE reflects many of the conundrums plaguing the Greek economy. Faced with ever-growing competition, OTE's management realized that the company could not keep pace with market competition unless it got rid of a longstanding and damaging practice: the en masse recruitments of political friends.

COMMENTARY

Monumental delays Better late than never: The old saying holds true in Greece especially, where even self-evident facts often run up against parochial stereotypes. Nevertheless, it took a very long time, until yesterday, before Greece finally announced that its museums and archaeological sites will remain open to visitors until late in the evening. The decision to extend site opening hours was a long time in coming, despite repeated assurances from politicians about how important tourism is for the local economy.

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