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Sales of stakes to raise 1.6 bln for state coffers

Shares in banks to spearhead privatization

In a bid to build on the success of last year's privatization program, the government yesterday unveiled plans to raise about 1.6 billion euros from the sale of state-owned assets in 2006.

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Unions state their intent

A work stoppage by unionists brought much of Athens to a standstill yesterday as the ruling conservatives sought to adopt a more worker-friendly approach in labor relations...

Annan gives nod for Cyprus drive

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday agreed that progress on a number of issues, including the disengagement...

Empty village has busy clinic

A medical center operating in Athens's Olympic Village has received 3,500 visits from local residents in about six months despite the accommodation area being only marginally used...

Police and fire chiefs are named

Top defense and security officials yesterday appointed new leaders for the police and fire brigade as part of changes to the top layers of the emergency services spurred after...

Sahara sands of time return to dusty Greece

A blanket of sand from the Sahara Desert is likely to cover Greece tomorrow and again on Monday, which is a public holiday, one of Greece's top meteorologists told...

IN BRIEF

Vodafone confirms that one of its centers was on Intracom's premises : Mobile telephony company Vodafone admitted yesterday...

Ex-lecturer released pending trial over alleged 20-million-euro fraud : A 59-year-old former university lecturer who has been accused...

Some 250 hectares under water : An emergency evacuation plan was put into effect...

KEPs abroad : The Foreign Ministry said yesterday that citizens' information and service centers...

Cracking find : Authorities uncovered yesterday 7.2 million illegal firecrackers...

Bad food : Athens prefectural inspection teams yesterday confiscated...

Soccer violence : A court in Thessaloniki yesterday gave the chairman of Aris...

Truck ban : Authorities said yesterday that there will be a partial ban...

Pitch probe : A prosecutor on the island of Rhodes ordered yesterday...

Club night : Some 40 youths attacked a Panathinaikos supporters club in Petralona...


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A flamingo is tended...
EDITORIAL

PASOK leader on the wrong path A fundamental condition guaranteeing the smooth and effective functioning of our democratic system assumes that the ruling party must accept the opposition's monitoring - which must, in turn, be done responsibly. Reminding politicians of this basic principle would be pointless had it not been for Monday's parliamentary debate (on youth unemployment and the phone-tapping affair) which exposed the opposition's failure to live up to its obligation.

COMMENTARY

Silence of the lambs The media's selective coverage of news, most recently underscored in the self-imposed gag over revelations that one of the Vodafone communications centers targeted by the spy software was in Intracom's complex in Peania, has become the rule rather than the exception. This is for three reasons.

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