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Pressure on government grows Polls show support waning as internal disputes persist; foreign minister does not rule out early elections If Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was looking for a quiet week before his keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday, it does not look like he will get it, as an opinion poll yesterday showed only a slender gap between New Democracy and PASOK and the conservatives continue to be dogged by internal disputes.

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Biden wants end to Cyprus occupation

US Senator Joe Biden, running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and an experienced diplomat, has called for the “full withdrawal” of Turkish troops from northern Cyprus in an interview published in yesterday’s Kathimerini...

Storms cause heavy flooding

Storms and heavy rainfall hit much of the country over the weekend, causing serious flooding in places...

Patriarch spied upon in Izmir

A visit to the Turkish port of Izmir by Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios in June 2005 had been monitored by a Turkish far-right group acting on orders of the country’s armed forces, according to a report by the liberal Turkish newspaper Radikal...

Turk binge drinker winds up in prison

A Turkish soldier found wandering aimlessly on the island of Samos earlier this week must serve an eight-month sentence in a Greek jail after a court remained unconvinced by his claims of having no recollection of how he reached the island...

IN BRIEF

Roads back to normal as vacationers return to the city : Thousands of Athenians were streaming into the capital yesterday...

Man kills childhood friend : A 47-year-old Thessaloniki man faced a prosecutor...

Princess rescued : A pleasure boat on which the Princess of Saudi Arabia...

Siemens probe : The magistrate probing the Siemens bribery case is to question...

Holy row : Police yesterday freed the abbot of the Esphigmenou Monastery...

Patras clashes : Dozens of left-wing protesters clashed with riot police...

US Embassy : The and its Consular Section...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis to hold a press conference...

Tuesday : The ELPA Road Assistance organization to hold a press conference...

Wednesday : Members of the Federation of Small-Industry Unions of Athens...

Thursday : Communist Party-affiliated PAME union to stage a demonstration...

Friday : The 73rd International Thessaloniki Fair opens...

Saturday : The fourth Business Forum opens at the Helexpo fairground...


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Five dead in road accidents within 24 hours Police and firemen yesterday surveyed the wreck of a car...

EDITORIAL

Time for some bold measures It certainly looks like we are in for a tough winter. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis appears determined to push several bold and politically costly measures. To some degree, New Democracy is paying the price of its tardy economy planners. Failure to tackle chronic problems, like the sale of troubled Olympic Airlines, while the conservatives still enjoyed a fresh mandate has also taken a hefty toll. Too bad Greece's opposition parties have all taken an extreme stand.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

A modern death cult For a people so much in love with life, it is astonishing to see how keenly the Greeks court death - and nowhere is this more evident than in the way they drive. Even though billions have been spent on road and other infrastructure projects since Greece joined the European Union in 1981, such is the quality of our roads and so great our recklessness that our country is still the EU's leader in road deaths. Our roads are the stage on which we strut and display every personal and collective weakness to the deadliest effect.

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